Total pages in book: 69
Estimated words: 68500 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 343(@200wpm)___ 274(@250wpm)___ 228(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 68500 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 343(@200wpm)___ 274(@250wpm)___ 228(@300wpm)
Once the necklace was in place, I pulled at her ring and then showed her how to get it onto the necklace.
She held it out to look at it, her face sporting a huge grin.
“I love it, Felix.”
I pulled her back into my arms, then dropped my head down onto her shoulder.
“Not that I don’t want to hold onto you all day,” I said as I groaned. “But can we hold each other from the couch?”
She patted my ass, then pushed me away gently. “Go sit down. I have dinner simmering on the stove. A lasagna soup. Then I’m going to let 2.0 outside, and then we can sit there and figure out the name we’re going to use.”
I took a seat like she instructed, then lay back with my eyes closed until she brought the lasagna soup to the coffee table.
I dropped my feet from atop it, then leaned forward to give 2.0 a scratch before Val called him outside.
I waited until she was back to eat, though, and smiled when she gave me a pleasure-filled smile at my consideration.
We ate the soup. Then she let me lie on the couch with my head in her lap until I was practically sleeping.
Only after a few hours of this did she force me to take a shower and go to bed.
My last thought of the night as I dropped off into sleep was I wished I had enough energy to fuck her like she deserved.
But that would come with time.
I had forever.
CHAPTER 24
Sometimes, all you can do is kick them in the cunt.
-Text from Zip to Val
VAL
1 month later
“That is it!” I snarled to myself as I stood up, tried not to force my chair into the wall behind me, and failed.
“Whoa, darlin’,” I heard my favorite person in the world coo. “You okay?”
No. No I wasn’t fucking okay!
“She needs to go,” I snapped. “Her or us.”
Felix narrowed his eyes. “What did she do this time?”
I showed him the paperwork. “She said that I ordered this, when I most certainly did not!”
He took the paper from my hands and frowned when he saw the notes scribbled in the chart.
“That’s not even the right drug or dosage for that drug,” he murmured. “Did she give it?”
I shrugged. “I don’t know. But Rose brought it to my attention, then said that she got the order via Tammy.”
His hand clenched on the paper he was holding. “She’s going to get someone killed.”
“I agree,” I muttered darkly. “And then she didn’t call for a check on the insulin she pulled and was just about to give it to Robby when I happened to walk by and hear her saying what she was administering.”
His jaw flexed, and he picked up the phone next to my hand and started dialing a number.
I could hear the new director pick up on the first ring. “Mackson.”
“Mackson,” Felix growled. “It’s time.”
There was something said that I didn’t quite catch, and then Felix was hanging up the phone.
“You’ve already talked about this?” I asked in surprise.
“Just like you’ve already set Folsom in motion,” he answered with a knowing grin. “But I’m just going to make it easier for whatever you’re doing there. She’s not going to take your career away from you, which is likely what she’s trying to accomplish with this.”
He shook the paper at me for emphasis.
I deflated slightly, happy that he’d agreed with me and hadn’t teetered on his promise.
“Good,” I murmured.
He twirled a piece of hair around his large finger, then placed his hand underneath my chin, tilting my face up. After placing a soft kiss onto my upturned lips, he walked away, grabbing the chart he’d come for on his way out of the nurses’ station.
It wasn’t an hour later when I saw Tammy walking by with all of her things shoved into one large hospital bag, a security guard on one side and Mackson on the other.
I couldn’t help the feral grin that spread across my lips as she was escorted out.
Hallelujah.
• • •
“Yo!” a sharp male voice said.
I looked over at my brother and raised a brow at him.
I was at the circus.
I wasn’t sure why, to be honest. It wasn’t my scheduled day to be there. But I didn’t really question it.
They wanted me there, I’d be there. It was the least I could do since I’d pulled back so much after going back to work.
“What?” I asked as I walked toward him.
He gestured toward the makeup and outfit tent. “Get ready.”
I rolled my eyes. “That’s where I was going, loser.”
He looked at his watch. “You’re going to be late.”
I sighed and went to the tent which wasn’t really a tent. Once there, Hades helped me with my hair and makeup, and Crimson helped me into a long white dress.
I frowned when I saw it. “Did we change our outfits?”