Page 53 of Shattered Love
I look at Cecelia. “She will never go where I’m going. You keep Juliet far away from me. As far as you can, you hear me? If you all loved Avery, then do this, because Juliet will only ever know the sunshine.”
I make it to the place that was my only home. It still smells of her, memories of her in every corner, her smiling face in every photo. The walls hold a hundred secret memories.
Cooper slowly walks up to me, but I walk straight past him.
I need to get out of here.
I shove stuff into a bag and grab my jeans, boots and leather jacket from the back of the wardrobe. I catch myself in the mirror. A boy from my past looks back at me, mocking me.
Just as my front door slams open, my hands rest on the gun under my jacket. I walk toward Carter and Mac, who are standing in the doorway.
“Where are you going?” Mac looks at me with confusion in his eyes.
I shrug as I grab a photo, shoving it in the bag. I head into the garage. Grabbing Cooper, I hand him over to Carter. I kneel down. “You be a good boy.” I scratch his ear.
Mac curses as his phone rings before walking off.
Carter pulls at his hair
“You’re coming back, right?” I look into the distance before looking back at the man that’s become my best friend my brother, I know he see the truth in my eyes.
They widen as the realization hits him and he goes pale. “Fuck, you’re going after them.”
I don’t answer his question.
He already knows the answer. “You don’t even know who it was.”
I stare at Him, anger burning through me like lava. “I’ll find them, if it’s the last thing I do.”
He looks at me. Finally nodding. “If you need anything…”
I roll the bike toward him, chucking him the house keys. “It’s Jul—” I swallow. “It’s Juliet’s.”
He opens his mouth to say something. Instead, he nods.
I ride away from the life I built.
From my beautiful, from my baby girl.
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Dominic
I roll my bike to a stop at the lookout, looking over the town and the two opposite lives I lived there.
The place that built me up, gave me everything, and let me believe that I deserved my girl, her love. It made me believe that I deserved the family I had always dreamed of and the beautiful little girl who would call me Daddy.
Just to rip it all away.
I pull out a packet of cigarettes, inhaling the smoke that claims my lungs like an old friend.
I close my eyes, letting the darkness finally take over and opening the cage where my demons live so they can run free.
A smirk lifts my lips because hell is coming to those that took my beautiful. They don’t realize what taking her away did.
They unleashed the man I have kept hidden.I’m the darkness. I was born to it. Only this time, there is no one to save me.
No beautiful heart to stop me.
My shattered pieces make me bleed, reminding me of the pain of what they’ve done.
I hold my hand over my heart.
I swear to you, beautiful, I couldn’t protect you, but I will revenge you.
I will keep our baby girl safe. I will send them all to hell, even if it means I go with them.
I push my foot down, starting the bike. The roar of the pipes vibrates through me.
I look at the town. Chucking my cigarette on the ground, I ride away.
