Page 56 of Unmasked Legacy

God, he won’t say it, he’s smart enough not to.

The man is a fucking broken genius.

“She loved me,” I hiss.

“I love you. It was me who took care of you. Me.”

Shaking my head, a tear slips from my eye, running down my cheek. “Those women you killed, they had families.”

“They were destroying their families, they were crushing their husbands, trying to take everything from them ...”

“You truly believe what you’re saying, and that makes it all that much worse,” I say, sadly.

“One day you’ll see, you’ll see I did it all for you.”

“Do not ever put that on me. I have enough hell because of what you did. I struggle to move on with my life, I struggle with relationships, I struggle with mental health, and the entire town thinks I’m a fucking killer. Because of you. It’s all because of your mistakes. I didn’t ask for any of it.”

His eyes flash. “Someone is out there, copying me. I know who it is, Mera. I know what he wants. He wants revenge. He wants to make us suffer.”

“Who?” I say, trying to stay calm enough for him to tell me who the hell is doing this to me. “Who is doing this?”

He glances at the guard, who steps closer.

Come on. Just say it.

“I killed them on my own, there was nobody else, but that doesn’t mean other people didn’t know. They did. I had people who helped me cover it up.”

My heart skips a beat. “Who?”

My voice is clipped, and I’m trying really hard not to lose it with him.

“Two men, they were good to me, like my own sons. I helped them, and they helped me. But, things went wrong ... One of them wants revenge, and he’s going to use you to get it. You need to be careful, Mera.”

“Just tell me who it is!” I snarl.

“Caleb, his name is Caleb. Caleb Winters.”

C.W. – just like the initials.

“Where do I find him?”

His eyes dart back to the guard, who is watching intensely. “I don’t know, but I know someone who can help.”

“Well, get to it,” I mutter. “If you care at all about me, you’ll tell me what I need to know.”

“You need to go to the local biker club and ask for Wolfe Cross. He knows everything. He will help you.”

My entire world stops as my ears ring, and every sound around me seems to come to a complete stop. I can’t hear anything my father tells me after that, because his words just keep repeating over and over in my mind. Wolfe Cross. Wolfe Cross. I can’t believe what I’m hearing, I just can’t. Is he saying that all along, Wolfe has known my father?

That he has played dumb this entire time?

“Who is this Wolfe to you?” I manage to whisper, my body humming with a rush of pain and confusion.

“He’s a friend, I helped him a long time ago. I can’t tell you any more than that, but I can tell you that he is the only one who can find Caleb and stop all of this. Caleb has that girl, and Wolfe can find her and finish this.”

Reality slams me like a knife to the chest.

W.C.C.W – Wolfe Cross, Caleb Winters.

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