Page 23 of Their Holly Bell

“Lana, down!” I yell. She ducks as best as she can with Johnny holding onto her.

Prince doesn’t even flinch when he shoots Johnny in the middle of the forehead. Lana cries out as he falls to the ground on top of her. Prince runs over, flinging him off her. I can’t make out what he’s saying when he walks out of the house with her in his arms, but he’s looking down at her like he’s just found the answer to life. Fuck these guys move fast.

I walk back into the office and see Steven, Pastor Holmes, Bernard, and Mr. Acosta on the floor with their hands zip tied to their ankles. Where the hell do they get all the fucking zip ties?

“Doll, tell me you weren’t really going to marry this bastard.” Jasper drawls, hitting Steven in the head with the butt of his gun.

I shrug. What else was I supposed to do? “Thank goodness you got here in time, eh? How did you get here so fast by the way?”

“We’ll explain it all to you on the flight home Precious.”

“But what about them?” I point to the men on the floor.

Quinn wraps his arm around my waist while Jasper takes my hand. We leave the guys tied up in the office with Rock, closing the doors behind us.

We walk out and I’m not expecting to see a plane sitting on the side of Steven’s house. We walk to the plane and I’m not surprised to find Lana in Prince’s lap. Quinn, Jasper, and me sit a few rows back.

I sit between them and curl into Jasper’s side, while Quinn strokes my hair.

“What’s going to happen to those men?”

“Rock did what he needed to do Precious. There’s a team coming into clean up, make it look like a robbery gone wrong.” Quinn tells me.

“But the pastor, he-”

Jasper squeezes me to him. “Doll, that pastor was as dirty as the rest of those fuckers. They don’t deserve to be breathing.”

He’s right. I couldn’t have done what Rock did, but I’m happy they aren’t on the earth any longer, tormenting others.

A few minutes pass and Rock walks on the plane and closes the door. He sits down near the front and leans his head back, closing his eyes. “We ready to go? I need to see my Angel. Need to hold her tight. She’s growing me a son or daughter.”

“Chelsea’s pregnant?” He opens his eyes, smiles proudly and nods. He’s a quiet man, but fierce.

“I’m so happy for you two. I can’t wait to see her. I know she was looking forward to being pregnant at the same time as Em.”

The plane takes off and I close my eyes snuggling back into my men’s embrace. I’m safe in between the two most important people in my world.

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