Page 67 of Indecent Villain

“You bitch.” He drags me to my feet and slams his fist into my face, leaving me to see fucking stars.

The bunker door creaks open,and footsteps approach. I peer out of my left eye as my right is swollen shut.

A huge man stands behind Rossi, and when he speaks, I recognize his voice. He is the man I heard meeting with Jude that day I came home from school early. Now I know he was there on Rossi’s behalf.

“Will you listen to me now?” Rossi asks.

The large man places a chair outside my cell for Rossi to sit.

“That’s better. I am sorry about Cannon.”

“No, you are not. He was my father, and you killed him.”

“Cannon wanted to be a real father to you since the day you were born. I will give him that. When he loved, he loved fiercely. I knew it would be a matter of time before I had to kill him. I knew he would come for me once he figured out I had Anna killed. She was an accident. Jude was the one I wanted dead. She wasn’t supposed to be in the car with him. Pierce found out what I’d planned for Jude, so he had to die to keep quiet.” Rossi waves a hand around, done with that part of the conversation.

“You deserve to rot in hell for what you’ve done,” I say through gritted teeth.

“Oh, don’t be so judgmental. Beckett has blood on his hands too.”

“I know,” I snap.

He stares at me a moment before continuing, “So do you want to help me before someone else you love dies?”

“Will you let me go?”

“Eventually.”

I laugh. “Sure, you will. I know things now. I saw you kill my father. You also killed my mother, my grandfather, and Jude.”

“It’s Jude now, is it?”

“Why did you want him dead?”

“Because he was working with me.”

I frown and tilt my head. “I don’t understand. Jude was a good man.”

“To you, yes. But he was a liar, a killer, and a thief. He paid the price for it.”

“So did my mother and father,” I snap. “Why am I here?”

“You are here because I want my drugs back, and Beckett will bring them to me in exchange for you.”

“You expect me to believe you are just going to let the exchange take place? And how will you explain killing my father? I won’t let you lie. You killed him in cold blood.”

“He should have stayed out of my business,” Rossi roars. “Right now, Beckett is running around blaming Edge for taking you. Eventually, he will find out it was me. Then we will deal. So, get comfortable, Kinsley. You could be in for a long wait.”

He waves a hand over his shoulder, and a large cooler, along with a food container, is carried into the room. “Dinner, drinks, and snacks,” he says. Another man carries in a plastic bag. “These are yours from the house,” Aldo snickers. “Marie brought them for you.”

The cell door opens, and everything is placed on the floor.

“I suggest you keep your strength up.”

Once I’m alone, I look in the bag and find my sweater, jeans, and black biker boots. Should I be grateful Marie rummaged through my things?

Of all people, I never suspected her to be a traitor.

I look around my cell.