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I squeezed her and winced as she brushed my knee That sucker was shot It looked like a basketball and was the same color as her dark blue eyes
“Any choice you ht choice, Reeve I love you”
She hiccuped against the side of my neck and I felt the tears start to fall “I love you too”
I ran my hand up under the heavy fall of her hair and wrapped it around the back of her neck I gave her a little squeeze and whispered into her ear as a uniformed paramedic started to ”
“Anything”
“You never had anything to do with your sister’s boyfriend getting killed He owed Novak et on him Novak manipulated you, used you like he did everyone else in the Point You’ve never been a killer, Reeve You aren’t a bad person You can go o of some of that responsibility you let control you”
She pulled back and looked at me stunned She fussed at the paraet to
She slowly shook her head and took ardless of whether I had a hand in it or not, I’lad Rissa’s killer is dead, and I would’ve killed Conner I still want to now seeing how badly he hurt you I won’t ain, I know I can’t and still keep you, but I still want to I don’t think it makes me a bad person I think it uy, the bad guy is going down and I won’t feel guilty for that anymore”
I leaned over and kissed her “You are a lion ta to dance in the dark with the monsters and animals that wanted to eat her up No wonder my beast loved her She wrinkled her nose at me
“Can’t it be Beauty and the Beast? I think I like that better”
I wanted to laugh but I groaned instead as they told urney It really hurt but it was tolerable because irl was there to take care of me
Like she alas I ht to the end for this town and those that I loved that lived here, but this wo in return There was nothing more than that This is what irl that could take care of herself and anyone else she cared aboutand God help anyone that got in her way
Chapter 19
Reeve
THE GARAGE WAS BUSY when I walked through it It was noisy and sot a few curious looks froines or that orking on various other parts of the car but I didn’t pay any attention to the as they wanted to keep breathing or stay out of jail, they kept their opinions to themselves