Page 123 of The Bodyguard

Not for a single fucking second.

I feel Aidan arrive behind me.

“Put the gun down Gina or we both will shoot.” Aidan says in a much calmer voice than mine.

“She was trying to take Nick from me.” She screams as if we’d drop our weapons and be like, oh, really, please go ahead and shoot the living fuck out of her then.

Stupid bitch.

“I’m going to count to three,” Aidan says, moving around me and getting closer to her. “If the gun is not on the ground, we will disarm you.”

Aka shoot you.

“But she—”

“One.” He growls, his hands tight around his gun.

I’m ready to blow her fucking brains out, but my eyes drop to Savannah. Sweetheart. Please be alive.

“Two.” Aidan counts.

“No!” Gina yells and lifts her weapon. “She needs—”

Bang.

Aidan shoots her in the shoulder and the gun goes flying as Gina screams and falls to the ground.

Diving across the floor, I kick the weapon away while Aidan tackles her. I secure the gun and slide it into the back of my black cargo pants as I hear an ambulance siren close by.

They must have got the gates open.

Then I race over to Savannah and place my fingers at her pulse.

Not again.

Please, I cannot lose her. Not Savannah. I should’ve fucking been here this morning. We knew there was a risk, and that it could be one of her team.

What was I thinking?

I’ve failed her.

Even if she does live.

“Security panel on the front door.” I scream at Aidan just in case I’m wrong about the gates. I turn to Savannah and put pressure on her wound. “Open the gates.”

With Gina secured with plastic ties—a standard in our vests—he races out the door.

She tries to get to her feet, and I raise my gun. And point it at her head.

Gina freezes.

“Please. Do me a favor and do something stupid so I can kill you.” I sneer.

“You love her,” Gina says, surprised.

“You didn’t.” I shake my head. “You were supposed to be her friend.”

Next minute, the room is filled with police and medical people. I stand back and watch as Savannah is put on a stretcher, an oxygen mask on her face, and she’s wheeled away from me.

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