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"Is he dead?" she asked ine it’s that easy to recover fro he had one, that is," I said

"Is it wrong that I hope he is dead?" she asked

"No, baby I’d think so want him dead," I reassured her

"If he’s dead, does that ive her? She killed hiive her" She sounded so utterly and hopelessly lost Like she was alone in the wilderness without a co north

I held her chin gently in my hand and tilted her face up to look at me "You listen to me, Sunshine Your ht in the head since long before your dad died She killed Frank out of jealousy, not because she was protecting you After what she did, there’s no evening the score--not ever So don’t you feel like you need to forgive either of the I hope they both die and spend eternity burning in hell"

"When this is all over and your fight and my exams are done, I want to finish our home, close the door, and keep the world out for at least a week," she told ood plan to me, love," I said with a chuckle Em tucked herself in closer tostopped, and her warently acrossall this difficult to process, but for me, it was like Christmas had come early In all likelihood, Frank was dead, the evil poison in our life that was Margaret Tho at twenty years behind bars, that’s if shesafe in ht, we all piled into Liam’s truck and headed home Em didn’t protest as I carried her up the stairs to our flat After taking my keys out of the lock, I kicked the door shut and headed straight to the bathroo?" she mumbled as I set her down on the toilet seat lid

"Hot bath," I replied "It will make you feel better" I knew she’d need to wash away the stink of Frank’s touch, and I needed to be close to her, to feel like I was taking care of her She liked baths hot enough that you could boil off a layer of skin of you ju only used to ice baths I was a cowater, but I did it for E her to stand up, I carefully undressed her and folded her clothes neatly in a pile She’d killbetter if I chucked them all over the floor When she was naked, I pulled my shirt over my head and made quick work of my boots, jeans, and underwear She was so tiny that I lifted her effortlessly into the bath and then sat behind her, pulling her back againsta ton of that se, I washed her carefully as she laid against ot to her chest, I had to adjust my cock so it didn’t impale her, but in all honesty, it had been at half-ot a led sleepily

"It’s notmy cock to your top As soon as the top coain, and it was such a fucking beautiful sound I wished I could bottle it and take it aith me across the world I’d call it my jar of happiness, and it would let the sun shine into the dark

There are days when h the door tired and hungry and don’t see how tired she is or how the place is spotless and how, as you’re hoovering your es in the kitchenthat just for you There were probably days that I’d already done that to Eht to make sure that didn’t happen, it probably would, on occasion, happen again

Today wasn’t one of those days My beautiful, gentle, loving as safe in ht in front of us I sent a silent prayer upstairs for that Fuck success and fuck the ht here and noas more than I ever deserved More than I ever dared to drea the world at her feet wasn’t still on the agenda Rico Te to do

"I’ht," I told her, "but I don’t want to leave you"

"The university would probably let me bail on the exams if I asked them They’re only internal exa to take theet aithout doing theently up and down her arm

"Because fuck Frank and his memory, that’s why Today he took the last piece of nor about Frank has messed around my final year soto sit thee in hell"

"Baby?" I asked

"Hmm…" she answered

"Reled again "I want you at the fight withproud that you still want to see it through" I paused, feeling like I should cancel the fight to stay with her

"Absolutely no way," she said without looking around toabout?" I asked

"I can practically hear your brain working, O’Connell You are not canceling this fight I’ to stay with Nikki as planned My last exaht to the US early on Saturday ht but at least I’ll be there to celebrate with you after"

"Please tell me there’ll be sex Lots and lots of sex?" I said

"If you win, there will be," she teased I tickled the sponge over her ribs ently on the side of her neck ht," she protested without feeling