Page 123 of New Beginnings
As he slowly settled into his chair, his intense glare remained fixed on me.
“I don’t give one fuck about you or your fucking family, Williams. My wife and son were killed because of one of your agents!”
He started shaking his head, and before he could open his fucking mouth, I was out of my seat. My hand was wrapped securely around his throat. My fingers dug into the flesh of his neck as his eyes widened in fear and anger while he gripped my arms, struggling to get out of my hold.
“Did you know?” I asked, and he shook his head as he tried to speak. “Did you know he had my wife and son killed?"
“J.D., let him go,” Rebel said, with her hand on my forearm. I looked at her and I could see the fear in her eyes. “Let him go for me.”
I briefly closed my eyes, then when I opened them, I focused back on Williams. “You didn’t stop him from doing the shit he was doing. You let him go rogue.” He tried to shake his head, but I tightened my grip. “You did. However, Rebel’s the only reason you’ll remain breathing. You let him do what the fuck he wanted as long as he took me down. I’ll get what’s owed to me.”
As I released him, he collapsed into his chair, his body wracked with coughing.
“I didn’t know,” he said as he tried to talk through the coughs.
“Maybe you didn’t but you don’t get to come out of this without paying the consequences, Williams. But if I find out you had something to do with it, I will fucking kill you and piss on your fucking grave. And Rebel won’t be able to save you. No one will. I’ll be in touch.”
With Rebel’s hand in mine, I led the way towards the door. I paused for a moment to take one last look at Agent Williams, then I opened the door and walked out with my woman by my side. I’d use him until he was no longer useful.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?
Rebel Pierce
J.D. remained silent throughout the entire ride from my godfather’s house. The only reason he was still alive was because of me. I just hoped that the weight of that decision didn’t put a wedge in between us.
J.D. gripped my hand tighter. “Are you alright?” I asked even though I knew he wasn’t. He was struggling with his decision.
“No.”
“You want to talk about it?”
He sighed. “I’m not pissed at you, Rebel if that’s what you’re thinking.”
“If not me, then what?” I asked. “And I’m not worried if you’re pissed at me, I want to know what you’re feeling.”
“I’m pissed at myself,” he said. “It’s like I failed them.”
He let go of my hand, his fingers tightening around the wheel.
“How did you fail them, J.D.?” I asked. “I don’t know exactly what you did to get Dani and Luca justice, but I know you’vedone something. Even before Caesar got in touch with me, you were fighting for them. They would be proud of you for not giving up on them.”
He remained silent, and I decided not to press the matter any further. When he wanted to open up further, that’s when we would have that conversation. If he blamed me for how he was feeling now, then I’d deal with the consequences, but he’d done more than any husband or father would do in this kind of situation. He made sure the people who had harmed his family paid for what they’d done.
He grasped my hand once more and gave it a tight squeeze. Instead of heading towards the clubhouse, we were going in the opposite direction.
“Where are we going?”
He looked at me and smiled, but it wasn’t his usual seductive grin. It was filled with sadness. “I want you to meet someone.”
My brows drew together in confusion, but I chose not to speak. I thought I had already met everyone in J.D.’s circle. He was an only child, well except for Agent Revels. His mother, tragically killed by his father, now rests in an urn on his mantle in his home. And I was sure his father was dead too. The only family he had was the men in the club.
“Okay. Who is it?” I asked.
“You’ll see soon enough. We’re almost there.”
After a few moments, I recognized our location, and my heart started pounding in my chest. J.D. must have sensed my nerves, as he gave my hand a reassuring squeeze. He pulled his truck to a stop, and I took in a deep breath and released it. I had never been so nervous in my life. Why was I even nervous in the first place? They were dead. But this was a big deal. A major step in our relationship.
I was jolted out of my thoughts when my door creaked open. J.D. extended his hand, and I firmly clasped it before slowly exiting the vehicle.
