Healing Gabe (Last Hangman MC Book 3) (19 page)

“No. I know they are still alive and you still visit them. They have no idea what kind of things you do. They think they raised an honourable son but how wrong they are. It’d kill them to learn even a tenth of the horrible things you’ve done. And before you start running your fucking mouth, I know Gabe did some bad things, killing people and shit, but I know for a fact he’s never killed or had to force a woman to have sex with him, unlike you.”

“You fucking slut! You’re going to pay for this!” He stalks towards me, aiming the gun at my chest.

“Stop it! All of you stop it!” Jenny screams. I’m grateful she caught his attention, saving my life but it’s not going to save hers if she doesn’t keep quiet. I know I told them to fight back, but not when you have a fucking gun aimed at your head.

“Shut up, Jenny. Please.”

“Listen to what Viv is saying, shut it before I put a bullet in your head.”

“I’d rather be dead than listen to all the sick things you’ve done. I don’t want to be a part of this. I wanna go home!” Her breathing is ragged, she’s shaking and crying uncontrollably. Nicole is trying to soothe her, but it’s not working. At this point, I don’t think anything could calm her down, she’s long gone and traumatized by what she’s witnessing.

“As you wish.” Jared smirks, aims the gun at her head and pulls the trigger without hesitation. She falls limply into Nicole’s arms, who tries not make a sound. Jenny’s blood and brains are splattered everywhere and all over Nicole.
This is all my fault.
I never should have told her to fight back. I look over at Gabe with tears rolling down my cheeks. I know the end is soon. I wish I could hold him and kiss him just one last time.

“One whiney bitch down, two to go.” He laughs, proud of his joke.

“What was I saying?” He looks at one of his men who looks confused. “You’re useless, I don’t know why I’m keeping you around.” He shoots him without blinking. He’s on a fucking rampage.

“You were saying how Annie was a dead weight and always complaining, Sir,” the other asshat interjects.

“Finally, someone is following. Yes, Annie was a boring dead weight. I always had a man follow you two around. I love how Viv had to tag along to your dates. You’d leave her in the car or make her hang around the neighbourhood so you wouldn’t raise any suspicions. I mean, it was a smart move on your part, shit one for Viv, especially since you’ve been claiming to love her all along. That’s kinda fucked up by the way, making the person you love sit outside whilst you bang her sister. But anyway, when it was obvious that you two were serious, and another deal fell through because of Annie, we thought it’d be the perfect time resolve the issue and, well you know the rest. But now, it looks like history is repeating itself, doesn’t it Gabriel? Same shit, different sister.” He chuckles and paces around us. “I can’t believe I forgot the best part. Your little Viv wasn’t a saint while she was running away from this place, far from it actually. You see Gabe, she was fucking random guys at every opportunity and wanna know the fucked up part? Some of them, well most of them, were my men and they fucking taped her exploits. You should see her getting fucked by all those guys, all the things she lets people do to her, fucking magnificent. I can’t wait to finally get that sweet pussy. Seeing it in action for so long without getting my fill was pure fucking torture, but I’m glad my turn is finally here.” He smirks.

I keep my eyes on Gabe, silent tears running down my cheeks.

“I love you.” He mouths. His admission makes this so much more heart breaking, Gabe doesn’t say those words.

“I love you too.” I mouth back.

We talk to each other while we can, mouthing the last words we will speak to each other.

CHAPTER 22

Gabe

I can’t believe the shit we’re in, or what I’ve just learned. The bastard was behind my parents’ death, I’ll fucking kill him. He’s been behind every single fucking bad thing happening in my life. I won’t let him get away with any of this. It won’t bring any of them back, but I can’t let him live. He’s been on this earth for far too long.

The fact that Annie and I were watched at all times and he knew who I was disgusts me. The men Viv fucked, I knew she had been with a couple of guys, but I had no idea they were fucking Kings. I don’t think she did either considering the look on her face. It still feels like a betrayal even if she had no idea. I can’t hold it against her though. I’ve fucked so many women, I didn’t care where they came from. If she knew, she would never speak to me again.

Sanders is going to be fucking crushed that Jenny has been killed. He already felt guilty enough about her being targeted, but now? His world is going to fall apart. Nicole is staying strong and keeping her mouth shut, I need her to be strong for a little longer until help arrives.

We always take things for granted, especially when you’re in a MC. You think you’re untouchable, but it takes one motherfucker with a god complex to shatter your world. In this case that motherfucker is Jared. For the past fifteen years he’s been making sure to throw all the shit he can may way, but I’m still standing. Hurting Viv or Nicole would be the last straw and he fucking knows it. There’s only so much a man can take before he has no purpose.

Jared really thought of every single little detail that would take me back twelve years ago. I can’t believe I’m going through this again. I need a different ending this time, I can’t lose Viv.

