Page 102 of Sinful King
“Oh, I see,” Tadhg said through his own laughter, pulling the gun from his waist.
Finn and I moved to different corners of the room.
“Baby…” Zi was standing now, her eyes moving between the three of us before landing on me. “Sean, he’ll listen to you. Don’t let him do it.”
I shook my head.
“No can do, Zi. You knew the consequences.”
She looked away, not even sparing Finn a glance.
He wouldn’t oblige and she knew it.
“How long?” Tadhg asked, looking at her over the arm he had aimed at the man sitting silently on the couch.
I kept my eyes on him; he was too calm.
“It’s not like that,” she said, shaking her head. “I would never do that you…to us. Believe me and let him leave. We can talk about it.”
I slid the gun from my waist when a pair of eyes met mine, the corner of his mouth lifted smugly.
“Damn, Zi,” I said, disappointed in her. “You let the enemy in.”
She smacked her lips.
“What the fuck are you talking about? He been working the same job as me since I started. Ain’t nobody an enemy here. I know how to move.”
Tadhg chuckled.
“Right. You know how to move but there’s another man in my fucking house!”
He tapped his chest with the gun.
“Have you forgotten who the fuck I am?”
Tadhg turned away from her and met eyes with a dead man before pulling the trigger and tapping him in the arm. “Let me remind you then.”
“Fuck!”
I reached for Zi and pulled her back; this wasn’t about to end how she hoped.
“Sean, make him stop,” she whispered, tugging on my arm.
“He can’t stop me,” he said, pointing to the spot next to him. “Come here or I’ll finish the job, baby.”
She let me go and rushed forward.
“Who the fuck is this? And if I feel like you’re lying, I’ll kill him and you.”
Finn and I looked at one another and started moving simultaneously. Nothing about this felt right or maybe we were just paranoid.
“We’re just co-workers,” I heard Zi say. “That’s it. Nothing more.”
“Nah. He came with an agenda.”
Finn went to the front door and locked it.
I went halfway up the stairs and stood there, leaning against the wall while he checked the back door and then emerged, shaking his head.
