this room, but this is something you can never forget.” I warn her because I know her so well. This will eat her alive. This will be something she sees every time she closes her eyes and tries to sleep. It will haunt her, just as he has haunted her for so long. He doesn’t deserve any more space in her precious mind.
She runs the cool metal of the gun along his various body parts, before she hands it back to me.
“Zane. I am going to spare you. Why? I can’t answer that because I don’t know. You’re a monster. And you have to live with everything you’ve done in your lifetime. But I can’t be like you. I can’t hurt another. I’m a good person. I have enough blood on my hands because of you. I cannot have more.” The poor girl was referring to the baby she killed because of its monster for a father. I don’t blame her, not one bit, because I would have done the same.
Then I would have had a fucking party.
As Paisley begins to climb the basement stairs, I snap. My last bit of sanity is completely gone and I know there is no coming back from this. Any of it.
I raise the gun up, taking aim one last time.
“She’s a good person. But I’m not. See you in hell motherfucker.”
Like that, I pull the trigger, and witness the most disgusting execution of my life. And I am the only one left with blood on my hands this time.
Levi
Past
I have given her three days. Three whole days and I haven’t heard a single word from her. Texts were opened yesterday with no reply. The least she could do was fucking let me know she read them. Maybe even call and let me know she is alive and healthy. That the baby is okay at the fucking least. But no. She isn’t fucking considerate enough.
I should have known this was a bad idea from the get go, but I’ve tried everything. Fuckin’ everything to get through to her. I just didn’t know what else to do. Seven James is not your typical female. She is strong and stubborn. She is beautiful and rugged in the sexiest way possible. She is everything any man should want out of a woman, and I was lucky enough to call her mine until I pushed her away.
Now she continues to push me and I have no idea what else to do. I’ve contemplated getting in the car and driving upstate to Woodstock. Chasing her like she always wants, but for once in Seven’s life, she isn’t going to get what she wants from me. I am going to do my own thing. Just like she is doing. I am going to be selfish.
The pit in my stomach continues to grow, but I push the thoughts of it away. I can’t let her do this to me. I can’t let her fuck me up more than I already am. I can’t play this back and forth with her anymore because every battle she wins gives her more power. More power to use over me in our constant battle for dominance. The alcohol sloshes around in my stomach and I make shitty choice after shitty choice.
I grab my keys and head to Sinners & Swingers for the night. I need to let out some steam. Have a couple more drinks. Just get out of the fucking house and try and get Seven off my mind. Shit. Is our marriage really coming to an end? Or am I just finally accepting that we may really never come back from this?
My phone rings, and Star’s phone number pops up on the display. She is the last person I expected to hear from, especially considering she protects Seven more than anyone else in this world. She is Seven’s gatekeeper. She is Seven’s person. Shit, I could really use a person to air all my dirty laundry to. I am sure I would feel a hell of a lot better about all this bullshit going on.
“Hello?” I answer the call to the booming voice of Chrome on the other end. It makes sense though, because Star wouldn’t pick up the phone and call me for any damn reason. Seven would never allow it.
“Levi, we have a problem.” His tone is clipped and annoyed. Of course Seven went up to his home and started shit. I wouldn’t expect anything less from her. She seems even more reckless now