I wish I could free myself but I can’t slip the knots around my wrists. I’m unarmed but I could still take him by surprise. He’s clearly not stable, he’s already taken out one of his men. Only three are left and two of them are covering the two entrances to the warehouse. I manage to loosen the tie around one of my feet, but it’s not helping much.

I keep my eyes focused on Viv. I want to hold her again so badly. I feel like I’ve lost so much time with her these past couple of days. Our fights seem so stupid now. The pussyfooting around because I didn’t want to tell her how I truly felt is biting me in the ass right now and I wish I could tell her how I feel. Mouthing it to her felt good, but I need to actually say it. I can’t bring myself to though, it will just anger an already enraged and crazy Jared and once those words slip out of my mouth then something terrible is going to happen, I can feel it. She’ll be taken away from me. I don’t regret a lot of things in life, only two: staying with Annie when I should’ve let her go and not telling Viv how I feel about her. Maybe because I only mouthed the words to her then my curse won’t come to light and we will both make it out of here.

I’ll always remember the look in Viv’s eyes when we first met. She was confused, scared and looked at me as if she hasn’t seen a man stand up for a woman in a long time, probably since her father was killed. That first look made me want her so fucking badly.

Unfortunately, fate wasn’t too kind to us. I should’ve asked her to stay after we killed Trent. I should have told her that I would take care of her, protect her, but I was so angry and didn’t want to take my rage and frustration out on her. It wouldn’t have been fair. We both needed to find ourselves. I eventually did but it didn’t help much, I could never forget her and not knowing if she felt the same way I did, really messed with my head for some reason.

I just wanted to be loved. When I think back over my time with Annie, sometimes I felt Annie was just with me to prove to herself that she could find a man, that Viv wasn’t the only one to get attention. I wonder if she did actually love me, the more I thought about it, the less sure I was that she did. Was she doing it on purpose to get out of this life? I know she loathed the club lifestyle after her parents died and she couldn’t adapt to Trent’s harsher life. I know sometimes from the way she used to talk about Viv, that she was jealous of her, of her confidence, her rebellious side and she was even jealous of physical things despite them being practically identical. I guess those unique differences, like Viv’s beautiful dark blue/purple eyes made it hard for her to be confident in her own skin.

A phone ringing in the background brings me back to reality. I look over at Viv, who looks like she’s giving up on life. I want to shout at her to fight for her life, that she is worth fighting for. That we are worth fighting for.

“Amazing. Bring her in.” Jared smirks and looks between Viv and I. “I have the best surprise for you two. You’re gonna love it.” He’s fucking proud of himself. I don’t know what he’s going to do, but one of our friends better not be about to walk in.

We don’t have to wait long before the ‘guest’ walks in. Jared doesn’t know where to stop with his fucking mind games. I’m actually scared of who he’s bringing in, nothing this man says or does can be any good, ever. I knew he was fucked up, but I wasn’t expecting who just fucking walked in. Viv and I look at each other and then back at the woman who walked in.

“Annie?” Viv and I exclaim at the same time, both as shocked as each other.

“That’s me.” she says happily smiling away, acting as if everything were okay and normal.

“What the fuck is going on?” I shout.

“Don’t be so loud and so rude, Gabe, you used to be so sweet. You’ve changed.” She tuts.

“I fucking watched you get raped and murdered! This is not fucking possible!”

“Stop swearing in front of our baby.” She rubs her swollen tummy and looks fondly at Jared. This can’t be fucking possible.

“What have you done, Annie?” Viv asks her, defeated.

“What you should have done. It’s good to see you again, sis. A bit weird considering the circumstances, but hey, can’t be too picky.” She shrugs.

“We saw you die! How can this be possible?” I shout, needing answers.

“See, my dear Gabe, I always had to live in Vivian’s shadow. Everything she did was perfect, all the guys wanted her, she was fun and beautiful with unique eyes and light blonde hair. She was pretty much perfect. Trent only wanted what was best for us, even if you didn’t see it that way. I was ready to accept what he had been planning for me, being married off to his VP, but then I got talking with Jared, he’s actually very sweet and lovely, unlike what you might be thinking, and we came up with a plan. The night of the little incident between him and Gabe, Jared called me afterwards, telling me what happened. When the Hangman decided to put their nose in our business, it was the perfect plan. The Hangman are so predictable and always looking for new members so we figured he would be recruited which made this plan even sweeter. We’d be getting what we wanted, me at the head of the Kings with Jared and the Hangman gone. Pissing you off would be just a bonus. At first, I was only supposed to seduce Gabe and make sure you knew I was interested in him and then we learnt that he had actually joined the Hangman, our plan was falling perfectly into place. We’d have our revenge on them and on Gabe for making the alliance with the Kings fall, well and on you too, darling Viv, since you’re the one who thought so highly of herself that she didn’t want Jared. It was fun to play this double life. Act like a love sick teen in front of you and be a freak in the sheets with this one behind closed doors.” She says looking at Jared. “It was getting hard to keep up with both of them. Both are very greedy but I’m sure you know that about Gabe. How does my sloppy seconds feel by the way?” She smirks at Viv. We both are appalled and shocked by what she’s telling us.

