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“You knew I was there! You said it for a reason, and now I’m gonna figure out what the hell is goin’ on.”

“You have to let me go. I can’t stay here,” I say, shaking my head.

“You don’t have a choice.”

That’s when I lose it. I rush at him full force, slamming into him like a freight train. His body thuds against the door, but his arms wrap around me, holding me in place. I scream, I fight, I even bite him, but he doesn’t let me go. I kick, I scream, but he just holds on tighter.

“Let me go!”

“No.”

“Let me go, Remy! I have to fucking go!” I scream as I fight the hold he has on me.

“Give me one good fuckin’ reason, and I’ll let you go,” he roars at me. And before I can think about it or stop myself the words come out.

“He’s going to kill our daughter!”

Chapter 11

Remy

I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to do. She has a daughter? I mean, there was a time she stayed away, but that was when we first broke up. I thought it was just her getting over me. Taking the time she needed for herself. I still don’t let go of her. I hold onto her like she might run if I do, and from the sounds of it, she will.

“I need to go,” she whispers this time.

“Start talkin’, Tianna.”

“Please, just let me go. I can fix this. I can make it right,” she cries and pleads with me. Someone knocks on the door, and I move us away from it before telling them to come in. Gunner and Hodge step in, looking between us before he actually speaks.

“Got some bad news,” Gunner says.

“What is it?”

“There’s a new hit out on Tianna. Mystic caught it before it got too far down the chain,” he says softly. Tianna gasps and slowly stops fighting me.

“What?”

“That’s right. You wanna run to him, and he wants you dead! You wanna run right to him so he can kill you!” I roar at her. I let her go now. She steps away from me as I look back to Gunner and Hodge.

“It was him, right?”

“Don’t know for sure, but I’d assume so.”

“Why would he want me dead?” She questions herself more than the rest of us.

“I don’t know, Tianna. You’re safe here, though,” Hodge tells her as he looks at me. “We got your back, Remy.”

“My daughter,” she whispers, and my heart shatters inside of me. She has a daughter with that motherfucker. Anger courses through my veins as I think about that.

“What?” Gunner asks, looking between us.

“She has a daughter with him,” I tell him.

“It’s not with him, Remy. She’s yours,” Tianna screams before breaking down in tears once more. My breathing kicks up a notch as I let that sink in. I have a daughter, one she never told me about. What the hell is wrong with her? And that bastard Brad has her? Without thinking, I storm toward her, ripping her off the floor before wrapping my hands around her neck. I hold her there against the wall as she fights for air.

“I have a daughter? And you let that motherfucker take her?” I scream in her face. She can’t answer; she can’t even breathe at this point. Gunner and Hodge are pulling on me, trying to rip me away from her. I don’t let go. I hold on tighter. I will kill her. I will kill her for letting something happen to my daughter.

Finally, they pry me off her, and she gasps for air. Gunner moves to her side as Hodge shoves me back a few steps. I want to hurt her. I want to kill her. She didn’t tell me I had a daughter, and now that motherfucker has her? How could she do this to me?

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