Bad Decisions by Andria Alexx

Author:Andria, Alexx
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alexx Andria
Published: 2019-06-02T16:00:00+00:00

Keira

Kane had always been smart — out of all of us, he could’ve went to college and made something of himself but he’d chosen to stick around the neighborhood because Rey had played on his loyalties.

We used to dream about getting out of the lifestyle we’d been born into, to make a different life for ourselves and our future kids. We’d fantasized about the little house with the picket fence in a safe neighborhood where the night wasn’t punctuated by the sounds of gunshots and the distant scream of squad cars rolling up on the scene.

We’d wanted so much more than 13th Street could ever give us.

I knew at some point Rey was going to send Kane to his death. Rey sent others to do his dirty work and sometimes those people didn’t come back. I lived in fear that someday Rey was going to send Kane out and Kane would end up dead on the streets.

So we’d hatched a plan to leave, to disappear. New identities, new state, leaving it all behind. We had the cash and the plan.

Until…”Rey found out,” I said, the dull ache in my chest returning. I hated revisiting that memory. “I don’t know how but he found out we were planning to bail.” I shuddered at the wild rage in Rey’s eyes when he discovered I’d been planning to leave him. I’d seen Rey turn vicious with other people, I’d never been on the receiving end, until that night. “He was going to kill you. Rey said, he couldn’t let that level of betrayal go unpunished or he’d lose the respect of the gang. I begged him to spare your life.”

Rey had done unspeakable things to me that night. I didn’t dare tell Kane or he’d never leave.

But Kane sensed I was holding back and pressed. “Did he hurt you?”

I stiffened against the horrible memory, still unable to believe what my own brother had done to me. I swallowed the lump in my throat. “It doesn’t matter what he did. I would’ve done anything to save your life.”

“He was going to kill me,” Kane said, remembering that night. “The only reason he didn’t was because I managed to punch him in the nuts and get away.” Kane followed with, “But not before he managed to do this” as he traced the scar running down his face.

“He was never supposed to cut you. That wasn’t part of our deal,” I said, feeling sick. I purposefully never visited that memory. The pain was too deep, too horrific to deal with — I couldn’t bear to linger too long. “You were supposed to get the hell out of here. Get a fresh start, forget about me.”

“How could you ever think that I would walk away from you? Forget what we had?”

“Because your life depended on it,” I snapped, hating that all my sacrifice was for nothing. “Damn it, Kane. You have no idea what hell I’ve been living in for the past five years. My only consolation was that you were safe and Rey promised as long as I didn’t leave him, you’d stay that way.

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