Page 74 of Nobody Wants Me
“You’re right, I can’t, because if it was me, I would go back home in a second, and I would kill every son of a bitch that came close.”
“Then why don’t you?”
I hadn’t heard The Butcher approach, but I did hear the unmistakable sound of a body thudding to the ground.I spun around and watched as The Butcher came out of the darkness.
“You just killed one of them?”I asked.
“Yep, she had been following you since you left the hotel,” The Butcher said.
Freya let out a squeal and rushed to The Butcher.I watched the two embrace.I had no idea how the two had become friends.
“I think Freya’s right, and what you just said is right,” The Butcher said.
“You do?”Freya asked.
The Butcher was looking at me.“Running like this is making us pretty stretched.If we put you back in Victor’s territory, it would make things a lot easier.Especially if you didn’t make a run for it.We could check the perimeter, and it would just be easier.”
“I thought this was easier for you?”I asked, looking toward The Butcher.
“It was, because it helped us check out other locations.Harris, right now, is gone.Ivan and I got a possible hot spot three weeks ago.It was close to Ivan’s island, but just as we were about to land, the whole place exploded, so we know Harris was there.He was on the move.”
“Wait, you’re saying Harris could have been close to us the whole time we were on the island?”
“That is a chance.Harris has private islands.We’ve been able to locate a couple of them, but he’s on the move, and with The Grid behind him, he is able to move a lot quicker than we like.”
I see this has pissed off The Butcher.Between The Beast and The Butcher, they were notorious for finding their targets.No one escaped their wrath.Yet Harris was proving to be a very trying target.I didn’t like it.
“There is only one clear choice right now.You go back home.You don’t fucking leave that house.Victor goes back to doing what he does best, and he leaves your protection detail to us,” The Butcher said.
“Us?”I asked.
“Me and The Beast.”
“I didn’t think you two worked together?”
“We do, when the occasion calls for it,” The Beast said, stepping out of the shadows.
Seeing the two of them together, they were like chalk and cheese, and yet I couldn’t help but admit they looked pretty damn good together.I had seen them at Niamh and Peter’s house not too long ago, playing with the kids.They had become a part of Ivan’s crew.It had surprised me how normal the two could react.Both of them could stand out in a crowd and at the same time get lost in it.
I looked toward Freya, who actually seemed hopeful and even happy.It was the first time in a long time I had seen her this happy.
“Is this what you want?”I asked.
“Yes,” she said, nodding.“Yes, it is.”
I looked toward The Beast and The Butcher, and knew I was done arguing.
“Let’s make this work.”
****
Freya
Three Months Later
I stared down at the stick in my hand, which shook.We’d been having sex for a long time now, and each time hadn’t exactly caught.I don’t know when that had changed, but I had felt a difference in my body.Also, my latest cycle was late, and I was as regular as clockwork.I also didn’t take the contraceptive pill.
Looking over the leaflet that came with the test I had asked The Butcher to sneak in for me, I glanced at the results.
