Page 93 of Beautiful Sinner

Connor groans, then laughs. “She has you whipped, fucker. When she’s mine, I’m going to fuck her bloody.”

I can see the moment pure anger takes over Matteo and he punches Connor all over again. This has to stop. We have to get out of here.

“Matteo!” I scream. “We have to go.”

I pick up both of their guns that have fallen on the floor. “Come on.”

That seems to shock Matteo out of it and he grabs the guns from me. “All right. Come on.” He drags Connor out into the hallway and leaves him there. “So the police can find him.”

“You can’t stop me,” Connor calls out as we run down the hallway. Well, Matteo runs. I try to keep up but my body is weak from the surgery I underwent.

We make it to the elevators and get inside. Matteo makes sure to hide both guns in his jacket. Before we can make it to the ground floor, the elevators open and two security guards run inside.

“Are you looking for the shooter?” I ask. They nod. “He’s on the fifth floor. We saw him.”

“Thank you.” The push the button for the fifth floor, but the elevator is going down.

One of the security guards eyes Matteo over. “Are you ok?”

Matteo frowns. “Why wouldn’t I be ok?”

“You have a bruised cheek.” And then he nods at me. “And she’s in a hospital gown.”

“That tends to happen when you’re in the hospital.”

“You guys are heading to the main lobby. Why isn’t she dressed?”

“Why do you have to ask so many fucking questions?”

I gasp. I know what Matteo just said was the wrong thing. It draws more attention from the guards, who look at us more closely.

“We’re just scared,” I say. “We saw the shooter.”

This seems to calm the guards down. “We understand this is a scary situation. This hospital is going on lockdown until the shooter can be found. Just get somewhere safe.”

We finally reach the lobby floor and get off, leaving the guards behind us. When we reach the main doors, a security guard steps forward and tells us that we can’t leave just yet. They’re searching for a shooter.

I glance at Matteo. What happens when they find Connor with no gun? He’ll tell them about Matteo.

“You have to get rid of those guns,” I murmur so only he can hear.

He nods, completely understanding me without me having to explain it all to him. “In the bathroom.”

We both go into the men’s bathroom, even though a man leaving the room gives me a weird look. I ignore him.

The bathroom is disgusting. Pee stains all the urinals and some of the wall.

“Why are men so gross?”

Matteo smiles slightly. “Because we just are.” He pushes open the last stall. “In here.” Opening the top lid of the toilet, he wipes down each gun and stuffs them into the dirty water, then shuts the toilet lid. “Those might be found but hopefully not for a while. Let’s go.”

We make it back into the lobby where people are converging. Murmured conversations can be heard all around the room. People talking of a shooter. Some not believing it while others are already panicking.

Matteo gets a text. “Dante is outside, waiting for us. He’ll get us somewhere safe.”

“But we can’t get to him.”

“I know.” He texts Dante, telling him everything that has happened. “This is causing too much commotion. There’s a chance your brother will find us here.”

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