Razor: A Bad Boy Stepbrother Romance(60)

Mason looked extremely agitated, as if he still wanted to fight. “You know what, Dad? All my life, you’ve blamed me for everything that’s gone wrong in our family, including blaming me for Mom’s death. Well you know what? I’ve had enough!”

Without warning, Mason slugged his father in the face and Brian crumpled to the floor.

Satisfied that his dad was down, Mason moved to come for me, but Maddy stepped in front him, pulling out a gun.

Mason froze and quickly put his hands up.

“Don’t you take another f*cking step,” she growled in a deadly voice.

I looked around, wondering what I could do to help us. The situation was quickly getting out of hand.

The only thing I saw that I could use as a weapon was the hotel room’s landline phone. But I’d have to rip out of the wall to bash Maddy in the head with it, and by the time I did that, she’d have shot Mason.

Brian stood up, yelling. “What the hell are you doing?! Put that gun away — we agreed that no one would get hurt!” He got up from the floor, his lip bloodied and swollen.

The room fell into silence. Andre was white in the face as if knowing the situation was out of hand. Even Maddy, who was the one with the gun, seemed unsure of what to do.

“Shut up!’ Maddy snapped shakily, her hands trembling on the trigger. I couldn’t tell if she was truly frightened or overjoyed at the opportunity to kill her ex-boyfriend. “All of you! No more talking!”

Brian held his hands out. “Maddy, you don’t want to do this. Regardless of what he’s done to you, it’s not worth taking his life over. You have my word — I’ll see to it that the authorities take him in. Whatever they want to do with him, let that be the end of it.”

I looked over at Andre, hoping to use reason to persuade him to my side. “Please,” I begged.

“Be quiet, Carly.” Brian commanded. “You’re going to make things worse.”

I ignored him. “Please Andre. You don’t have to go through with this.”

“Shut up!” Maddy yelled. “You especially,” she said, meaning me. “Why are you talking to Andre when I’m the one with the gun here?” Then she told Mason in a quiet voice, “On your knees.”

“No,” I moaned, hopeless despair spreading through my body.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time,” Maddy hissed. “Ever since you killed our baby.”

“It wasn’t his baby and he didn’t kill anything,” I yelled.

“One more word from you and you’re next!” Maddy snapped. Then she looked at Mason. “Razor, on your knees. Now!”

Mason glanced at me, and I was surprised to see no fear in his eyes. He wasn’t going to let Maddy see him scared nor was he going to beg for his life.

Before he could do as Maddy commanded, Andre stepped forward with his hand outreached. “Wait Maddy. I’ve supported you in everything that you’ve done, and I was willing to help you rough him up, but this is going too far. You don’t have to do this. ”

She tossed an annoyed glance his way before snapping back on Mason. “Don’t you dare!”

But that split second of distraction and Andre having a change of heart was all that Mason needed.

“Now Carly!” Mason shouted, dropping to the floor.

At his command, I jumped up from the bed and shoved Maddy as hard as I could. I cringed, thinking the gun would go off, but Maddy let out a cry of surprise and flew across the room, the gun falling out of her hands.

Mason jumped to his feet and rushed forward to grab me as Maddy made a desperate scramble to retrieve the gun, but Andre beat her to it.

He picked up the gun and pointed it at us, causing Mason to shove me behind him, using his body as a shield.

“Shoot him!” Maddy yelled at Andre as she climbed to her feet.

“Don’t do it man,” Mason urged, holding his hands up in surrender. “She’s just using you.”

I held my breath, thinking the worst, when without warning, Andre turned the gun on Maddy.

Maddy’s eyes widened with surprise and she took a step backward. “What the hell are you doing?” she demanded.

Andre ignored her and gestured at the exit with one hand while keeping the gun on Maddy. “Get out of here, you two,” he ordered us. “Before the cops get here.”

Relief flowed through me as Mason pulled me toward the door, but before we could take two steps, Brian stepped in our path.

“You can’t leave,” he told Mason. “You’ve got to stop this, son. You can’t keep running. You need to stay and face the consequences of your actions.”

“I did what had to be done to expose the Mayor, Dad. Maybe one day you will realize that. Now move.” Mason looked like he was prepared to remove his father by force.

Brian shook his head. “I’m going to make you stay here until the police get here—”

Andre pointed the gun on Brian. “Move,” he said flatly. “Now.”

Glowering, Brian stepped out of our path.

“Hurry!” Andre yelled as Maddy suddenly moved toward him, her eyes on the gun. He turned the gun on Maddy and she froze. Then he began alternating pointing between her and Brian.

Not needing any further encouragement, Mason pulled me along.