“I can’t believe you would do that when you had an amazing boyfriend? Why go for him?” Viv asks, tears running down her cheeks.

“Because I wanted to be a part of something great, where no one would treat me like a little girl, but like a Queen.”

“Yeah, you fucking got that right, the queen of fucking stupid! I can’t believe you would ally yourself to such a fucking asshole, do you have any idea of the things he’s done?” Viv yells at Annie.

“Yes, I know, I was there for the most of it. It’s a part of the life, what do you want me to say?” Annie shrugs, not feeling one sliver of regret for the things she allowed to happen.

“He only went for you because he couldn’t have me. The one he really wanted. Did you ever tell her, Jared, that you told me you fell in love with me and really loved me? Does she know all the sweet things you used to do trying to woo me, like bringing me my favourite foods, or bringing me gifts and flowers, promising me a life where no one would be able to hurt me?” Right, seeing the look on her face, she didn’t know. Aww sorry I just burst your bubble, Annie.” I snort seeing her pale at this revelation.

“You’re a liar!” Annie yells at me.

“Whatever you think, Princess. That doesn’t explain how you’re still alive after what happened.” I growl.

“See, that has nothing to do with Jared, well not really. Trent was too hungry for power and wanted everything for himself. He was a greedy bastard and Jared had no idea of what he had planned for me. He was devastated when he found out. Luckily he didn’t hit any vital organs or arteries, hence why I’m still here. It took me a long time to recover, but I’m perfectly fine now.”

“Why didn’t you tell me you were still alive?” Viv asks, hurt by her sister’s actions and words.

“Because I didn’t want to be a part of your life anymore. I wanted out of your perfect little world, you always got exactly what you wanted and everybody would do everything for you, hell, my supposed boyfriend knew more about you than me. I couldn’t even keep my fake boyfriend entertained enough. He wanted you all along. That’s a bit sick of you Gabe, you should get checked about that.”

“Shut your fucking mouth, you fucking bitch!” Viv yells.

“You two gotta make up your mind, one minute you want me to talk, the next you want me to shut up.” Annie looks over at Viv.

“I regret ever feeling bad for what happened to you. I regret all the hours I spent crying after you died. I regret ever caring for you. You are fucking evil and you two belong together. You make the perfect fucking couple. As far as I’m concerned, I don’t have a sister. I haven’t for the past twelve years. Mum and Dad would be so ashamed of you.” Viv says calmly, fuelling Annie’s anger.

“You don’t get to regret those things! Everything that I went through is your fault!” Annie screeches.

“No, it’s your own fault, you are the one who came up with that sick twisted plan, you can only blame yourself for that. I’m done caring about you.”

“You can’t! We are twins! We’re supposed to care for each other forever.” She really is losing it.

“Yes, unless one of those is the fucking devil incarnate you sick bitch, then the rule doesn’t fucking apply.”

Annie screams and Jared tries to soothe her, “Babe, calm down, the doctor said it wasn’t good for you to stress out with the baby. You know I love you.” He rubs her tummy and I feel sick. All those years I’ve been beating myself up for something that I thought was my fault when in reality, they were behind all of it all along.

“I know. She’s the one to blame.” She points at Viv.

“Don’t worry about her anymore.” He kisses her head and holds her.

“What were you going to fucking do with me anyway, since you have the evil queen with you?” Viv taunts Jared.

“Use you as a sex slave or sell you to a Madam. You’d be worth a lot of money. Sex is the only thing you’d be useful for. That sweet cunt of yours is the only thing worth something. You’re pure fucking trash, Viv.” He smirks at Viv. How I fucking wish I could go over there and kick his ass.

We hear loud noises coming from outside and the two doors to the warehouse blow up. They all duck down. I feel someone untying me and I don’t wait to thank whoever did it. I rush to Jared and tackle him to the ground, pounding the shit out of him. I feel someone jump on my back, trying to stop me, but I don’t, I kick that person off of me and keep punching him. I faintly hear Viv calling my name, but I can’t stop. I’m too far gone to stop. He’s ruined my life for years. I can’t let him keep doing this. It looks like he’s unconscious but I don’t stop, I can’t.

I faintly hear what’s going on around me, a lot of gun shots, Nicole and Viv screaming, Sanders’ heartbroken cries. I feel a sharp pain in my left shoulder. I get up and turn around, seeing Annie standing there with a knife. She just fucking stabbed me in the shoulder. She should have gone straight for my heart, stupid bitch.