Page 125 of Ruin

“They could be anyone's ears.” Now I laugh a little, wanting to piss him off.

“They sent me a video of them being cut off, then a few more things, before killing him.” I take a sip of my drink, and there is silence for a moment. “I’m going to make you pay for all this.” Riley stops when I laugh. “You think I’m joking?”

“Oh no, I believe you. But you touch, harm or even look at anyone I care about, I will take your son, and make you watch me kill him. I won’t kill him quick; I’ll make you watch me peel his fucking skin off, one small piece at a time. Then I’ll burn him in places, and all you can do is stand there like a pussy while your son is cry-”

“Stop.” I finally hear a break in his tone.

“If I were my brothers you would be dead, but me, I want you to suffer. So, live your life and just wait to see what happens, spend time with your family until I finally get bored and put you out of your miserable-”

“Do it now,” Riley cuts me off.

“No, where is the fun in that? Stay away from my family, and you get to spend time with yours, you come for my family, I’ll make you watch as I kill them all.” I wait for a reply, as there is a silence for a moment, I look over at Trixie praying for her to wake up now.

The phone line goes dead, and I laugh, fucking pussy.

“And you all think I’m the fucking crazy one,” Mason shouts and everyone turns to him.

“It’s because you are.” Dad is the first to reply then continues to eat.

“You’re a different type of crazy.” Mom tries to make him feel better and I eat my pizza, not wanting to take part in this conversation. I get up and walk over to the bedroom, and lean on the door frame.

Come on Trixie, wake up, the first thing I’m telling her is that I love her. I'm not wasting time by not telling her. If she doesn’t feel the same way I don’t care, for me she’s it. She makes me happy, she makes me smile, and I will burn the world to make her happy.

“I’ve found Big Man’s family.” Cain leans on the other side of the door frame. “He has a plot with them, I’ve called them for you.” I turn to face him, my back leaning on the frame. “Whenever you’re ready, I went to talk to him a few days ago, asking what he wanted to do when he came out. Did he want to work for me in the club, or did he need help to settle somewhere.” Cain stops and looks at Trixie, then continues. “He said Pretty Boy needed someone to look after him, because he thought sooner or later you'd do something stupid.” Cain stops when I laugh, asshole always thought I’d fuck up in one way or the other. “But there was something else. He said if anything happened to him before he got out, he wanted me to give you this.” He pulls out an envelope from his jacket pocket, and hands it to me.

Opening it up, I smile at the name on the envelope. Pretty boy. Reading the paper, I shake my head.

“He’s left his money to me, well not to me. To my future kids, he wants them to know their godfather looked after them.” I put the letter in my pocket, and walk toward the bed, and lie beside Trixie wrapping my arm over her waist.

I’m too mentally tried to think about anything at the moment, all I want is for my girl to wake up, and I’ll be back to normal.

* * *

I lean back on the couch, my head looking up at the ceiling, my eyes are heavy. Not sleeping for almost a day is starting to really hit me now. I close my eyes for a moment, to make them feel a little better. Cain spoke to me before he left last night about the plan for Robert and his mom. He told me, the less I know the better, as I did make the threat in front of her dad.

Dad wasn’t happy I did that and made sure I knew never to do it again. But he and Cain are both working on the best way to end her life without too many questions, and I stopped them then. I let them know I told her she should watch herself when she crosses the road, so that is how she should die, not on the railway line like I wanted.

“Did you sleep?” I feel mom’s hand on my head.

“Yes-”

“No,” Mason cuts me off. “He went out last night, then got back home and sat on the edge of the bed.” I open my eyes and look at him shaking my head.

“Asshole,” I snap at him.

“Was it The Pit keeping you awake, or are you worried about Trixie?” Mom asks as she puts a plate on the table in front of me. I see she’s made pancakes. I’ve missed her breakfast, but I choose not to answer the question, because it was The Pit more than Trixie keeping me awake.

“I see the car got into an accident.” Dad sits next to me, and pats my leg.

“Yes, with Declan’s sledgehammer,” Hayden jokes.

It's been a while since the whole family has sat down together. My brothers are at college, Mom and Dad went away, and it’s nice to have everyone together.

Lileah’s face looks a lot better than last night. I spoke to my brothers about finding who hit her, and ending them, but Dad heard the conversation and said no one is to do anything. They had masks on and there was no way of finding out who it was.

“So, where did you go last night?” Miles asks.

“Nowhere-”

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