Dare to Stay by Jen McLaughlin

Author:Jen McLaughlin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-06-22T10:38:08+00:00

CHAPTER 15

CHRIS

It was kinda poetic that I came here, in a way. I hadn’t come here to die, but I just might. Bitter Hill had jumped me the second I entered the alley, and now I was right back where I started—bleeding in a fucking alley. If I died here, among the ruins of Lucas’s apartment, well, what the fuck ever. Not much I could do besides do my best to stay alive so I could save Scotty’s sorry life.

Then I could die with a purpose, at least.

And if that wasn’t enough for me anymore, then I needed to get over it.

Grinning, I kicked the body near my feet. Another Bitter Hill guy who’d failed to finish me. At least, if I was gonna go down, I would go down swinging. And at least I’d had a taste of heaven in Molly’s arms before going straight to hell, where I belonged.

It had been glorious.

My phone rang, and I dug it out of my pocket, grimacing at the pain it sent shafting through my ribs. Son of a fucking bitch, that hurt. I glowered at the screen and swiped my finger across it. “What the fuck do you want, Scotty?”

“Hi. Nice to talk to you, too.” Scotty paused. “You’re still alive?”

“No. I’m talking to you from hell. Satan says hi,” I snapped. “He told me he has a hot pike reserved for your ass, so hurry up and come join us.”

Scotty snorted. “Glad to see you haven’t lost your sense of humor in all this shit.”

“Why are you calling me?” I kept my gaze on the opening of the alley, ready to shoot anything that moved. “I’m kind of in the middle of something.”

“First of all, Molly is out looking for you.”

“Son of a bitch.” I let the gun fall to my side, still clutching it, because it took too much effort to hold it up. “Where is she?”

“Heading your way. Don’t shoot her.”

I gritted my teeth, cursing a million times over in my head. I never should have sent her those damn flowers or let her know I was the guy who’d been sending her romantic and sappy shit for years. It had been a moment of weakness, when I was sure I’d never see her again, or that I might die. But it had been selfish. It had been me.

“Stop her. Arrest her. Tie her up in your truck. Ship her off to England. Shit, I don’t care what you do, as long as it gets her to forget about me and it’s nothing bad.” I struggled to my feet. “Just do it.”

“Sorry—too late. I already sent her on her way with directions to you. You need to go with her.” Scotty paused. “If you don’t, she’ll just end up getting herself killed looking for you, and we both know it.”

“Dammit, Scotty.” I closed my eyes because he had a point. If she kept driving around Steel Row, something or someone would eventually take advantage of that. “I’m going to skin you alive for telling her where I was.

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