Page 138 of My Broken Bodyguard 2: Ritchie & Tori

“Tyra is right. We’ve all kept secrets, but none of them have anything to do with our operation on the South Side,” Bianca chimed in.

“Tyra, what did you expect to happen when you exposed Simone? That the other girls would turn against her?” Ritchie questioned.

“Well, if that was your plan, it didn’t work. Nick Pitucco is the mafia boss of our family. I know for a fact he knows everything about Ezra. There’s no way he’d hire him as his bodyguard if he didn’t.”

“My enemy was after me when I met Simone. I asked Nick to help me out. In return, I’d become his bodyguard. He told me that wasn’t necessary. That was the deal I made to keep Simone safe.”

Ritchie widened his arms. “You see. This is why I put my wife’s life in his hands. I fucking trust him,” he said with a thick New Jersey accent.

Catch stepped towards Tyra. “The thing about the mafia we torture in ways that make you rethink all the bad decisions you made, like betraying your friends who were supposed to be your family.”

She lurched at Catch. Her wrist jerked against the zip tie. “They were never my family. They never let me into their little circle.”

“That’s your own fault for being jealous of your so-called best friend.” Catch clicked his tongue disapprovingly. “She didn’t deserve, Man-Man,” Tyra roared.

I plunged a knife into her already injured arm.

“Ahh,” she cried out in pain.

Bianca followed suit and stabbed her thigh, while Asia did the same on her other thigh. Simone took a scalpel and ran it down Tyra’s cheek.

“You want my best friends since childhood to kill me?” Simone yelled.

“You’re a fucking bitch,” Tyra gritted through her teeth. “Simone,” Ezra warned, his love for her evident in his protective stance.

Did he really think we would ever hurt Simone? It broke my heart and warmed it at the same time. He loved her so fiercely that he wouldn’t let anyone harm her. But at the same time, Tyra had manipulated him into thinking we would. She was a master manipulator.

I turned to my bodyguard. “Simone has been my best friend since grade school. I know her heart; she would never set us up. And ultimately, that’s what matters in our world – loyalty. We would never harm our best friend.”

Ritchie clutched Ezra’s shoulder. “We’re family. We ride for each other.”

I ran over to Ritchie, unable to resist the urge to taste his lips. We lost ourselves in each other’s kiss. As we pulled apart, he gestured behind me.

“Mrs. Toscana, take care of her so we can eat dinner.”

“Consider it done, Mr. Toscana,” I replied.

Catch kissed Bianca. “Make this bitch sing,” he ordered.

“Yes, daddy,” Bianca purred.

“Daddy?” I teased, raising an eyebrow.

“Sounds like naughty things are going down later,” Asia cackled.

“Nerd girl, make him holler,” Simone ordered.

Bianca winked at Simone over her shoulder. “You know I will.”

Rémy then Romeo feasted on Asia’s lips.

“I’ll definitely be hanging from the chandelier in our bedroom later tonight,” she promised with a playful smirk.

I cupped my hands around my mouth for effect. “Yes, make them scream your name!”

My painkillers were working overtime. I was feeling high as a kite, which was exactly what I needed to get through torturing this bitch. Who I thought I killed once before. Now I had to do it again. This woman was once my best friend.

She betrayed you, Tori. She was jealous and wanted your life.

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