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“Regardless, you have it.” Her voice cracks.
“Did he know?” I grind my molars. “Did Patrick know you gave me up?”
“No.” She shakes her head. “He—he only found out after you left that note at Gio’s wedding,” she pants.
I knew it…
“Before you kill me…” She sniffles. “Can I please just know your name? Please. I never knew it.”
I cough up a laugh. “What do you mean, you never knew it? You named me, didn’t you? The nuns told me you did…”
She shakes her head. “They lied.”
My pulse throbs in my ear, swallowing away the silence.
Fuck. What else did they lie about?
Doesn’t matter. She’s gonna be dead soon enough. She’s just like them.
“Adriel,” I tell her.
“Adriel… Thank you.” Her chin shakes, and she forces a smile, tight with melancholy.
Her eyes fall to a close, and she takes a long, deep breath, like she’s preparing for her final moment.
I slide the knife out of my pocket and flip the blade open. Lining it against her throat, I watch her swallow harshly, her body shaking as she silently cries.
“I never wanted this for you,” she swears. “If I could go back and do things differently, I would. I would’ve given up my life for yours. But I failed you, Adriel, and I see that now.” She sniffles. “For that, I deserve to die.”
She shoves her throat toward the blade.
“So do it,” she whimpers. “Kill me. I’ll still love you in the end. I need you to know I never stopped, no matter what you think.”
All I want to do is slice her throat right now. How fucking dare she say that to me?
“Please, just go into my bag and get my wallet. I beg you!”
My heartbeats echo in my rib cage, the sound drowning out the plan I’ve always had for her.
Her eyes seek for refuge, for forgiveness. Tears continue to leak down her cheeks, but she doesn’t cower. She stares right into me as the knife edges deeper against her throat.
She’s gonna die.
I have to kill her.
I have to get my revenge.
It’s what I’ve been waiting for.
The one kill I’ve desired above all others. And right here, right now, it can be mine.
“Please, Adriel, just look in my wallet.”
With a growl, I remove the knife from her throat, grab her bag off the counter, and retrieve the wallet she’s dying for me to see.
“Open and unzip that small left side.”
I do it quickly, reaching inside and finding a small coloredphoto.
