Devious Revenge (19 page)

                                   Chapter 70

Sitting in this closet, it occurs to me. I’ve done this once before at Jimmy’s.

Stifling the giggle that erupts in my throat, I regain my focus.

Hearing movement in the back room, I know it’s time.

I slide out of my darkness and into the room. Catching a glimpse of Brian, I smile.

The last piece of my puzzle is falling into place.

Pulling the gun from the back of my jeans, I step around the tower of boxes.

“Miss me?” Brian dead stops, setting the case he had in his hands back on the floor before turning to face me.

The grin that decorates his face slowly fades when he sees the gun in my hand.

“What the hell is this?” Nodding toward the gun that’s aimed at him, I smile.

“This, is the final piece of my plan. Do you know how long I’ve waited for this moment?” Brian shakes his head, clearly confused by what I’m saying.

“What plan? What are you talking about?” Gritting his teeth, I like seeing him angry.

“Well, Lisa was part one. She made it so fucking easy on me. I guess being a druggie has its advantages too, doesn’t it? Well, for me it did.” Brian takes a step toward me but with the gun aimed at his head, he thinks better of that.

“Don’t move. The game isn’t over.” Growling slightly, he stands in his place.

“What kind of
sick shit
is this?” I can visibly see the anger within him. Maybe he will understand what I’ve felt all these years.

“What sick shit is this? What kind of sick shit was it to
rape a virgin
? You three twisted my life, warped me into believing I was nothing.” Brian chuckles before I smile. That’s right, laugh it up.

“You were into us. You always have been.” Shaking my head, I hate to burst his bubble, but I will.

“I never wanted you. As many people in this shit hole did, I didn’t. You weren’t even close to my style. Alan, now he was different wasn’t he? Until I gutted him. Made him feel the same things I felt.”

“BITCH!” Brian growls before taking a step toward me. Lowering the gun, I fire off a shot into his leg, stopping him in his tracks.

I watch him fall to his knees in front of me and the smile that creeps over my face makes me shiver.

“He didn’t want to be your pawn, yet there he was, with you and Jimmy. I’m surprised at how clumsy Jimmy became, aren’t you?” Brian’s eyes dart to mine and hold there.

He shakes his head from side to side before he speaks.

“You didn’t kill them all. There’s no way you have it in you.” Watching the disbelief on his face makes me laugh. Not just any laugh, it’s hysterical.

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“You know, I thought you would be the hardest one to get to, but it looks like you’ve made it easier for me.” Stepping closer to him, I’m just ready to finish it.

“As nice as this whole chat has been, I really need to get going.” Pressing the gun to the back of his head, I’m startled to hear that voice.

“Not so fast. I think we have some things to discuss.” Glancing over, I see Drew with his gun trained on me.

“Move away from him. At least for the moment.” Looking into Drew’s eyes, I don’t know why I do what he says.

Stepping away from Brian, my gun stays aimed at him. I’m not that stupid.

“See that! I knew my cousin would come through!” Brian laughs but my eyes never leave Drew’s. He wouldn’t do this to me, would he?

“Shut up, Brian.” Brian’s mouth snaps closed before Drew speaks.

“I warned you. I told you that it could come down to this. I never wanted any of this for you.” Shaking my head, I can’t do this with him right now.

“Walk away, Drew. Just let me finish this.” Drew shakes his head before taking a step toward me.

“I can’t do that. I told you I made a promise.” He’s putting me in a very awkward situation right now. He knows I can’t defend myself to him.

“Drew,
please.
You know what they did to me!” Screaming louder, I yank my shirt up to reveal all the scars that have been placed on my stomach over the years.

“Holy shit! She looks like a piece of meat!” Brian chuckles before Drew slams the butt of his gun into his face.

“Shut the fuck up, Brian.” Looking back at me, he shakes his head.

“All my life, all I’ve ever wanted stands here in front of me. As broken and shattered as I am. You stole my breath away when I saw you. Your soul was the mirrored image of mine. It all comes down to one moment in time. A moment that can never be changed or taken back. I love you, Hannah.” Tears spring to my eyes.

He can’t love me. There’s no way.

“Oh for fucks sake!” Snapping my head to the left, I’m so far past confused.

“Janey?” What the hell is going on here? Wiping at my eyes, I stare at my little sister.

“Oh Hannah, don’t act so surprised.” Who the hell is acting? I’m sure as hell not!

“What is this, Janey? What are you doing here?” Noticing her gun is aimed at me too, I feel a slight panic.

“I knew what you were doing, Hannah. I knew all about your little plans. Did you think I was so
stupid
that I wouldn’t know?” Watching the look on her face, I feel lost. How does she know about all of this?

