Page 24 of Vengeful Union

“What the fuck? Who pushed you in?” he snarls, his hands balling into fists at his sides.

I get to my feet and turn back to the house. I want to get away from Finn. He’s getting too close, and I don’t like it. I hate having someone who can make me vulnerable. My dad stopped being someone who could make me vulnerable when I saw the truth about who he truly was. When I saw what he could do to those he loved.

We’re silent while we make our way back to the room I’m staying in. His anger rolls off him in waves. He’s pissed that I won't talk to him, let him know who hurt me. But I don’t see why he should have all that information when he’s not giving me anything in return.

“I think my brother is plotting something,” he says quietly so only I can hear him. “We know he’s against my sister—my other brother, Denis, informed us of that—but I genuinely think he’s plotting something.”

He walks out of the door to my room and begins to close it. He’s about to leave me alone in the hellhole I’ve been stuck in for the past two weeks.

“Georgina,” I say, and the door that had been closing is suddenly wide open, and Finn’s staring at me with heated eyes. They’re blazing with rage. “It was Georgina who tried to kill me.”

He doesn’t say anything, just turns and leaves me in the room. What the hell is going on between us? He’s actually…nice. Though I’m relieved he’s gone. I don’t want to get into it. Being in the water, it’s my ultimate fear. I’ve handed that to a man who bought me.

What he doeswith that information is down to him.

I’ll either getout of this situation unscathed, or I’ll be six feet under.

10

Finn

"Boss, we've got a problem," Alex tells me as he walks toward me. His face is set in stone, his eyes blazing with rage.

I grind my teeth and indicate for him to follow me. I instantly know what he's going to tell me. Bannon, the stupid fuck, has pissed him off already. He's not been following him a fucking day and already Alex is coming to me.

I close the door to my office behind him. "Alright, speak."

He clenches his fist. "That asshole," he begins. "Bannon..." He shakes his head. "He's a complete fuckup. As you know, we had a job to do: talk to Hammersmith and get the lay of the land."

Hammersmith is our new product manager. He's got an excellent reputation among the crackheads and dealers alike. We supply Hammersmith with the drugs, and he sells them. It's a win-win situation. We keep our noses clean, and Hammersmith takes home some big bucks. Except, the product is going missing, and I'm not happy about it.

"What did he say?"

Alex's jaw is shut tight. The tick tells me he's beyond pissed. "Hammersmith was panicking. He was sweating, shifty, and wouldn't answer any questions."

Great, either he's been taking the product and selling it to our rivals, or he's been using it for himself. Either way, he's a dead man. You don't play us and get away with it.

"What do you think? User or thief?"

Alex sighs. "Neither. He was in that state thanks to the gun the gobshite you have tailing me was pointing at his head. Fucking idiot. I swear to Christ, boss, Bannon does not know how to use the damn thing. He was shaking. He had no control of the firearm in his hands."

I groan as I rub the nape of my neck. "Tell me that arsehole didn't pull the fucking trigger."

"He did. I don't know if he meant to shoot Hammersmith or not, but he missed and ended up shooting his six-year-old daughter."

I blink. "Excuse me?"

I must have misheard him, because there's no way any man who belongs to the Clann could shoot a fucking child for shits and giggles.

"Thankfully, Sierra is okay. It was a graze on her arm, but still…"

I pace the room. There's absolutely no way this fucking bastard can stay alive. Fuck no. "What did Hammersmith say?"

I can only imagine. I'd be on a warpath if it were me. If he pulls out of our arrangement, I'm going to lose my fucking shit.

"I spoke to him, tried to smooth things out, but fuck, boss… What could I say to make it right?"

"Nothing. There's not one fucking thing we can say that'll make up for the fact he shot his daughter."

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