Page 47 of Lost in Her
“Ethan I—” Oliver starts.I shake my head, making him stop.I don’t need to hear his fucking excuses, and I am done playing games.That’s all this ever was—a fucking chess game.And I am sick and tired of it.
“No.No, I am not playing any fucking games.Oliver, where the fuck is she?”
“With him,” Oliver states in a shaky voice.I close my eyes and take a deep breath.
I open my eyes and look at the man that I thought was my friend.He is scared.Good, he should be.He should know this is not going to end well for him.“Tristan.She is with Tristan?”I snap at him.
He nods.“Yes.”
“Where?”Shawn asks the question before I can.
“At his penthouse,” Oliver offers quickly.I don’t know why I’m starting to see relief in his eyes.Does he think because I used to call him family that I will show him mercy?He lost that title and everything that goes with it the moment he took my fiancée from me.
“Why?”I whisper, my voice just as shaky as his.I want to know why he did this.Why he betrayed me.Why he betrayedus.But I know he won’t tell me and even if he did his fucking excuse would just piss me off more.
“I’m sorry.I’m so sorry,” Oliver states with so much guilt and shame.But it doesn’t change the fact that he gave Jenn to Tristan.That we trusted him and in the end he used that trust to fuck us over.This is all because of him.The bombs.Everything.
He took everything we planned and used it against us.He must not have felt that guilty and ashamed when he took her.He could have come to us, to me, but he didn’t.He became Tristan’s little bitch.
I release my hold on his throat and take a small step back.I keep the gun against his forehead as I watch the tears roll down his face.
“I’m sorry I trusted you,” I state as I pull the trigger.I feel his blood cover me as his body slides down the wall.I take several steps back and look down at his limp body.His hands are at his sides, his head to the side.His eyes are open, but the light is gone.
I feel my heart racing as I feel a hand grab mine.I look over and see Shawn.His eyes are on me as he slowly takes the gun from my hand.
“We have to get her back, Shawn.”I can’t hide my fear or my pain.I fucking need her.I love her.And not only that but she is pregnant with my child.
I can only imagine what Tristan will do to her and the baby growing inside her when he finds out that she’s pregnant with my child.
“I know,” Shawn says.That’s all he says because, honestly, I think we are both lost for words.I feel my heart aching with knowing that I trusted Oliver with Jenn.And Jenn trusted me.
“She’s ...she’s—” I can’t even get the words out.But he nods.Emory told him.Of course she told him.This changes everything.
Emory comes to my other side and grabs my hand.I keep my eyes on Shawn as I try to catch my breath.
“We will get her back, Ethan.I promise” Shawn and Emory, both promise me at the same time.They are trying to reassure me but right now everything is crashing and burning inside me.
She is the only one that can calm the darkness inside me and now she is gone.She is with that prick.The one that has been abusing and raping her for years.
I made her a fucking promise, a promise I will do anything to keep, even if it means giving up my life to save hers I will.I fucking will.
