don’t think about death,
period. You and Aidan are going to be okay. Just give them whatever they want
and—
“Get a good look girl, I ain’t shy,” Jake said. Summer’s
eyes immediately dropped to the ground. What had she been thinking? You didn’t
make eye contact with a man like that, you hauled ass out of his presence as
quickly as possible. Too bad Aidan was still bound, they were both naked and
neither of them in much of a position to haul ass.
“Listen, I don’t know what you came back for, Kelly, but you’ve
already been reported to the police—”
“Shut up, homo. You don’t talk unless I say you can talk and
you never talk to my woman,” Jake barked.
“I’m hardly a homo, man. I’m in bed with my—”
“You talk again, homo, and I’ll shoot your butt-fucking dick
off,” Jake said. The click as he armed his weapon and pointed it at Aidan was
the loudest sound Summer had ever heard. Her breath caught in her throat and
she prayed with everything in her that Aidan would keep quiet. Sure, it hardly
made sense to call a man caught naked with a woman a homosexual, but you didn’t
argue semantics with a man like Jake, especially when he had a gun aimed at
your groin.
She shot Aidan a pleading look, but he wasn’t looking at
her, he was looking at Jake with an expression on his face that clearly
conveyed his disdain. Shit, he was going to talk, he was going to be a stubborn
son of a bitch and get shot. He took a deep breath, obviously preparing to
speak, but Summer beat him to it.
If he wouldn’t do his best to keep himself in one piece, she
would do it for him.
“Please, I told Kelly when she was here before that I would
give her whatever she wanted,” Summer said, deliberately letting her voice
waver. Men felt less threatened by a woman and even less threatened by a weak,
emotional woman on the verge of tears. “That offer still stands. I’ll give you
all the money in the safe and I won’t—”
“See, I told you she had a lot of money, baby. Didn’t I tell
you that?”
“Shut up, Kelly. You’re still on thin ice with me,” Jake
shouted, actually turning the gun on her as he spoke. Kelly whimpered and
covered her mouth, her bloodshot eyes wide and terrified.
The man would turn a gun on his own girlfriend and not bat
an eye. That didn’t bode well for either Summer or Aidan making it out of here
in one piece. Frantically, Summer’s mind raced, searching for a way to distract
Jake and Kelly long enough for her to reach Aidan’s gun. It was still sitting
neatly on top of Aidan’s clothes on the floor at the end of the bed. It had
been covered with a few pillows earlier in the evening, so no one would be able
to see what she was reaching for until it was too late.
And then what? You’re going to draw down on him and shoot
to kill? You don’t have the skill to shoot the weapon out of his hand before he
gets a shot off at you or Aidan. Are you really ready to kill another person,
even a person like Jake? Isn’t that why you tried to untie Aidan in the first
place, because you don’t think you have what it takes to use a gun on anything
but a target?
“Don’t move, bitch,” Jake said, swinging the gun back in
Summer’s direction.
“I was just going to get my robe,” Summer said, exaggerating
the sob that rose naturally in her throat.
Keep him off guard, keep him thinking that she was a
terrified little woman who he had no reason to fear. Then she’d get the gun and
put a few bullets in his chest. She suddenly knew, without a doubt, that she
would kill both of the people in front of her if they gave her no choice. She
and Aidan had a hell of a lot to live for and she wasn’t going to fail him or
their family by being too weak to kill for the right to that life.
“You don’t need a robe, girl. You can tattoo naked as well
as you can with clothes on,” Jake said, stepping further into the room, his
eyes settling on Summer’s bare breasts.
She shivered under the
period. You and Aidan are going to be okay. Just give them whatever they want
and—
“Get a good look girl, I ain’t shy,” Jake said. Summer’s
eyes immediately dropped to the ground. What had she been thinking? You didn’t
make eye contact with a man like that, you hauled ass out of his presence as
quickly as possible. Too bad Aidan was still bound, they were both naked and
neither of them in much of a position to haul ass.
“Listen, I don’t know what you came back for, Kelly, but you’ve
already been reported to the police—”
“Shut up, homo. You don’t talk unless I say you can talk and
you never talk to my woman,” Jake barked.
“I’m hardly a homo, man. I’m in bed with my—”
“You talk again, homo, and I’ll shoot your butt-fucking dick
off,” Jake said. The click as he armed his weapon and pointed it at Aidan was
the loudest sound Summer had ever heard. Her breath caught in her throat and
she prayed with everything in her that Aidan would keep quiet. Sure, it hardly
made sense to call a man caught naked with a woman a homosexual, but you didn’t
argue semantics with a man like Jake, especially when he had a gun aimed at
your groin.
She shot Aidan a pleading look, but he wasn’t looking at
her, he was looking at Jake with an expression on his face that clearly
conveyed his disdain. Shit, he was going to talk, he was going to be a stubborn
son of a bitch and get shot. He took a deep breath, obviously preparing to
speak, but Summer beat him to it.
If he wouldn’t do his best to keep himself in one piece, she
would do it for him.
“Please, I told Kelly when she was here before that I would
give her whatever she wanted,” Summer said, deliberately letting her voice
waver. Men felt less threatened by a woman and even less threatened by a weak,
emotional woman on the verge of tears. “That offer still stands. I’ll give you
all the money in the safe and I won’t—”
“See, I told you she had a lot of money, baby. Didn’t I tell
you that?”
“Shut up, Kelly. You’re still on thin ice with me,” Jake
shouted, actually turning the gun on her as he spoke. Kelly whimpered and
covered her mouth, her bloodshot eyes wide and terrified.
The man would turn a gun on his own girlfriend and not bat
an eye. That didn’t bode well for either Summer or Aidan making it out of here
in one piece. Frantically, Summer’s mind raced, searching for a way to distract
Jake and Kelly long enough for her to reach Aidan’s gun. It was still sitting
neatly on top of Aidan’s clothes on the floor at the end of the bed. It had
been covered with a few pillows earlier in the evening, so no one would be able
to see what she was reaching for until it was too late.
And then what? You’re going to draw down on him and shoot
to kill? You don’t have the skill to shoot the weapon out of his hand before he
gets a shot off at you or Aidan. Are you really ready to kill another person,
even a person like Jake? Isn’t that why you tried to untie Aidan in the first
place, because you don’t think you have what it takes to use a gun on anything
but a target?
“Don’t move, bitch,” Jake said, swinging the gun back in
Summer’s direction.
“I was just going to get my robe,” Summer said, exaggerating
the sob that rose naturally in her throat.
Keep him off guard, keep him thinking that she was a
terrified little woman who he had no reason to fear. Then she’d get the gun and
put a few bullets in his chest. She suddenly knew, without a doubt, that she
would kill both of the people in front of her if they gave her no choice. She
and Aidan had a hell of a lot to live for and she wasn’t going to fail him or
their family by being too weak to kill for the right to that life.
“You don’t need a robe, girl. You can tattoo naked as well
as you can with clothes on,” Jake said, stepping further into the room, his
eyes settling on Summer’s bare breasts.
She shivered under the
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