The sweet times.The laughter.The teasing.The times when sex was soft.The gentle heart I came to care about.
It was all Jonah.
Frankie was the yelling.The anger.The name calling.He was the fists that tore my skin and the feet that broke bones.Frankie was the pain I carried for days and the sex that was stolen from me.Frankie was the heart I hated.
But he’s also right.
Jonah fell in love with me, and Frankie killed him because of it.
I’m the reason Pope doesn’t get the chance to know someone good.Someone like him and like Gavel.
Frankie tosses his head back with wild laughter.“This is more of a rush than beating your ass is.Look at the pain this has caused you.Does it hurt?Knowing that someone loved you so much and I killed them because of it?”
“Fuck you,” I croak, wiping the tears from my eyes.
“Leave her alone, you stupid fucker,” my boy screams.“My dad will kill you.He’ll hurt you so bad.”
“Quiet, Legend,” I order, terrified of what Frankie will do.
“No, Mom.Dad said only pussies hit women.”
I groan.
Fucking Pope.
For someone who was tortured for days, Frankie moves fast as he rushes toward Legend.
And then it happens.
Frankie puts his fucking hand on my kid.
Something inside of me snaps.
I charge him with a roar.He’s not expecting it, so I’m able to take him to the ground easily.My fists are feral as I aim them wherever I can reach.A sharp pain pierces my side, but I just grunt and keep hitting.
Eventually, he gets the upper hand when he slams his knife into my thigh.
Pain steals my breath as it rushes over me in waves.
“Bitch,” Frankie screams, spittle hitting me in the face.
“And you’re a psychotic cunt,” I say with a broken laugh, dropping my head back against the concrete as dizziness has my eyes crossing.
He punches me in the jaw.
I scrape my nails over his face.
He places his palm over my mouth and nose.
I shove my fist into the wound on his side from Pope.
Once.
Twice.
Three times before he releases my face, and I suck in sharp breaths.
The twins cry, begging him to stop, but there’s madness in Frankie’s eyes.
