Page 65 of Lost in Her
Chapter Twenty-Four
Ethan
After a month of taking it easy, I’m finally healed enough to deal with Tristan.Emory and Jenn are focusing on putting together the baby’s room, so it’s the perfect time for Shawn and me to deal with the problem in his basement.
It has been hard for me to not just go down and fucking end him.But making sure I was healed was the best move to make.Tristan feeds off weakness and I wanted to make sure when I went down and faced him he wouldn’t be able to see any kind of weakness.I am not fully healed, but I am healed enough to take care of him.
Once he is dealt with, we all can sleep better at night and look forward to what the future will bring for all of us—a world without Tristan.A world where we don’t have to always be looking over our shoulders.
We plan on reopening the center soon and with that there will come danger and more dangerous men not liking our work.But we have decided to make a lot of changes and improvements to the center and what we are doing.I guess that’s what Tristan has taught us—the things that needed to be changed if we’re going to continue to do this.
I stop at the doorway of the room and see Emory and Jenn putting away baby clothes.
Jenn slightly turns and looks at me.She has been smiling a lot lately.And I plan on seeing her smiling for the rest of her life.She has survived so much.She deserves to be happy and safe and now she is, and I will fucking make sure she always will be.
“I will be at Shawn’s house, sweetheart” I state calmly.
“Okay, baby.We’ll be here.”Her smile makes my heart race.
“I love you.”I think I say those three words a million times a day.But it never gets old hearing her say it back.
“I love you, too,” she replies, turning back around and opening one of the drawers.
She doesn’t need to ask.She knows what I am about to do.We’ve been talking about it for the past month and she understands that he needs to die.That his dying is the only way I can ensure that he won’t come after us or her again.
I push off the doorframe and make my way down the hallway and out the front doors.Shawn is standing outside looking down at his phone.He’s been staying in contact with our men that have been rebuilding things at the center.
He’s always working and wanting to make improvements, but after what Tristan put us through, I don’t blame him.
He wants to make sure that what happened will never happen again.When the center is complete it will be the safest place in town—except for our houses, of course.
“Bro, you ready?”I ask, stopping in front of him.He nods and puts his phone inside his pocket.
“Yeah, we’re good to go.”
I nod and start making my way down the pathway we made to Shawn’s house.We made sure that my house was not too close but not too far away from his.We wanted to make sure if we needed each other or if something happened, we could reach both houses in the least amount of time.
Shawn walks at my side, both of us staying silent as we prepare ourselves for what is about to happen.We have talked about it so much that it’s nuts it is finally time to end this once and for all.
Before we know it, we are walking into his house and down the hallway towards the basement door.
Shawn opens the door and starts making his way down the stairs.I take a deep breath as I walk through the door and follow, each step making my heart race more and more.All this waiting has fucking killed me.
Shawn opens the basement door and walks inside.I stop at the doorway and see that Tristan is hanging from chains attached to the ceiling making me smile.
His wrists are bleeding and from what I can see he has been getting some good beatings from Shawn and our men.
