him to meet me in their old warehouse, it was empty so no one would disturb us. Everything should go according to plan. I arrive at the warehouse long before Trent is due and greet Cabe, Marcus — Cabe’s father who always had a vendetta against Trent — Gabe and Phillip—Anthony’s father.
“Thanks for coming.” I look at all of them, my heart breaking when I see the look of hatred on Gabe’s face. I wasn’t expecting him to hug me or anything. I know he loved Annie and seeing me brings bad memories but I’m not the one responsible for her death.
“You’re welcome, Princess. Are you sure you want to do this?” Cabe asks me, looking at me intensely.
“Yes, I need him gone for good and it looks like I’m not the only one.” I look over at Gabe who nods once.
“Alright, let’s get into position, he should be here soon.” They all hide behind the door out of sight.
We only have to wait for a few minutes before Trent arrives. Thankfully, he came on his own as I asked. I doubt he suspects that I would go behind his back and betray him. “I see you finally came to your senses, Viv. About time! I was losing my patience. Wouldn’t want what happened to Annie to happen to you, now would we?” He chuckles darkly.
“Shut up, you motherfucking asshole!” I yell at him as Cabe and Gabe pounce on him.
“What the fuck? You fucking slut!” Trent growls as Cabe and Gabe drag him to the chair in the middle of the room and tie him up. Marcus and Phillip circle him, while I stand directly in front of him.
“Looks like I outsmarted you.” I chuckle darkly. “You really thought that after what you did to Annie I would fucking give you what you wanted? You must be out of your fucking mind. I never have and never ever will do what you want me to do! Your thirst for power cost Annie her life but it ends tonight. Tonight I’m going to watch you die a slow and painful death and I’m going to enjoy every single second of it, you motherfucker!” I spit at him.
“You wouldn’t dare! It’ll just make all of this even worse if I’m gone!” He looks scared. Good. I want to see the fucker suffer as much as I have.
“I don’t think so. See, we are good at erasing tracks. We can make it look like you took off and stole all the money from the club. How do you think that would go down? Maybe we have already. You never know.” Cabe chuckles. “You really thought that we wouldn’t have Viv’s back? She grew up with us. She will always be one of ours. No matter how fucked up her so called family is. We protect our own. I hope you’re ready for what we have in store for you.” Cabe smiles darkly, I’ve never seen him like this. I’ve known Cabe since I was born, but this man standing here in front of me, I don’t recognize.
They don’t bother gagging Trent as we are in the middle of nowhere and I watch the four men torture the shit out of Trent for hours, never once looking away. I keep my eyes locked on his, wanting, needing to see his pain and suffering. He’s begging, pleading with me with his eyes to end his suffering, but I’m not ready for that. I remember holding my sister’s dead body in my arms, crying for hours over Annie, over my parents, over the life that we could have had. But the man sitting in front of me robbed us of that and for that, he will pay. I feel empty, numb, broken. My heart can’t be pieced back together, not now, not ever.
“This is for you, Annie.” I whisper to myself as I take out the gun I had hiding in the back of my pants and aim it at a barely conscious Trent. “You don’t have any power over me, you fucking asshole.” Cabe, Marcus, Gabe and Philip move away and I don’t hesitate as I pull the trigger. In the split second it takes for the bullet to hit its target. I see a myriad of emotions fleet across Trent’s face.
He clearly didn’t want to go like this which is exactly what he deserves. I don’t regret this and I never will. It won’t bring Annie back,