Page 70 of Die for You
“You would have what?” I cry, spreading my arms out wide. “This is your life!”
“As it is yours.”
“I did what I had to do to protect our daughter.”
His anger soon turns to sorrow. “And I would have done the same thing.”
I could stab back and point out that he too sat on a secret. But he’s right in thinking I wouldn’t believe him.
I knew this wouldn’t be easy, and I accept whatever decision he makes. I would be angry with me too. But anger aside, he will soon realize why I did what I did.
But I failed because Lettie is gone.
“I have so many questions, but for the first time in my life, I’ve run out of words.”
I’ve broken him, that much is clear.
I am riddled with so many emotions, but at the forefront is that we need to put our differences aside. Lettie is depending on us.
“I won’t insult you by apologizing.”
“Thank you.” He nods in gratitude. “You need to tell me everything, from start to finish, because that’s the only way we’re going to find her. But get this clear, Valentina.”
He steps forward, towering over me, his anger suffocating. “I am only doing this for a daughter I didn’t even know I had. When we find her, and wewillfind her, this won’t end in a happy family reunion. I intend on getting back the years I missed out on.”
I stand my ground even though I’m trembling on the inside.
“I didn’t think you could hurt me more than you already have. But I was wrong. This is the ultimate betrayal. We find Lettie. And…we kill Gianna—together.
“What happens after that is that you go the fuck back to Italy because you are dead to me.”
Lenny and I have fought countless times, but this is different.
There’s no coming back from this.
He’ll never forgive me.
But I never expected anything less.
“If you think I’m leaving my daughter here, you’re sorely mistaken,” I state very clearly.
Lenny laughs, and the sound has my entire body breaking out into goose bumps. “You need me, Valentina. You wouldn’t be here if you didn’t. So be very careful that you don’t end up missing too.”
I smack his cheek, fury animating me. “Threaten me again, and you’ll never see her. I promise you.”
I’ll make a deal with the devil himself, and that devil is Gianna even though I know the truth. I’ll put my revenge aside if it means Gianna will help me find my daughter.
And Lenny knows that.
It seems we’re finally on the same side…fighting for the same thing.
But this doesn’t mean we’re united.
If anything, this means war, and our feud is so much worse than any before it.
Let the best man, or rather,womanwin because I won’t lose.
“Are you fucking insane!”
