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I have no idea what I plan to do when I get there.
Sophia’s outside her house when I arrive. She’s holding a suitcase and there’s another man grabbing hold of another bag and placing it into the back of the car. Something twists in my gut at the sight of her. When she sees me step out of the car, her eyes widen and I see fear fill them.
The fact that she’s leaving her home is an admission of guilt. The gun in the back of my shirt is already out as I walk towards her. She doesn’t move an inch, her gaze fixed on me until I’m standing in front of her.
“We have got to stop meeting like this, blondie,” I say through gritted teeth.
The man’s head pops out of the car. His name’s Rico, I think. Her cousin. His eyes widen as he rushes forward but I shake my head.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” I tell him. “Move and I put a bullet in your skull.”
He stays put after that while I turn back to look into ocean blue eyes. She looks tired, her eyes red rimmed with tears. I briefly wonder what’s wrong with her. Then I’m wondering why I should even care.
“What did you do, Sophia?!”
She inhales softly. Just like the other times I’ve pointed a gun at her head, she’s far to calm. It’s fucking annoying.
“Is he okay? Is Michael okay?”
My finger tightens over the trigger, “Don’t say his fucking name!” I growl.
“Just tell me if he’s okay,” she retorts.
“He’s alive.”
I arch an eyebrow when she lets out a breath of relief. Then her eyes harden and she’s looking up at me.
“So what? You’re here to kill me?”
“This is all your fault, Sophia. You did this!”
“I- I did this? You broke into our building, killed five men and stole from us!”
“Just, just shut up,” I say, waving a hand in the air. “This was your plan from the start, wasn’t it? You’ve been using me all this while. Biding your time until you could find out information. And then you stabbed me in the back.”
“You’re being a hypocrite, Tony.”
“Your family almost killed Michael!” I yell.
“We didn’t want to! It was an accident. We didn’t plan to kill anyone. I’m sick and tired of this stupid war. People keep dying and all for what?”
For some reason that makes me smile. It’s cold and humorless.
“All for what?” I ask my voice low. I take a step closer until the barrel of the gun is pressing against her chest. “Sophia, your father killed my mother. He kidnapped an innocent woman and murdered her. You’re sick and tired of this war? Easy for you to say, blondie. You haven’t lost anybody!”
“I’m sorry your mother died. You have no idea how sorry I am. I hate what my father did. But if you think I’ll stand by and watch you kill him then you have another thing coming. Your mother’s dead. But at least you still have a father. He’s all I have left!”
“That’s too bad. Because I’m going to kill him, Sophia. I’ll look into those eyes. The last thing my mother saw and then I’ll shoot him. Make sure his heart stops,” I say in a low voice. “Maybe I should kill you too. Send a message to your family.”
Out of the corner of my eye, I hear some rustling. Her cousin has his gun out. Sophia looks towards him.
“It’s okay, Rico. He’s not going to kill me.”
I let out a harsh breath. “Wanna bet?”
Her eyes meet mine, so many emotions running through them.
“You’re not going to kill me,” she says confidently.
