You're It by Shari J. Ryan

Author:Shari J. Ryan [Ryan, Shari J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Booktrope Editions
Published: 2015-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

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I’ve been playing this out in my head for the past hour, wondering the odds of them letting this go with the very little amount of proof I have. These fucks are so money hungry; they’ll do whatever they have to do. They don’t care whose lives they take or ruin. Money is all that matters to them.

Eli and I have been sitting on the couch talking this out, discussing our plan if things go south. Killing these guys off doesn’t matter anymore, there’s more of them to follow and they’re just going to get more pissed off the more of their men we kill.

The doorbell finally rings and there’s a knot the size of Texas in my stomach. I stand up and blow some of the pent up steam out of my chest before reaching for the door. I open it up, surprised to see an older gentleman who looks like he should have retired at least ten years ago. At least this dude will be easy if we do have to kill him; although Eli and I did just agree to follow the rules of engagement, which is fine—it’s the way I’ve been bred, but there’s just a little more pressure on me when Tyler is at the other end of this deal.

Eli comes up behind me and reaches his hand out to the guy. “Bill?” Yeah, the guy looks like a Bill. “What the hell are you doing here?” Eli takes a step back and runs his hand over his balding head. “Don’t even tell me you’re the person responsible for all this.”

I can see a million things going through Eli’s mind right now. None of them look like good things. “You set this all up from the beginning didn’t you?”

“I knew you were a desperate man, Eli. Your wife was dying and I knew you’d do what you needed to do. Any man would have done the same thing for his wife.”

“You sent me Tango’s name when I was looking for someone to care for my daughter.” Clarity is setting in. This man, whoever he is, knew Cali’s mom and I would be the candidates for this testing. This is unreal, and yet it all makes perfect sense now. One thing I’ve always been forced to accept is that we don’t usually get answers to the hard questions. I should want to hurt this guy. I should want to forget about the rules of engagement, thinking about what this man has single-handedly put Cali’s entire family through. Yet, I feel calm, which is scarier. Why am I so calm right now?

“You’re right,” Bill responds. “I was the mastermind behind all of this.” A proud look outlines his face. “After you and I parted ways, I joined sides with the scientists. Money, of course. Plus, I had the answers they wanted and I became quite valuable to them. What I didn’t plan for was acquiring the privilege to see what those chemicals do to a second generation within the DNA.

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