Page 77 of Forever Filthy

“He has something from Vivian,” Ezekiel says. Vox snaps his head toward Ez so fast I’m surprised he didn’t snap his neck.

“What?” he snaps.

“Just sit the fuck down so he’ll explain!” Archer roars. I can see Vox wants to fight him but his curiosity is peaked, he wants to find her just as much as we do. Nova drags him over to the single seat and pushes him down. He tries to stand back up, so she does the only thing she can, she drops onto his lap, forcing him to remain where he is. Vox glares at Carmichael. To his credit the guy doesn’t cower, he just opens his briefcase and pulls out an envelope that he places on top of the closed lid. Either he can’t feel the six sets of eyes on him and the tension that is suffocating or he is ignoring it. He slowly peels the top open then proceeds to pull the contents out slower than a fucking snail. I’m not the only one getting pissed off. Vox, Ez and Hayze all look like they are about to jump out of their skin if this fucker doesn’t hurry his ass up.

“Now, let me start by saying this isn’t usual for me, I don’t normally do this type of thing but given that David was a longtime friend?—”

“Wait, David?” Archer cuts in.

Carmichael shoots him an annoyed look. “Please allow me to explain, then I will answer your questions. Like I was saying, David was a longtime friend of mine. I can’t discuss all the details but a month ago he came to me with a package on behalf of Mrs. Tempest.” My breath fucking stills at the mention of our girl.

“What did she give you?” Vox asks as he shifts forward in his seat, wrapping his arms around Nova’s waist to secure her to him.

Carmichael shuffles through the papers until he finds the one he wants. “This is a letter from Mrs. Tempest.” I look at Vox who is staring at me with wide eyes. The room is eerily silent and filled with anticipation as we all hope this letter will give us answers and a clue to where she might be. “I’ll begin reading it now.”

If you have this letter, then I guess things didn’t go to plan.

I know you guys are all probably angry and hurt over the choices I made.

I’m sorry.

I never meant to hurt any of you, especially my guys.

I hope I get the chance to tell you to your faces but I fucking love you three.

That’s right, I love you.

I just hope if this letter does reach you that I somehow survived the fall out. Carmichael is a friend of David’s who has been instructed to deliver these documents to you all if I don’t make contact with him by the Night Of The Saints.

Please don’t hate me or be angry. I did all of this so we could have a better life and be free of the Saints. I never wanted to lie to any of you or hide things but it was safer for you all if you didn’t know the truth.

This is a long letter so listen closely.

Vox, my twin, my big brother, my best friend. I love you. I’m so sorry I hurt you by not telling you what I had planned and marrying Ez behind your back. I love him, Vox, and I love Hayze and Archer as well. Please don’t take out your anger on them, they need you! You are the last piece of me they will have. Look after Mom and tell her that I love her, make sure she knows I’m so grateful for everything she did for us and loving us the way she did. Being away from her all this time has been harder than I thought possible. Make sure you look after her.

Nova, thank you for being my best friend and loving my brother. Thank you for making him happy and showing him that he is worthy of love. I’m so sorry for your loss, sweetheart. Your mother was an amazing woman and I amtruly sorry if my plan was the reason her life was cut short, I will forever live with that guilt.

My guys, the loves of my life, my happy ending. God, I wish I was with you three, I want to be there right now holding you and seeing the looks on each of your faces as you hear me tell you I love you. I never thought I would ever be lucky enough to find a man who loves me and I wasn’t lucky, I was blessed because I got three. Thank you. Call me crazy but knowing the three of you had my back and loved me even when you could have thought the worst of me means more than you will ever know. I won’t say to move on and be happy because it would be a lie. I do want you to be happy but I don’t want your happiness to be because of another woman. When you hear the next part, please keep an open mind as all the lies I have told have been for this reason, I did all of this for you. For a chance at a life with you three, I could write so much more and I want to but words will never be enough to express the connection I feel with each of you. You guys gave me a happiness I never thought I would experience and for that, I will go into the next life smiling because of you three.

I love you all with all my heart, never doubt that.

A pain I have never felt before blooms inside my chest and robs me of air, I feel my eyes prick with tears and I fight those fuckers back. I never thought I would be the type of guy who cries over a girl, yet here I sit using every ounce of strength I have not to let my brothers see me cry.

“I will now read you the instructions from Mrs. Tempest.” We all nod, none of us able to speak or even utter a simple grunt. “All rights and ownership of my companyEzy Ais to be disclosed to Ezekiel, Vox, Hayze and Archer.”

My brows slam together. “What company?” I ask.

Carmichael smiles sadly. “Mrs Tempest opened a company under the name of Ezy A two years ago.” I reel back.

“You got that wrong, she didn't own any company two years ago,” Archer snaps.

“I have it in writing, Mr. Malik, the company was opened by Vivian Hatchett but she was never the owner.” We all share a confused look. Up until a year ago, Vivian had never done anything without us knowing, this can’t be right. We would know if she started a company, right?

“He’s right.” We all turn to Nova.

“What the fuck do you know about this, witch?” Vox growls at his girl.

Nova ignores the bite in his tone and looks to the three of us with a soft smile. “I found out about Ezy A when I was with her in Hollow Hills. She didn’t need to say anything, I knew what the name stood for which then made everything else she was doing make sense.”

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