Bratva Dark Allegiance by Scott Raven

Author:Scott, Raven
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-21T00:00:00+00:00

26

Riley

“Next time, just. . . tell me one— one thing at a time, okay?” Wiping my soaked hair from my face, I pulled back the shower curtain as Reece nodded from his spot sitting on the toilet. I’d been in the shower for a while, but time escaped me as I struggled to make my brain work. Upset and guilt and regret waged war on Reece’s face, and I inhaled a deep, soggy breath and held it. “So. . .”

“So, what happens next is up to you. Even if you just tell me to make a decision on your behalf and ignore the aftermath. . .” Resting my cheek on the lip of the tub, I sniffled harshly while Reece trailed off to scowl lightly. “This isn’t a situation I’d ever thought I’d be in.”

“Is it bad that you took her money and didn’t do. . . the job? Like. . .” Reece shook his head immediately, and at least there was one thing he was sure about. This wasn’t his fault, but he never bothered with answers before, and it was coming back to bite me in the ass. “I don’t know. What if you just don’t do anything?”

“There’s a chance she’ll try again with someone else. There’s a chance she won’t do anything. Theoretically, she could go to the police claiming she was scammed and get the money back, but that’s part of the problem. $13,000 dollars isn’t enough to hire a proper handyman. She’ll end up with one of those idiots that’s a friend of a friend’s cousin that’s kinda alright but talks himself up.”

“How much does someone expect to get paid to kill me?” The question slipped out of my mouth, and I pulled my knees up to my chest. Hot water streamed down on me, but it seemed cold under Reece’s narrowed, heated gaze.

“It depends on who you are, to be honest. You remember on the news a few weeks ago— some kid got killed outside the courthouse?” Humming softly, I could see the news report when I blinked. Supposedly, that guy got into trouble with the wrong people. It wasn’t his first time on screen, if Google was any indicator. “That was a million-dollar job for a few reasons. Is there a narrative to follow? How easy will it be to pull it off? What’s the risks involved? All that is calculable into the price. For you. . . for any average person, really. . . it’d $25,000 bucks minimum.”

“. . . That’s not a lot, really. You took it anyway because you thought it was Brandon?” Again, Reece nodded, and I licked my lips heavily as I circled my fingertips on the edge of the tub. “When did you start suspecting my mom?”

“I didn’t consider it until after your interview. After you went out, Vanessa told me your documents weren’t right, but that alone wasn’t enough to make me think she’d done this. Last night, Vanessa told me we’d gotten a reply from an unprotected computer, and it pinged in Redding, Connecticut.

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