Page 86 of Reaper's Rival

“Do you remember when I was in hospital and Daniels came to me?”

She nodded her head.

“Well, Blake wanted me to see him.”

“And...”

“Blake said he would drop the charges against Dad if I….”

“What, dated Daniels? Why the hell would he want you to date his second-in-command?”

“No, that was my idea.”

“Ok, I’m confused.”

“Blake needed a hit-man that wasn’t linked to the gang. So it wouldn’t blow back on him. If I got caught.”

Kim looked at me with wide eyes. “You’re the hit-man!”

I sighed, nodding my head. “Yep. I’ve been making the news.”

“ABBY!”

“Lower your voice!” I gripped her wrist. “The last thing I need is to get caught at a spa!” I yelled at her with a low voice.

“So you’ve been killing all those people. You have every cop and detective hunting for you!” Kim whacked my arm. “You’re bloody pregnant!”

“I know. That’s why I’m not keeping the baby.”

“Does Reaper know?”

I looked at her mockingly. “Do you really think that Reaper would be in my bed this morning if he knew?” I shook my head. “He won’t want to have anything to do with me once he knows.”

“So you are telling him?”

“Maybe. I only have one more hit left and then I’m done.”

“You’ve killed five people, Abby.”

“And it will be six by the time Blake is finished with me.”

“He is using you.”

“It’s that or Dad going to prison. I couldn’t have Dad going down for murder. Not when it was my fault. Damon’s death was on me. Blake knew I would make it right. This is making it right.”

“Dad wouldn’t have expected this of you. You know he would have done that time willingly. Given his lifestyle, he is expected to do more time. You know Dad isn’t afraid of prison. Hell, he still doesn’t know how he got off those charges!”

“I know Dad would have done the time, but Blake said as soon as he stepped into that prison, he was a dead man.” I sighed, staring into the water. “I couldn’t face being without a parent yet. And I didn’t want you to be without Dad because of me. Plus the club would go into meltdown without the President.” I ran my hands over my stomach. “I’d do it again. It was the right decision.”

“I would have done the same.”

I looked at Kim with wide eyes. “What did you just say?”

“I’d kill to protect Dad. Hell, he would do it for us. I get why you did it. But tell me it’s over. Tell me you can have this baby and just move on.”

“There is a cost when you kill someone, Kim. You lose a bit of yourself with them. And there isn’t much left of me now.” I let the hollowness I feel surface on my face. “You might understand why I did it, but no one else is going to.”

“If I can understand, Reaper will.”

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