Bitter Kisses (It's Just High School #3) - Thandiwe Mpofu Page 0,34
starved Aiden just because he was born special and had all the love and attention you couldn’t get from your husband even after you bought him,” Liam says, cutting her off.
I know if I look at him, I’ll see his face is red with anger, his words are venomous already. Cole is watching me, like I’m a ticking time bomb and Dad, he’s deathly still, looking between his ex-wife and whatever Nicky is now to him.
Nathan sold Mia to the fucking Matthews.
The Matthews want me dead. And now, they have her…
The cruelty of the situation is not lost on me. The prospect of war, now nothing but a grim reality.
I hear someone crying, sniffling and then sobbing.
“Holy fuck,” Cole mutters.
“Where is he?” I whisper. There’s a roar trapped in my throat, a violence raving to go in my bones and my soul shatters, the hungry need to get Mia and take her as far away from the world as possible settling in my DNA.
She told me. She told me to trust her and I…
“Where. Is. He?” I grit out each word, staring at my mother.
“You can’t go after him, he’ll be expecting you,” Courtney says. “And I won’t allow him to hurt you.”
“But you’d allow him to hurt his own daughter, another human being,” Liam snaps. “How fucking hypocritical of you.”
“As much as I hate saying this and would rather count the grains of fucking rice in a silo, Courtney is right, son,” Dad mumbles, looking at me. “You can’t go after Nathan. He’s not yours to handle. He’s mine.”
So that’s how it is, huh?
They’re just going to block me from going after Nathan when he single-handedly hurt and devasted Mia and me to this degree.
“Fine,” I mutter. “I’ll find him myself.”
In the long run of things, none of them will feel the brunt of this devastation or suffer as much.
It’s people like Aiden, who couldn’t fight for themselves.
It’s people like my best friend, Cole, who get abandoned in a dangerous alleyway at only three years old, trying to keep his sister alive in the fucking dead of winter.
It’s my baby brother, Liam, frustrated out of their minds with everything going wrong for the people they care for and deals made in the fucking dark that I want no parts of.
It’s Mia. My Little Minx. The love of my fucking life, the other half of my soul who I hurt repeatedly. Lied to by everyone she loves.
Not any fucking more.
Something’s going to happen tonight. Blood is going to be spilled and guts are going to spill as skulls crack and shatter. And the only thing I know for sure is, Mia is going to have a long life where she’ll never have to fear anyone or anything or make sacrifices or deals to save anyone else.
“J,” Cole murmurs beside me, as if he knows. “Whatever you’re thinking…”
I turn on my fucking heels, and before anyone can say a word, I get in Courtney’s car which is still running and have the car in reverse and peel out of there, one thought in mind.
Knowing I have a minute before Cole or Liam or my father for that matter back up and follow me, I grab my phone, and make a call.
It rings only once before he answers.
“I was wondering when I was going to hear from you,” the asshole says, laughing humorlessly as music thrums in the background. “I was starting to think you don’t give a fuck about what you lose.”
“If you have laid a finger…”
“Oh, I think you and I both know I’ve done more than just lay a finger on that fine bod,” Sean laughs. “Fuck, I can’t wait to feed her my fucking cock and watch her gag on it.”
The blood in my veins rushes hot, my grip on the steering wheel is so tight, I might grow desensitized, but I don’t give a fuck. In my mind’s eye, all I can see is Mia. Hurt and broken, because of me.
“Where is she?”
“I think you know where to find me,” he says, laughing. The blood in my veins runs cold. “I’m at my house, waiting for you.”
My mind races at that.
“Good. Tonight, you die.”
“Excuse me, I—”
I hang up before he can say anything, pulling up to the front gate of my house and punching in the code to access the underground parking. I bet this fucking car has tracking, but I only needed it for one thing. To get here.