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’m here to save you and Sean from yourselves. Your plan is stupid. If you cross those Russians, you’re going to end up dead. Did you even think about that?”
“With all the cash I’ll have, I won’t have to worry about them. They’re not after the money. They want to put an end to what the money is for.”
“Amy? What are you doing here?” Ciara says, causing me to glance out the corner of my eye.
Laki and a pretty young woman are standing there, glaring at Theo and his son. Neither of them has a weapon drawn, but they’re both giving off a lethal vibe. However, it looks like we’re no longer outnumbered.
Panic begins to fill Theo and Sean’s eyes. The dark-haired, lanky guy with Cadlha starts to inch his way toward the door. He’s the only one who seems to have any sense. The guy who took my gun off me has moved across the room with Ciara.
They are now standing by Theo. “Take him,” Theo barks as he shoves Ciarán.
Arnold’s bitch ass steps forward and takes him by the arm, looking like he wishes he weren’t here at all. Ciarán looks at me and then looks down at his backpack. However, I’m not sure what he’s trying to tell me.
I turn my attention back to Ciara as Sean grabs ahold of her. She begins to struggle and the other guy next to Sean licks his lips and grabs his crotch. I don’t know how, but I instantly know this guy had something to do with her making a run for it with Ciarán.
He’s definitely going to die by my hands. When Sean hands her off to him and he gropes her breast, I see nothing but red. Ciara goes to make a move, but Sean pulls a gun and aims at her head.
“Don’t you fucking dare,” Sean growls. “Dad, you see, I’m not as greedy as you are. I can live with two million. I’d rather that than ever allow this big motherfucker to touch her again.”
“What? Are you crazy? Sean, I swear to God. I will end your sorry life myself,” Theo snarls.
“The two of you need to let them go. This is over. You had no right to take them the first time.
“I was so happy to have a little sister. I didn’t think to ask you where you got them from. They were so cute and little.
“She was everything to me. Then I figured out what you had done. What you were supposed to do.
“The only reason I was ever cruel to either of them was because I wanted to protect them from the two of you. You needed to believe I hated them as much as you two did, so I could help them.”
“Help them how?” Theo hisses and narrows his eyes.
“You were always too stupid to see what was happening around you. They were going to kill you back then. You keep bringing shit down on our heads.”
This is it. I’m going to make my move. I start to head for Theo. He snaps his attention back to me and pulls his own gun to aim at me.
“Stop right there. I said don’t fucking move.”
I ignore him and keep walking. I’m done with all this back-and-forth. Theo’s hands are shaking as I move in on him.
Words Ciara’s father once spoke to us come back to me. I begin to speak them to Ciara. We can end this together.
“I’ll keep their focus on me. You hit the hell out of them. Then we both pounce. The way we have each other’s backs will always work in our favor. We have more of something none of them have,” I say in Gaelic.
“And what’s that, Dyl?” she replies, just as she once asked her father.
“Heart, love. We both have tons of heart. That’s something no one can take from us. They’ll try, but they’ll never take that away,” I repeat her father’s words once again.
“What the fuck are you two talking about? Speak English. I said stop or I’ll fucking shoot.”
I grin at him as I close in. The war between shooting me and losing the money or allowing me to get near him and rip his head off plays across his face. Preservation wins out.
He pulls the trigger, shooting me in my side. I grunt, but I don’t stop moving. Instead, I grin wider and tilt my head at him before I bat the gun down and punch the shit out of him.
“No,” Ciara screams.
I feel the sting of a second bullet as it grazes my arm before I register the sound. Theo is on the floor in a heap. He’ll be out for a bit.
Ignoring the pain, I turn for Ciara and Ciarán. Sean is doubled over, holding his side. Ciara must have hit him when he pulled the trigger to shoot me.