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“Who the fuck are you?” the other woman snaps at him.
“I’m Enea Mancini. The one you and your friends want to blackmail.”
I watch my father’s face as all the color drains from it. He talks a good talk until he’s faced with reality. He used to beat my sisters, until I got bigger than him. Then he just screamed at them. Except when I wasn’t around, then he hit them, because he’s a coward. They didn’t want me to get into trouble so they told me not to touch him. But I wish I had. I wish I had done something so that we wouldn’t be in this position now.
My mother smirks at Enea and before we can react, she turns the gun on me and fires.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Felicity
The most terrifying thing you can see is someone getting shot. Watching Levi go down in front of me is something I never want to see again. I drop to the ground beside him as I call his name. I see the guys taking down all five of the others. After Marcia shot Levi, one of the polar bears rushed over and pinned her to the ground by sitting on her. It’s amazing how fast they move and whoever it is, they look pretty happy doing it. The one I’m worried about is the one that got shot. He still hasn’t moved.
“Levi, open your eyes and look at me. Please.” I sob.
“The ambulance is coming,” Jared Taylor, one of the Wintervale police officers, says to me.
“Please hurry.” I sob harder as I put pressure on his side.
I feel someone kneeling down next to me and look up to see Valentino.
“I can’t lose him,” I cry.
“You won’t,” Valentino says as he hugs me.
We finally hear the ambulance sirens.
“Valentino, you and Felicity ride with Levi. The rest of us will be behind you. We need to clean up here.”
Valentino nods at Enea and helps me up as the paramedics run over. When I look over at where the bears were, they’re gone. I see Adonis holding Marcia against the car and Eros is watching the other woman. They both look like they want to kill them. But I don’t see Zeus and that worries me.
I get into the ambulance with Levi and Valentino. I watch Valentino make the phone call to Leighton and Lynton. The pain that I see is horrible. Not only does he have to tell his wife her baby brother’s been shot. But he has to tell her who did it. He holds back telling her who did it, I think that’s a smart choice. We can tell her together. Then he tells Leighton to put Armando on the phone and tells him where we’re going.
“Your brothers are headed to the hospital,” Valentino says to me.
“I’ll help you tell Leighton and Lynton what happened,” I say to him.
“Thanks, I don’t know how they’re going to react. This was their fear when they lived at home.” He sighs.
“This is always my fear. Losing someone I love again. I don’t think I can do it.”
“We’re not losing Levi. Don’t worry about that. Just worry about making sure he knows you’re here for him.”
I nod. Valentino’s right. No more thinking about loss. Finally, we see everyone coming into the ER waiting room. My brothers come straight to me and hug me.
“Thank god you’re okay,” Paxton says as he looks at me.
“Did they hurt you?” Rhett asks.
I shake my head no. “They didn’t hurt me…but Levi.”
“He’s going to be okay,” Lukas says as he hugs me tighter.
“Emma, Emiko and Piper wanted to be here, but we thought it would be better for them to stay with the kids. We didn’t wantthem to have to see what’s going on here. But they said to make sure you know that they love you,” Paxton says.
“Have they told you anything? Where are those fucking shitbags that shot him?” Leighton frowns as she comes over.
Valentino holds her and kisses her.
