Total pages in book: 113
Estimated words: 107012 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 535(@200wpm)___ 428(@250wpm)___ 357(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 107012 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 535(@200wpm)___ 428(@250wpm)___ 357(@300wpm)
I don’t want to distract him. He has enough on his plate. I’m going to go and kick this bitch’s ass again then get my brother back.
However, I called Danika because this time, when I’m done with Cadlha, she’s not going to be breathing. I furrow my brows as I turn into the fight club lot and I notice Taegan’s car. I also note the other three cars. Two with rental plates.
Grabbing the gun I took from the lockbox in our bedroom, I tuck it into the back of my jeans. Then I jump out of the truck to head inside. There’s construction plastic all over the place once I enter, as if the place is being renovated.
Nothing at all like what it looked like when I first came here. I keep moving until I get to the large back room where the money counting and betting had been. That’s where I find them waiting for me.
“Ah, here she is. My little girl. Good to see you, Cee-Cee.
“Or should I call you Ciara? It seems you’ve remembered your real name since you’ve been gone.”
All I can see is red. Rage consumes me the moment I see Theo and Sean, but what has me ready to spit nails is the fact that Taegan is tied up and Ciarán is sitting in a chair next to her, clutching his backpack against his chest. I don’t know the other guy they have tied and gagged with them.
Taegan begins to groan and her eyes flutter open. She looks around wildly then anger fills her face. Before I can reply to Theo, Taegan begins to growl at them.
“Ya fucking pieces of shit. Simon, yer no better than this stupid cunt. No wonder none of the family will fuck with either of ya. Wait until I get free. I have a bullet for the both of ye,” she snarls.
“Oh shut up. We only drugged Eoghan to gain access to this place and to get him to coax ya here. I thought we would need ya to get to the kid and this bitch, but now that we don’t need ya,” Cadlha says as she pulls a gun and lifts it toward her cousin.
“Put that shit down. Do ya know the shitstorm ya’d start if ya killed her. I didn’t come here for that, ya eejit,” the dark-haired, lanky guy growls.
“Shut up, Simon. Ya didn’t have to come here at all.”
“Would all of you shut the fuck up,” Sean shouts, spit flying from his mouth.
I narrow my gaze on him. It hasn’t slipped my notice that his buddy Devin is here with him. I can’t help wondering where Lily is.
“Ya have me here, so what’s yer plan?” I hiss.
“Ugh, I thought I crushed that accent out of you. Whatever, I have some friends who have a price on your head. I get you back to them and I get two million,” Theo croons.
“You didn’t tell me that.” Sean pouts like a child.
“If you don’t shut the fuck up. Where the fuck did you think all our money came from? Did you miss that we didn’t have shit before she arrived and we ain’t had shit since she’s been gone?
“Fucking idiot. That piece-of-shit gym hasn’t ever earned me enough to live a real life. Now your sister is forcing me to take a fucking allowance when the place is turning a fucking profit like never before.
“Why would I tell you anything? So you can fuck it all up for me. Nope, not this time. Although I don’t plan to turn her over just yet.
“Rumor has it there’s a big fucking payday coming her way. All she has to do is marry that Irish motherfucker she’s been here fucking.”
“Are ya fucking kidding me? The deal was I would bring ya here to her and ye would get rid of her for me. I knew ye couldn’t be trusted,” Cadlha screams. “She’s not fucking marrying my man.”
“Yes the fuck she is. I’m going to take our little Ciarán here and she’s going to do whatever the fuck I tell her to if she wants him back. I am his legal guardian after all,” Theo seethes while snatching Ciarán out of his seat.
I make eye contact with my brother to let him know I’ve got him. I’m proud of him as he gives me a small nod to let me know he’s okay. I need to keep Theo calm and talking to give Danika time to get here.
I take a deep calming breath. “Relax, you don’t need to do this. You’re not his guardian either. This could blow up in your face if you take him, but I’m willing to work out a deal with you.
“You said two million. I’ll double that. Just—”
Theo releases a maniacal laugh. I freeze and start to inch for my gun. I will blow his head off if he so much as moves wrong toward my brother.