“Run Reese’s!” I said over my shoulder.
“No! Not without you,” she said shakily.
“Adrianna get the fuck out of here, now.”
“Yeah, Adrianna you better do as lover boy says,” Rico said, glancing over my shoulder. “Such a tragic love story you two have,” he said, pointing the gun from me to Adrianna. I lifted my hand slightly making a move to take him down but his eyes pierced me. “Take one more fucking step and I will fucking kill her. Now drop your fucking gun.”
I stared at him, trying to figure out my next move but the fucker wrapped his finger around the trigger and shook the gun aimed at Adrianna.
“I said drop the fucking gun or I will kill her.”
I spread my fingers and let the gun fall from my hand. Never in my life would I have given him the upper hand but gambling with my life and gambling with Adrianna’s were two very different things.
Rico grinned again, holding his gun steady as he bent down and reached for the one I dropped.
“Fucking run!” I yelled at Adrianna.
“No! I’m not going anywhere without you,” she sobbed.
Rico had his gun pointed at me and mine pointed at Adrianna.
“Wouldn’t it be something if I shot her with your gun and made you watch the whole thing?”
“Just fucking let her go, Rico. You couldn’t give two fucks about her, you want me.”
“Actually, I don’t want either of you but killing you would be quite the bonus.”
“She’s got a kid man. A kid you’ve played Uncle to for the last year … let her go.”
Rico stared at Adrianna for a moment as he digested my words. I kept my eyes steady on Rico as I began to plead with Adrianna.
“Adrianna, please listen. Stop thinking about me and think about Luca,” she whimpered behind me. “Baby, run…he needs you.”
“So noble,” Rico taunted. “You know I always thought you were a sucker,” he said taking his gun off Adrianna and holding both of them on me.
“Now!” I shouted over my shoulder.
I heard Adrianna’s heels behind me.
“I love you,” she whispered through her cries.
I swallowed, staring into Rico’s eyes. “I love you too,” I said.
“How fucking touching,” He rolled his eyes. “I should’ve made her watch me kill you.”
“Game’s over Rico,” I said taking a step closer to him. “Now’s your last chance to kill me.”
He laughed wickedly in my face. “I’m the one with two guns pointed at you, you stupid prick. You’re right the game’s over. I win. You lose.”
I knew I could take him down with my hands, strip him of his weapons, and shoot him dead but I had waited for Adrianna to run, sparing her of the grim sight. I took a deep breath, about to go in for the kill when a gun sounded. I ducked out of the way, as the bullet whizzed through the air and pierced Rico right in the temple. Hell of a shot.
His eyes widened, the guns fell from his hands as his body collapsed to the floor in front of me. I bent down, grabbing the two guns, shoving one in the back of my pants, holding the other in my hand as I checked his pulse. Dead.
I straightened up and turned around to see who had shot him and froze in my tracks. Adrianna stood off the right, holding a gun with both hands, trembling like a leaf. Her eyes were wide in shock as she stared intently at Rico’s dead body.
I moved quickly, prying her fingers off the gun and lowered it onto the floor. I took her face in my hands and forced her to peel her eyes off Rico and look at me.
“Baby…” I searched lightly trying to read her eyes, but they were blank. She was closed off, shutting down, completely in shock by what she had done.
“Is he dead?” She whispered. Her eyes looked at me but I wasn’t sure if she saw me, it was almost as if she was in a trance.
“Let’s get you out of here,” I said softly.
“What the fuck happened here?” Vic said, grabbing hold of Adrianna’s shoulders and turning her around so he could get a better look at her. She stared up at her father just as blankly as she had been staring at me. Vic lifted his eyes to mine, and I looked back at Rico, his eyes following my lead.
“She did that?” He asked hoarsely as he lifted his head and looked at his daughter.
“Is he dead?” She repeated.
I wrapped my arm around her shoulders and brought her against my chest. “Yeah baby he is.” I whispered, pressing a kiss to the top of her head as I stared at Vic.
“Did you know he was no good?”
Vic shook his head. “Get her out of here will you?” He said with his voice sounding defeated.
“I killed my sister’s boyfriend,” Adrianna cried, pulling her head back from my chest and lifting her eyes to meet mine. “He was going to kill you. Why was Nikki’s boyfriend about to kill you?” She asked confused.