Healing Gabe (The Last Hangman MC #3)(60)

“No!” I hear Gabe yell, but he sounds like he’s on the other side of the warehouse. I continue to fall to the ground, half on top of Gabe when I hear another loud bang but don’t feel any pain this time. “Please no, Viv, look at me please.” I hear Gabe’s voice and I feel his hands pressing on the left side of my chest.

“I love you, Gabe.” My voice is raspy. I’m in so much pain and it’s so hard to keep my eyes open.

“I love you too, Vivian, please, don’t leave me. Don’t say goodbye, fight this for me.” I feel my eyes close, my breath hitching one last time, before the darkness takes me.

March 27, 2003

Dear diary,

Today was supposed to be a good day.

It started perfectly. Annie and I went shopping in New Orleans. I miss it there. We haven’t been there since our parents died, Trent never let us stray too far from the compound. It was weird at first, but seeing so many familiar places was good. We went to our favorite Chinese place that we used to go to once a month with the best orange chicken around.

We went to the mall and bought so many new clothes. The only good thing about Trent is that he throws money at us so we can buy whatever we want. I don’t care how it makes me sound, I’ll take his money and spend it. The man is f*cking creepy and always trying to get us to agree to do things for him, but we aren’t giving him the satisfaction.

It’s one thing to buy our silence but it’s another to try to play matchmaker with the VP of a f*cking MC who is sleazy and creepy as f*ck. Trent wants me to be with Jared so the Kings and Bastards will merge and overpower the other MC in Louisiana.

I hate when people tell me what to do, and even more so when it means me having sex with someone I can’t even look at without shuddering.

After coming back from shopping, we put our stuff away and went out for dinner. Unfortunately for me, as we were leaving the restaurant, Jared was waiting, as if he knew where I would be. Fucking creep. He wanted me to go out with him and I didn’t want to. All I wanted to do was go home and watch some of the movies I bought earlier. He wouldn’t relent and I didn’t want to make a scene so I didn’t have much choice but to go along with him.

He decided that he wanted to go to a bar even though I’m only eighteen. He said it’d be okay because he knew the owner. I didn’t want to go in at all. I don’t want to drink around him or have him drink around me. I don’t want to be inebriated when I’m around him. I’m too scared of what he could and would do to me. I know what he’s capable of.

I tried to leave but he wouldn’t let me. He pulled me around the side of the bar, which was secluded and started yelling at me, telling me that we should get together, that it’d be good for family business or some shit I didn’t care enough to listen to. All I wanted to do was make a run for it.

Then a stranger walked up and started arguing with Jared, I’ll be forever thankful to him, who knows what would have happened to me otherwise. I’ve never seen the guy around but damn, he’s f*cking hot! Tall, over 6ft for sure, with broad shoulders, a very lean and toned body, short beard, dishevelled black hair, plump lips that you want to suck on and a nice set of thighs that make you wanna sit on his lap. I’ve never felt like this around any guy. He is sex on legs and I wanna know more about him.

I at least, want to be able to thank him for saving my life. I mean he got punched and got his cheek lacerated because he saved me and that deserves at least a thank you that I don’t remember having the time to say.

Luckily Cabe was there with a couple of his men to break up the fight between Jared and my savior. As much as I’d love to see Jared get his ass kicked, the other guy didn’t deserve to be pulled into this mess. I’m glad he fought for me, but it’s not going to end well for him. You don’t want to mess with Jared.

Of course, as Annie came to pick me up, the mysterious guy saw her and I saw an instant connection. I was long forgotten. Well, I’m not even sure he was ever interested in me, but it hurt nonetheless. Annie always gets the attention from guys with her sultry looks. I swear we’re identical except for our eye and hair color but I look like an innocent angel and she looks like an exotic creature all the men want. I often thought about dying my hair, but then I would just be copying her. All I want is to have someone look at me like how my saviour looked at her. Maybe one day.

Even though I saw him first, they had a connection and she called dibs. There’s not much I can do. We always followed and respected each other when it came to calling dibs. I can’t go behind her back and try to seduce him if she has her eyes set on him and clearly he reciprocates.

I hope things will fix themselves at the club so Trent will leave me alone. I’m sure that if I tell him what happened tonight, he wouldn’t give a damn and would just call me a f*cking prude before telling me that it clearly shows how much Jared likes me.

I can’t believe he’s willing to pull this shit with his own niece.

I hate him, I hate my life, I hate that Annie and I have to go through all of this.

I sometimes wish I could end this nightmare, but I don’t want to leave Annie alone, that wouldn’t be fair.

I hope with time things will get better. I can’t wait to be able to get away from this place.

Viv.





CHAPTER 24



Gabe

This can’t be happening. I can’t lose Viv, not again.