Page 5 of Killian (The Doherty Mafia)
Connor was driving the car and we were in the backseat. Headed to his house where he was going to have his way with her.
This girl was nothing more than a pawn in a game being played between the two mafia houses. She was a gift to Connor for my father who was trying to appease him and keep him at least temporarily satisfied.
I shouldn’t have given a shit. I’d seen this before.
But for some reason; this girl thought I was going to help her and as the minutes ticked by, an idea took shape in my head that I just couldn’t get rid of.
I wanted her for myself.
* * *
“Follow my lead,” I whispered in her ear.
Reese had a faraway look in her eye while she stared out of the window. I wasn’t even sure if she’d heard me, but I had to do it now before it was too late.
I pulled my army knife out of the back of my pants and snapped her Zip Tie before she had a chance to react. She looked up at me with her mouth hanging open in surprise.
She wasn’t expecting that.
I wasn’t expecting it either.
It would have been much easier for me to follow along with the plan. Deposit this girl at Connor’s house, leave them to themselves, and go back home.
But fuck that.
I wanted a piece of this girl and I wouldn’t want her if Connor took her first.
Besides, I never liked the sleazy piece of shit anyway.
“Fuckin’ hell. This bitch is crazy,” I shouted.
Reese gasped in response, even further shaken up by my reaction, but I lifted her up in my arms and threw her around the backseat a little. I needed to create the illusion of an unruly commotion here.
“What the fuck is going on back there?” Connor growled, peering into the rearview mirror. But it was too dark and he couldn’t see clearly.
I cursed some more, complaining that the girl was getting out of hand. Reese cried out, protesting as I manhandled her. She tried to fight me, like she had no idea I was trying to help her.
Connor screeched the car to a stop on the side of the freeway.
Great. Exactly what I wanted him to do.
And just when I thought Reese was going to ruin my plan by doing something stupid, I saw her reach for the gun next to Connor in the front seat. She jumped up, grabbed it and pointed the gun at Connor’s back.
She pulled the trigger just as he was turning to look at us.
It all happened in a split second. The shot went off with an ear splitting bang inside the car, splattering blood everywhere, including on our faces.
Reese screamed, dropping the gun back into the front seat. She was crying with full force as I kicked the door open.
Connor was still alive, but he wasn’t going to be for very long. With whatever strength he still had left in him, he reached for his gun.
I grabbed Reese with one arm around her waist and dragged her out of the car. She was fuckin’ hysterical, kicking and screaming because she didn’t know what was good for her.
Connor shot at us haphazardly. The bullets came nowhere close to us.
I ran into the woods, dragging the chick with me.
“Is he dead? Is he dead?” she cried. “Did I kill him?”
I stopped when we were far enough into the woods, but I could still see the car. I whipped around to grab her by both her shoulders, peering into her eyes.
“You need to fuckin’ shut up and listen to me. Yes, you killed him. You killed the Doherty mafia boss’ right hand man. So right now, you need to do exactly what I tell you to do.”
Reese breathed hard, gasping like she couldn’t catch her breath. At least she was quiet now.
* * *
We walked through the woods. It was dark as shit and I tried to find my way to the other end where I knew it would lead us out to the shortcut to my house.
Reese shuddered as she kept up with me, whimpering under her breath.
I was aware that this could turn out to be a major fuck up on my part. In fact, I was almost positive there were going to be consequences to my actions. Connor was dead. I had the girl. I was going to take her back to my place and then what?
I helped her get out of a shitty situation, and it was a spur of the moment decision. She didn’t even seem fuckin’ grateful for the shit I’d gotten myself into because of her.
I walked ahead of her and then I stopped, noticing the silence behind me. When I turned around, I saw her running in the opposite direction from me.
I let out a deep sigh and shook my head.
