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He laughed when Joshua tried to get to him again, but Wolf held him back.
“How do you keep up with your clients?” I asked.
It had been a question that was on my mind since I started focusing back on getting this story out. He had to have some type of system to keep everything in order. And that included aclient list. I wanted it. And before he died, he was going to tell me where it was at.
He glared at me, and I steeled my spine. I was safe, I repeated in my mind. Joshua, Wolf, and Dragon were here to protect me.
“Where’s your client list?” I asked again.
“Fuck you,” he responded, and for that response Joshua kicked him in the stomach.
“You’re not getting out of this alive, but you do have the chance to save your wife, and if her life isn’t enough to get you to tell me what I want to know, then maybe your daughter’s life is worth it,” I said.
“You won’t touch her,” he sneered. “You don’t have it in you.”
“Maybe I don’t, but these three men do.”
“You know the Russians are in town,” Joshua said, looking at Dragon and Wolf. “They’re always looking for girls. Isn’t that right Dragon and Wolf?” Both men nodded. “I’m sure they would love to have one more girl.”
Decker’s fear-filled eyes darted between the three Sinners before settling back on me.
“Tell me what I want to know and save your daughter,” I said. “Or are you the heartless monster who’s also willing to throw your daughter to the wolves?”
“All the information you need is in a wall safe behind the Monet in the study at my home in the Garden District,” he said without hesitation. I guess he knows all about these Russian and what they’d do to his precious daughter if they ever got their hands on her. “The code is 2976.”
Joshua turned to Wolf. “Get one of the guys to grab everything out of there and take it to the clubhouse.”
Wolf pulled out his cellphone and walked towards the front of the boat. “Are you ready to finish this sweetheart?” Joshua asked me.
“I am,” I said without hesitation. “Feed him to the gators.” I looked to Decker and smiled. “Alive.”
As Joshua and Dragon hauled him up from the floor of the boat and over to the boat’s railing, his screams filled the air, echoing across the water.
He was still bound by rope, so it didn’t matter how close I got to him, he couldn’t touch me. I wanted my face and words to be the last thing imprinted in his memory when he took his last breath.
I approached him with a poker face, but inside, fear surged through every fiber of my being.
“I made a vow that when I got away from that place, I would kill you. This is for every woman, living and dead you hurt.”
Joshua and Dragon released their grip on him, and with a forceful push from me, he tumbled over the side of the boat.
As soon as his body hit the water, he let out piercing screams that echoed through the swamp, blending with the sounds of gators tearing at his flesh.
The dark murky water was tinged with a haunting red hue, evidence of the gruesome scene that unfolded where his body was torn apart. A scene I refused to turn away from no matter how grisly it was.
Joshua approached me from behind, his arms encircling me as he pulled me close against his chest. As he leaned in, his lips gently pressed against my temple.
“I’m so proud of you,” he said, his voice filled with genuine admiration. “I know that had to be hard.”
I looked up at him over my shoulder and smiled. I was proud of me too. Even though I’d played a part in two people losing their lives, I didn’t feel guilty. I was proud I could go through with it. All that remained was to get his client list and take out every individual on it.
“Let’s finish this,” I said.
Chapter Nineteen
Joshua “Loki” Ledet
Her phone had beenringing off the hook since news outlets had picked up on her story. She not only had a full schedule of interviews, but she also had multiple job offers from news organizations.
