Page 48 of Reaper Released

“Fuck, Scar, I know! What the fuck?”

“How did you know he was the one? Because I’ve met the guy, and honestly, he terrifies me!”

“Honestly, that first day back, he took me to his room. I was in his shower when I nearly passed out. I clung to the fucking wall trying to stop myself from falling and knocked everything off the shelf. He came in, didn’t say anything, stripped down to his boxers, climbed in the shower, and held me up while he washed my hair. He looked after me and then held me all night. And I’ve never felt like that. I dunno how to describe it. It just felt right.

“I woke up in his arms, and I freaked out a little, but not enough to move or do anything about it, and then I kissed him, and it’s almost like I’ve never had issues letting people touch me. He’s always touching me, kissing me, and it feels perfect! Fuck, I sound like a right girl now!”

“How did he propose?” She flushes a little, and I laugh. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you embarrassed!”

“Fucking hell, Scar, he edged me till I screamed yes.”

“Edged you? As in ‘edged’ you?” I burst out laughing. “Fucking hell, Ray!”

She shakes her head at me. “Tell anyone, and I will stab you!”

“But you do wanna marry him, don’t you?”

“Yeah, Scar, I really do. It feels like I know nothing about him while also feeling like I’ve been with him forever! I just feel like he was made for me. What about you and Ares? How’s that going?”

“Can we talk about you some more?”

“Come on, Scar, spill. What’s going on? You haven’t wanted to leave his side, and yet after what went on, you bail?”

“He saw me as weak after Shay, and I didn’t want him to see me weak again. I wish I was more like you. When she was kicking me while I was down, I just kept thinking you would have killed her by now, and when that guy grabbed me and dragged me up the path, all I could think was Ray would have killed him by now, and you did! I think Ares deserves someone more like you! I think I need to take a step back and regroup, ya know!”

“You know Shay’s like me, and he didn’t want her. He wants you because you’re not like that, Scar. Your strengths lie elsewhere! You’re a fucking goddamn queen. You’re intelligent, funny, and fucking sexy as fuck! Don’t overthink anything. He wants you!”

“What if he changes his mind, Ray? What if he decides he doesn’t want me?”

“Easy!” She waggles her eyebrows at me, grinning. “We kill the motherfucking dickhead, steal his bike and ride off into the sunset. Thelma and Louise style!”

“Didn’t they both die?”

“Semantics!” She laughs out loud.

“Thing is, I can take him, so it’s not a worry.”

I just laugh at her. I mean, what else can I do? “I don’t want to have kids.”

“Where the fuck did that come from?”

“I was just thinking, with you getting married and everything… Are kids on the cards? And while I think, fuck yeah, I would make an awesome aunt, I really don’t want kids of my own… Not now… Or even ever!”

“Fuck, I want kids!” She shakes her head. “I never thought I did till I said yes, then now I have all these possibilities, and I do want kids!”

She opens the Haribo bag, and we both grab a handful and slouch back into the pillows.

“Fuck!” She breathes around a mouthful of jelly sweets.

“Fuck!” I breathe out in reply.

Washing them down with fucking the rest of the tequila. I don’t remember much after that.

Steel

“I will come to get you at seven and take you for breakfast at the diner so we can talk to Demi.”

As the girls leave the clubhouse, I turn to Ares. “That thing I talked about doing? Is it still good?” He nods.

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