Page 92 of Reaper's Rival

I looked at Drake.

“You knew?” Why the fuck didn’t he tell me!

“I knew she was behind the killings. I didn’t know she was going to hand herself in to the police. Hell, Kade, I wouldn’t have let her give herself up!”

Kade. I cringed when I heard it.

“What are we going to do? Tell her old man or what?” Drake looked at me for answers because we both knew Abby was being serious when she said about handing herself in. She had thought it through. And she didn’t have anything stopping her once she gave birth. She was just counting on still breathing till that happened.

Well, I had news for her. I wasn’t about to let her hand herself in. And I wasn’t about to let someone kill her, but I wouldn’t be able to talk her out of either. So I had to go to the main source of the problem. The man who had caused my life to go on a downward spiral as soon as Abby left me.

Blake.

***

“You know, I was expecting someone to come when I approached Abby. Took you all long enough. But I wasn’t expecting a visit from the Reaper.” Blake looked smugly across the table at me.

I was here as soon as visiting hours started.

“You shouldn’t have gone near her. Using her dad against her. That’s low even for your kind.” I didn’t hide my disgust and if I had it my way, he would be on the ground with my fist reshaping his face.

He shrugged his shoulders. “Got me what I wanted.”

“Yeah, and now that’s not enough for you, is it?”

“Why are you so interested in what happens between Abby and me?” He narrowed his eyes at me. “Roach I would get. But you. Why do you care?”

“I don’t have to explain myself to you.”

“Well, you do if you want me to leave Abby alone. Her father I could have taken out. You, on the other hand, would see that coming. You’re more of a threat.” Blake tilted his head, his eyes lighting up. “Let me take a stab and say you’re going to be a father.” His face lit up like he had solved a puzzle.

“You fucked with the wrong girl. Now you are going to let her go.” I wasn’t going to explain my reasons to him. “I want you to wipe this debt of hers. If you don’t, well, you will be getting a visit. From me. In here.”

He held his hands up. “Geez, calm down. Like I said, I’d handle Roach, but you are different. I’m not going to piss off the Reaper. I don’t have a death wish. Anyway, what Abby has done is pointless if I go and get killed by you.”

“Don’t ever reach out to her again. If I even hear your name come from her lips, I’ll be back here. And I won’t be leaving you breathing.”

“By the lack of my men in this visiting room. I wasn’t actually expecting you to leave me breathing today.”

So he had noticed there were only members in here, waiting and watching for my command. The guards had disappeared, and the fact that I couldn’t have him killed bothered me, but I would make sure he was admitted into the hospital for a few days, maybe weeks, if the boys did their job right.

“Like I said, you fucked with the wrong girl.”

“That would be your girl, wouldn’t it? Must have driven you crazy when she broke it off with you. Not telling you a reason why. Then watching her with Daniels.”

“Not nearly as painful as what you’re about to feel.” I nodded my head, and the boys got up and so did I. “Stay away from her. And consider this a message. If you don’t, I’ll be back.”

I walked away from him, leaving him and my brothers to serve him some justice.

***

I knocked on her door. Now I had handled Blake, I could handle her. She didn’t answer.

“Abby, can I come in?” I said to the closed door, and when she didn’t answer, I just twisted the doorknob. It was unlocked, so I let myself in.

I frowned, seeing the packed bags on the bed. Was she going somewhere that I didn’t know of? Roach would have mentioned it, wouldn’t he?

Why did I get a feeling she was running? When things got hard, she always ran.

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