page51 (1/1)
I have to grit my teeth and clench my hands into fists not to leap across the desk and pop hi as jealousy, surprises me because I’ve not ever quite felt it before IJayce, I went apeshit with anger, but I didn’t have this ugly, dark sensation inside of ht now over Kynan’s clear interest in Trista
Regardless, I push it down I don’t acknowledge it because to do so ht then The Silo Around ten?”
“I’ll be here,” he says, but he doesn’t et up His expression turns serious, his eyes hardening slightly “Are you still going through with your plan to use Trista to get back at Jayce?”
My stohtens, but I don’t hesitate “Of course I am Like we discussed before, she’ll probably never know And just so you know, I’ll be using video of us to to send to Jayce when this is all over”
Kynan gri videotaped as we’ve done that together before too, but also because he thinks I’ht, and yet I refuse to be deterred I can’t let go of probably the only opportunity I’ll ever have to cause Jayce so like what he caused me, but still—
“Jerico,” Kynan says in a faint voice laced with censure “It’s not the way—”
“Don’t tell e on that bastard,” I snarl at him as I come up frooes beyond just the anger and huoes far beyond that”
“But using Trista—”
“He fucking killed my kid,” I roar at him, and Kynan’s eyes soften with shared pain He’d been byzombie I’d been so mired in despair
It ht be a bit dramatic to say Jayce killed my child, but when it’s boiled down, it’s what he did He fucked h for the life ofour child at the tiht theether
Being the hot teood and moved out of the house I shared with Michelle She tried desperately to try to work things out with me, but I don’t take betrayal well I cut her off emotionally—the only tie I wanted with her was my child I can still remember vividly when I realized that tie had been broken
Destroyed, actually
After a feeeks had gone by, I called her to see if we could work out so where I could still be involved with her prenatal appointments From the moment she opened her one
“Jerico,” she’d said in a voice that was laden with soto call you, but I wasn’t sure how to tell you… I lost the baby a few days ago”
She even sniffled, but I could tell it was contrived
I could have asked questions Tried to narron exactly what her lie was, but I had better resources than trying to figure out the line between deceit and honesty when it came to Michelle
I put one of my best hackers on it, and within just six hours, he’d been able to pilfer her as One that was known for perfor pain as I did at thatMichelle ter on the cake was that the transaction was paid for by Jayce
It was the one and only tier with the intent to harht to her house When she opened the door,her up into her foyer, where I slaainst the wall I could tell by the fear in her eyes that she knew that I knew
“You fucking killed our baby,” I roared at her,her slender throat For aher, but then self-preservation triumphed over my personal pain and I released her She slu