“Why did you care? I don’t understand.” I think all eyes are on her now. No one sees the reasoning behind this.

“I didn’t, until you killed Alan.” Shaking her head, she looks as though she wants to cry.

The hell that I call life, has just become that much darker.

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Looking at Drew and Brian, they are just as lost as I am.

“You would have known how much I wanted him if you actually cared, Hannah!” Janey screams before taking a step toward me.

“I didn’t know you even knew him. How
did
you know him?” Utterly in the dark here, I wait for her to answer.

“Oh, please. Do you think you’re the only one that could find a man?” Her smile makes my stomach churn. She was sleeping with Alan? There’s no way in hell.

“Did you know? What they did to me, did you know?” Watching her face drop, she shakes her head.

“He said you wanted it. I saw the way you were with Drew. I saw you with Jimmy before that. You were just as they labeled you, Hannah.” Bile rises in my throat.

After all I’ve done for her; she would betray me like this.

“You’re my sister! I did everything for you!” Screaming at her seems to do nothing.

She’s void of emotion. It all slams into me.

She’s just like me.

“You took away what I had. Now, I will take you away.” Bringing the gun up to level with my face, I don’t move.

If this is the end for me, so be it.

Closing my eyes, I hear the boom of the gun.

Time stands still, but I never feel a thing.

Prying my eyes open, I see Janey on the ground. Looking to my right, Drew’s gun is now aimed in that direction.

Our eyes meet while he shakes his head.

“You! What did you
do
?” Screaming, I rush toward Janey, dropping down next to her.

“I never wanted any of this for you. I didn’t know, Janey.” Brushing her hair out of her face, I lean down and kiss her cheek.

The one thing that I have worked to keep safe, is gone. The little girl that meant the world to me, is gone.

“She would have killed you!” Drew snaps drawing my attention back to his.

Pushing myself up, I move toward him.

“
You don’t know that
. You couldn’t have known that!” Aiming the gun at him, he smiles. He did know. I know it, and so does he. Janey was one of us.

Life ruined her just the way it did us.

“I saw her face. She looked just like us, Han.” Brian laughs off to the side. I don’t want to pay attention to him right now but he’s forcing it.

“You. You can laugh all you want but you aren’t walking out of here.” Brian’s smile gets impossibly bigger before he speaks.

“Drew, take this bitch out.” Aiming the gun at Brian’s head, I glance at Drew.

Before I know what’s happening, Drew fires first.

Brian hits the ground. My heart leaps. He’s gone. Their all gone.

There’s only us.

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“What happens now?” Unsure of what to say or do, I just look at him.

The man that has kept me stable for as long as I’ve known him, the man that makes me feel.

Tears well up in his eyes as he lowers his gun to his side.

“All I’ve ever wanted was to be with someone that truly understood me. All I’ve ever needed was someone to love me for who I am. I thought I found that in you.” Seeing the pain in his eyes hurts me.

My heart wants to crumble into a million pieces.

“I don’t know how to love you.” It’s the truth. As much as I think I love him, I don’t know how to do that.

Tears fall down my cheeks as I look at him.

“I know, and after what I’ve done how could I blame you? I just took what was left of your family away from you. Never forgive me, Han.” Drew drops to his knees in front of me before placing the gun against the side of his head.

“NO!” Dropping down in front of him, I cry. What are we doing? Why are we doing this to each other?

“I’ve thought about a lot, the last few days. You were the best thing that ever happened to me, Han. Remember me always.” Drew leans in kissing my lips with the soft gentleness that is his heart.

“I love you.” His whisper hangs in the air, even from the loud boom from the gun.

Drew’s lifeless body falls to the floor in front of me, his blood staining my face.

Everything that used to mean something to me has been taken away. Every last person that held a part of my soul, is gone.

“Why did you have to say that to me! Why did you say you loved me!” Screaming through the tears, I hate him for that. I hate that he said that to me.

“You’re so selfish! How could you do that to me!” The screams only get louder as I bang my fists on his chest.

I want to hurt him. I want him to feel the void that just jumped its way into my chest.

Shaking my head, this is it. The game is over. Revenge has been served.

“I’m done. This is done.” Maybe I’m in shock, maybe I just realized what happened here. Either way, the end of the road has come.

I wipe the tears away from my eyes before taking a breath.

The game is over. I’ve finally won, but looking around me, was it worth it? Was it worth what I’ve just lost?

Picking my gun up off the floor next to me, I hold it to my temple.

“I didn’t know how to love you, Drew. But,
I
did love you.”