Page 177 of Double Daddies
“At least four times a year,” Brix mutters.
“How did we miss Nora?” I ask. “She was right under our nose. So close and yet so far.”
Had we seen her before and didn’t notice her? I would like to think I would have noticed her if we saw her walking down the street or in a store.
“We have her now. That’s all that matters.” Brix pulls up to a house. “Ready?”
I crack my neck and nod. We both get out of the truck and walk to the front door, knocking loudly.
“What do you want?” a man says, yanking open the door.
Mateo.
Rage fills me as I stare at him. I want to make him suffer. I want to kill him with my bare hands, feeling the life drain from his body. He never deserved Nora and how he treated her.
I take a deep breath. “Mateo?” I ask.
“Yeah. Who are you two? I didn’t order anything.” He looks us both up and down.
Without warning, Brix grabs him by the throat and pushes him inside the house. I calmly follow behind him, shutting the door.
“Who are we?” Brix's voice is cold. “We’re Nora’s men.”
Mateo’s eyes go wide as he starts clawing at Brix’s hand. Satisfaction fills me as his face turns red and then purple.
“Mateo! Who was at the door?” A woman walks into the living room.
She screams as she sees both of us, Brix still holding Mateo by the neck.
“Let go of Mateo! Let him go!” she yells, running toward Brix.
I grab her hand, pulling it behind her back before she can touch Brix.
“Let him go! You’re going to kill him!” she screams. “That’s my brother. Let him go!”
Brix lets Mateo go, and he crumbles to the floor, holding his neck, gasping for breath. I would have liked it much better if he were dead, not able to hurt Nora anymore.
“You must be Lainey,” I calmly say. “The evil bitch who gets off manipulating people.”
She gasps. “I d-don’t know what you’re talking about.” Her voice shakes.
I let go of her arm, and she drops next to Mateo.
“I heard the conversation you had with Nora the day you two were out. I saw the texts you and Mateo sent to her the other day,” I explain. “I know you. A good-for-nothing girl who gets off on hurting people.”
“Wh-who are you?” she asks, looking between Brix and me.
“Nora’s men,” Brix states.
I grab Mateo’s arm, yanking him up from the ground and pushing him onto a chair. I pull zip ties from my back pocket, securing his hands and legs before he can say anything.
“You can’t do that!” Lainey yells, yet she stays where she is.
I glare at her. “Sit your ass down and stay there, or I’ll tie you to a chair as well,” I growl, my patience gone.
She immediately plops down, her eyes wide.
“Fucking wimp,” Brix mutters, walking over to us and bending down in front of Mateo.
