Chapter 48

Nico

I walk away shaking my head, it’s like dealing with a child sometimes. Does she not know how serious this is? Or does she simply think she is beyond everything? That nobody can hurt her? I mean she was standing right by me when the shot went off.

I don’t know whether I am angry because of her attitude or turned on by her stubbornness and relentless search of freedom. Seriously, the woman is not my hostage, she can come and go as she likes. But it will be at her own expense and God help me if anything happens to her.

My hand finds its way to my heart, I clutch it at the thought of anything happening to Lucky. It strikes me odd that I haven’t even liked this woman before and yet now, well now everything is so different.

And listening to her read to me in bed last night was like music to my ears. I swear it was the first good night’s sleep I have had in a very long time. Her voice was soft, gentle not the harshness she tones when she speaks directly to me.

“Good morning, Brother,” T