Diamond Desire by Tierney Storer

Author:Tierney Storer [Storer, Tierney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-17T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Sixteen

My cousin sighed loud enough that though I debated smothering him with a fluffy hospital pillow. The only reason I didn’t bother was because my right arm was full of stitches, and it hurt too much to lift it properly. Especially with the strength required to kill a cockroach like Widow.

Leaning back against my stark white hospital bed, I yawned through my lack of sleep and irritation, careful not to jostle my wounds too much, or accidentally touch my cousin and get his cooties.

“Widow.” I wasn’t in the mood to talk to people in real life, but seeing as I was hungry and could barely walk, I had no choice. Plus, he was barely people, so I guessed it was okay.

He opened his eyes enough to see my face. He was lying next to me, using my bed as though it was his own. I ought to have kicked him out, but for some reason I couldn’t do it. It was almost like my brain felt safer with him in reaching distance, even if I couldn’t understand why.

Well. I knew why. I just refused to think about it. It wasn’t true – it wasn’t real.

I was fine.

“Hmm?” He made some form of noise that interrupted his sighing.

“Shut the fuck up.” I begged. “You’re driving me insane and I’m hangry.”

Sure, I loved him. And yes, I owed him my life. But if the bitch didn’t learn to keep quiet, I was definitely going to plot his death. A very violent and slow death.

“How about no?” He sat up, yanking the pillow out from under my head, so I fell back.

It didn’t hurt, but it was enough for me to suck in a breath and let out an oomph.

“Dick.” I snapped at him, wishing I had the energy to fight. I would have loved to hit things – it seemed a fun way to stop some of the anger and despair that was rolling around inside my brain from overwhelming me.

“Bitch.” Widow had no venom behind his words and sighed again as he twisted to face me. “I need to talk to you. But it’s a life or death secret sort of chat. You can’t go running your big mouth everywhere. And as soon as I’ve confessed, I’m gonna go grab you a proper filthy burger and fries from that diner down the street – the one where you said you liked the milkshakes. You can have one of them too, with all the cream and shit in it that you like.”

I sat up, pushing my pillows back and ignoring his teasing, seeing as my stomach grumbled louder and my mouth drooled at the prospect of his offer.

“About what?” I asked.

His brows pulled. “Something bad. Super bad.”

I wondered what could be worse than anything that had gone on lately until I realized that there was nothing. No matter what had made Widow’s face look that way wasn’t any worse than anything I’d been through. Anything that I thought.

It wasn’t worse than watching my brother fight off two men with guns to keep his wife safe, only for her to die, anyway.

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