Page 299 of Dark Love

“Like she saw into my soul and knew everything about me. But otherwise pretty great.”

He starts typing again. “Did she like you? Or was she concerned about your reputation?”

“She’s where Dahlia got the lack of concern for appearances, I think.” Dahlia sees the heart of people, and for that, I’m forever grateful.

“Can you arrange a game?”

“You find out who hurt her daughter, and I’ll see what I can do.” Eugenia would do anything for her kids.

“Well then, consider it done. I’m just checking the origin of the file. Older images are surprisingly easy to find.”

“He had it.” I was right. I know it. Monty had a part in this somehow.

“More than that. It was originally taken on a phone registered to him.”

The picture on the wall switches into a screen. “One of the versions on his computer is larger than the others. I’d bet it’s the original, and he edited it.”

A younger Monty pops up on the screen with a pretty blond girl.

“How long ago did you give her the pill?” Monty asks.

“About fifteen minutes ago. Everyone else got one of my mother’s sleeping pills.”

The girl’s grin disgusts me. “Turn it off. I can’t watch them hurt her.” I turn away. Dahlia blamed herself for something this filth did. I want to kill them both.

“There’s more.”

More. “What do you mean by more?” Don’t say it. Don’t say it.

“Monty has quite the love for videos and children.”

He’s going to die today. How will Dahlia’s family handle it?

“We can take care of this problem if you would like.”

“Thank you for the offer.” There’s no way I’m not killing the man that did this to Dahlia.

“It isn’t that simple anymore.”

“Huh?” Killing has never been simple, but I’ve done it enough times that it isn’t all that complex.

“You’re part of a family now. Keeping secrets from the people you love, especially ones that affect their lives, doesn’t go over well. Ones this big…” He shakes his head.

“They don’t have to know he’s dead.”

“Like Basil isn’t going to notice his best friend, a guy he’s known for his entire life, disappeared without a word?”

Anger flows through me. “Monty deserves to die.”

“No question about that. The only question is, do you stay rogue or become part of a family?”

Monty hurt Dahlia and her entire family. My family. Every instinct in me screams to kill him. To rid the world of him. “Are you sure about that?”

Max raises an eyebrow at me.

“I hate you.”

“Yeah, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to watch MMA together soon.”

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