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    WHAT HE COMMITS   (What He Wants, Book Thirteen)
    by Hannah Ford
    Copyright 2015, Hannah Ford, all rights
reserved.   This book is a work of
fiction, and any resemblance to any persons, living or dead, is entirely
coincidental.

 
 
 
    NOAH

 
    I wanted to kill him.
    As soon as the mask came off, I wanted to
beat him until he was dead.   I’d
wanted to kill him from the beginning, wanted to hurt and maim whoever it was
that had put Charlotte in danger.   But seeing Josh’s face caused the rage inside of me to roar to life, like
a furnace being turned on for the winter.
    The heat and fury blew through me, and
before I knew what I was doing I’d picked him up and thrown him against the
wall of the hallway, so hard I could hear his ribs rattle.   The sound gave me a sick satisfaction.  
    Scenes from that long-ago night with my
stepfather flashed through my mind, the solidness of the bat in my hands, the
shattering of his knees as I slammed the heavy wood into his legs.
    I’d thrown up later that night, had
walked outside and vomited into the bushes as my adrenaline dissipated and the
realization of what I’d done had hit me.   The present and the past morphed together now, the scent of vomit
filling my nostrils, the sound of Audi’s screams from that night echoing
through the hallway, Josh’s face morphing into that of my stepfather’s.
    For a moment I thought I was going
insane, thought I was going to have a break with reality that would end with me
killing Josh, with me losing my shit right here and beating him to death. The
irony wasn’t lost on me -- I’d spent all this time trying to prove to Charlotte
that I wasn’t a killer, and yet here I was, about to kill someone right in
front of her.
    It was that thought that snapped me back,
the watercolor painting of my mind sharpening until everything was back in focus.
    The smell of vomit was replaced with the
musty smell of Force, my stepfather’s face turned back into Josh’s, and Audi’s
screams disappeared until all I could hear was the beat of the music from the
main room.
    Still, I kept my grip on Josh’s shirt,
pushed him up against the wall until he was forced to turn his face away from
me.
    “What the fuck is wrong with you?” I spat.
    “Relax,” he said, trying his best to
sound cocky.
    I loosened my grip on his shirt, and his hands
balled into fists like he was going to hit me.   The thought was laughable.   I grabbed him again and slammed him back into the wall.
    “Noah!” Charlotte yelled from behind me.   She was clawing at my shoulders, trying
to pull me off of Josh.   She was
scared of what I might do, scared of how far I would go.   Scared I would kill him.
    I grinned at Josh, then leaned in close
to him so he could hear everything I was about to say.
    “She doesn’t have to worry,” I said.   “I’m not going to kill you.”
    He rolled his eyes, but I could feel his
heart beating fast, could tell he was scared.
    “But I am going to fuck you up real
good,” I said and then I released him.   Before he could react, I pulled back and punched him in the face.  
    He immediately fell to the ground.
    I smiled.
    Maybe I would kill him after all.

 
    CHARLOTTE

 
    “Noah!” I screamed again as Josh’s body
crumpled to the ground.   I was
grabbing at Noah’s arms, trying to stop him, but it was futile -- he was made
of steel.   There was nothing I
could do.   If Noah wanted to hurt
Josh, he would.  
    Noah turned and looked at me, our eyes
locking on each other, and he nodded shortly, letting me know he wasn’t going
to hurt Josh.   At least not too
badly.
    “What the hell do you think you’re
doing?” Josh asked, getting up from the ground.   His nose was bleeding, his right eye already swelling.   “You can’t just go around punching
people, you stupid asshole.”
    Noah went for him again, but I put my
hand on his arm.   “Stop,” I said.   As much as I hated Josh, as much as I
wanted to