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Chapter Fifteen
Vanessa
“So, what’s this new plan?” Vanessa asked when they pulled up to the hotel.
Hunter opened his door. “Inside.”
She followed him and sat on the bed, watching him. He gathered the clothing lying around and stuffed it into his bag.
“I’ve been thinking about this wrong. I kept thinking that I’ll protect you and Opal. That if Jeremy shows up and threatens you or tries to hurt you, I’d take him out. But that’s not going to work. It’s a defensive move, and we need to go on the offense.” He zipped up the bag and unzipped another bag, then began taking out the weapons. “I’m going after him. I’ll lure him in and take him out. We’re not going to sit around and wait. I’m going to kill him, and then you and Opal will be safe and all your problems will be solved.”
And his biggest problem would be solved, too. He’d be finished with this job and could get away from Vanessa before things got any worse. Now he knew for sure that nothing could happen between them, that they wanted two very different things. He needed to be rid of her. Being around her might only make him want her more. And worse, it might make him fall for her more.
“So, what exactly are you going to do?” she asked. Her expression was somewhat hesitant. Like she didn’t think this was the best idea.
“Tell him the job is done. I’ll take a photo of you looking dead and one with me with Opal and send it to him. Then meet him to collect payment and take him out.”
“Just like that?”
He raised an eyebrow at her. “I guess if you want to look at it that way. Just like that.”
“How could you just kill someone like that?”
“Are you serious? After all he did to you and Opal?”
She raised a shoulder and looked away. “I know, but it’s murder.”
“Do you really think he deserves to live? He’s hurt you so deeply, and he’s hurt Opal. Who hits a child? Their own flesh and blood? He doesn’t deserve to breathe.”
“I don’t think we can be the ones to decide that.”
Hunter picked up a gun and opened the magazine to reload it. “Well, that’s what I’ve always done. I don’t just take any job. I only kill people who deserve it. People who do awful things like beat their wives and children.”
“So, a murderer with a conscience?” She tilted her head at him.
“Exactly.” He slammed the magazine back into place and tossed the gun onto the bed with the others.
“I was being sarcastic.”
“Well, it’s true. I can’t think of anyone who deserves a bullet in the head more than Jeremy. You don’t agree?”
“I don’t know.”
“If he was in a car accident and died, would you be sad?”
She thought for a moment. “No, but that would be an accident.”
“Then just pretend he accidentally fell into my bullet.”
She rolled her eyes. “Right.”
“Think about the alternative, Vanessa. He hired me to kill you. Do you think that me failing to do so is going to stop him from wanting to kill you? He’ll just hire someone else. He won’t stop. And then he’ll have Opal. It’s your life or his. That’s how you have to look at it. You might not like the idea of murder, but you’re only going along with it to protect your daughter.”
“I guess that’s the only way I can look at it. Any other way, and I can’t stomach it.”
“Then do that. It’s like self defense, really. He’s after you, so you’re going to have me kill him first, before he can kill you and take Opal.”
She twisted her face to the side, looking confused.
