Page 108 of Moose

When Rob was finally finished, I could see the light in his eyes slowly dulling. He was losing a lot of blood from the amount of times I had stabbed him.

His body was shaking, but I didn’t give a fuck. He was going to suffer for everything he had done.

Javier stood over him and spit down. “You’re a sick motherfucker. But don’t worry, we specialize in fuckers like you.”

Two of his guys came over and dragged Rob to another door, then disappeared. I walked over to Lily and pulled her into my arms.

“Fuck, princess.”

She nodded. “I know. I fucking know. But down there... well, let’s just say he’ll never be coming back up from there.”

“Good.”

Javier came over and patted me on the back. “How you feeling, homie?”

“Fucking exhausted, man.”

He laughed and moved to the other side of the bar, grabbing us three bottles of beer.

“Have a beer and then we can get the fuck out of here.”

I nodded and took a sip of beer. Lily’s hand landed on my thigh, making me feel grounded after everything that had happened today.

We finished our beers and headed back out to the SUV, Javier’s guy getting in the front to drive us back.

Lily leaned her head on my chest as we took off down the road. She slowly fell asleep and Javier looked back at us.

“She tries to hide that shit, but her father... well, he raised her like that. It’s in her blood.”

I nodded. “It’s really fucked her up. She still has nightmares about all of it.”

Javier sighed. “Fuck. I told her to see somebody, but she doesn’t trust easily. Another fucking dig from her father. Don’t get me wrong, he taught me so much and was like a father to me. But he wasn’t the best for Lily. But she loved him, so don’t say anything.”

I softly chuckled. “I would never dare. Can I ask you something?”

“Sure, man.”

“What happened with the last kidnapping?”

Javier looked out the window, then back to me.

“They took her for info on the crew. Right after her father died.”

“Fuck.”

He nodded. “Yeah, man. It was bad. I had thrown a party as a fucking decoy, but Lil didn’t see it that way. My guys were out there, ready to get her. But my fucking queen saved herself. Make no mistake, Lily will never need saving. Maybe some help, but that’s about it.”

I smiled and looked down at her. “That’s the fucking truth.”

We got back to the house, and I pulled Lily into my arms, carrying into the bedroom. As we laid down, her beautiful eyes opened, and she smiled up at me.

“I love you, Jacob.”

I pulled her into me and kissed her forehead. “I love you too, princess.”

She wiggled away and got up. “But I wanna put some pajamas on to go to bed.”

I laughed and stood up, stripping down to my boxers. Lily threw a pair of yoga shorts on and one of my shirts, then crawled back into bed.

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