Page 90 of Crash and Burn
My hands are shaking and my blood boiling from the rage coursing through my body.
“Do you wanna take some of that anger out on him?” I didn’t even notice Rascal had walked over to me, until the words came out of his mouth.
I nod, not able to find the words. He guides me over to Rodrigo, whose eyes light up when I come into view.
“MyPreciosa, have you been here this whole time?” A grin stretches across his face. Ignoring his question, I move to the table to pick out a tool.
The light hits one knife, grabbing my attention. A fillet knife. I pick it up, testing the weight of it in my hand. “This’ll do.”
I step in front of Rodrigo again. His eyes scan my body.
“You’re not going to use that. You don’t have the guts,” he challenges me.
Holding up the knife, I lightly run it against his chest. Light enough to not make a cut. Rodrigo’s chest rises and falls as he laughs. I make a shallow cut from his left pec across to his right. A hiss comes from his lips.
“You turned my world upside down,” I tell him. “I never imagined this day would come. Thanks to the Savage Menaces, I get revenge for myself and more importantly, my mother. You can rot in Hell.”
Pointing the tip of the knife over his chest, I push, driving it deep into him and cutting into his thoracic aorta. His eyes go wide and within seconds, he passes out as blood pours out of his chest. In minutes, he bleeds out.
Arms wrap around my waist and I collapse into Rascal, crashing from my adrenaline rush.
“It’s over, Princess. He’s dead.” Placing an arm behind my legs, he scoops me up and carries me out of the barn. He places a kiss on my forehead. “Let’s get you home and cleaned up.”
