Forgiving Nancy (Last Hangman MC, #5)(61)
I climb on top of him and wrap my hands around his throat as tightly as I can. He’s gasping for air, blood is pouring out of his shoulder and he actually looks frightened. I don’t believe it for one second. This bastard does not deserve to be called a man because no real man would ever do the things he did. His eyes bore into mine and I swear I can see remorse in his eyes. Too late f*cker. I squeeze as hard as I can and I hear a breathless “I’m sorry” escape his lips as he takes his last breath. I keep my hands tightly wrapped around his neck for a little bit longer for good measure. There is no way I’m risking this f*cker coming back to life or tricking me. Suddenly, I feel a sharp pain in my side. My hands find the wound instantly and try to stop the pain, but it doesn’t help. As I remove my hands, I see blood gushing out of a wound. I try to fight through the pain and stand up, I need to find Nancy and make sure she’s okay, but I quickly fall to the ground. I feel faint, I’m losing too much blood and I can’t stop it. I can feel my life slipping away from me once again and there’s nothing that can help this time. The last things I see before slipping into total darkness are people fighting and falling the ground all around me, Lewis collapses near me and Callum rushes to her side as Nancy drops to her knees next to me.
Darkness wraps me in her cold arms and takes me away.
I love you, Nancy.
CHAPTER 27
Nancy
Three Days Later
Three days.
It’s been three incredibly long days since Bennett was shot. It nearly killed me seeing his lifeless body on the ground. His eyes had glazed over when I managed to reach but he was completely unresponsive. Panic had set in when I couldn’t feel a pulse and I froze, I didn’t know what to do. Every time I close my eyes I can still see the blood gushing out of his wound between my fingers as I tried to staunch it. I tried my best to get his heart to beat again whilst Ayden called the paramedics. They instructed me on how to perform CPR until they arrived and took over.
I had no idea what was going on around me, Bennett was the only thing I could focus on. From what I’ve been told, is that a couple of the Hangman and Bastards were injured but luckily no one was killed. I can’t say the same about the Infernos, a couple of them, along with Richard were killed. I don’t know exactly what will come out of Bennett killing Richard, but I couldn’t care less about all of that right now. My focus is Bennett and only Bennett.
Everybody told Bennett to stay out of all of this, but Bennett being the stubborn ass he is didn’t listen. At least I finally know why I was taken all those years ago. It still doesn’t make much sense to me that Richard wanted revenge on Bennett as he never did anything, he didn’t even know Richard existed. But then, Richard wasn’t someone you would call logical or sane.
I don’t know how Bennett will feel towards me once he wakes up and it’s terrifying me. I’ve kept so much hidden from him and put his life and his brothers’ on the line and for all I know he might not want to see me ever again.
Three days.
It’s been three long days and I’ve spent every second by Bennett’s side after his life saving surgery. It was touch and go for a while, but he made it through the first forty eight hours that the doctors told me were the most critical so I’m somewhat reassured that he’ll be ok. I just need him to wake up, and soon. I need my Bennett awake and breathing for himself again. I need him to look at me with his bright hazel eyes and tell me that he forgives me and still loves me. I just hope he’ll understand that I kept it from him to protect him.
I’m resting my head on our linked hands, about to fall asleep when I hear someone behind me clear their throat. I groan, not wanting to face any type of reality or responsibility just yet, I just want to spend time with my Bennett. I reluctantly lift my head and turn towards the door and immediately wish I hadn’t.
“Mother, Father. What the hell are you doing here?” I stare at them in shock. How dare they show their faces here!
“Do not use that tone with us and watch your language, our good Lord wouldn’t approve of that,” my mother scolds me.
“Don’t you dare! You never cared about me or how I felt so why are you here?” I stand and whisper angrily at them so I don’t disturb Bennett.
“We want our daughter back, even if she’s been badly influenced all these years.” My mother glances over at Bennett with a disgusted look on her face.
“Do not look at him like that. He didn’t do anything but love me! Something you never did. The person you should blame for the way I am today is six feet under thanks to this man behind me. My captor might have made me sell my body to the highest bidder but just because I’m not all prim and proper like you two appear to be doesn’t mean I’m not a good person.” I glare at them. My mother has the audacity to look shocked and I chuckle darkly.
“You cannot seriously be telling us that you’d rather stay with someone like him rather than come back home with your parents. We just want our daughter back and make up for the time we lost.” My mother has the audacity to try and look sad.
“Let me make things clear for you. I love this man; he’s saved my life in more ways than you can possibly imagine. If it weren’t for him and my memories of him, I’d be long dead and you’d have actually had a reason to bury me. He’d give his life for his friends and family without a moment’s hesitation, could you say the same about yourselves?” I give them a second to respond but they just look at me. “Exactly, so how is he the bad one here? If only you hadn’t have been so f*cking judgmental, none of this would’ve happened! He’d have been there to protect me and I wouldn’t have been at your stupid country club party in the first place. All of this is on you, not him.” I yell at them.