“I could just put a bullet in your head and go easy on you.” He shrugs. “But I can’t let my reputation get dusty, you know? I’m going to make this hurt.”
“So am I.” I duck and roll the live grenade Gilly had pressed into my hand beneath the car like I’m at the lanes throwing a strike.
Geno lets out a strangled yell, and then the grenade goes off so close by that I’m rocked off my feet, onto my ass, and into the dark.
EPILOGUE
ANGELICA
“What is taking her so long?” I huff to Diablo, who is sitting in my lap. He’s passed out cold, so he gives no response. Crawling into my lap for some cuddle times has become his favorite thing to do if I’m alone in a room. He’s been snoozing for the last thirty minutes.
There’s no reason Carina should be taking this freaking long. I should go check on her. Slowly, I lift Diablo from my lap, placing him on the bed before I go to find her. I pause at her bedroom door that’s standing open when I hear Gilly’s voice. He sounds pissed off. I move a little closer to peek in.
“Tell me why you asked to see Doc.”
“I just think I’m coming down with something,” she lies right through her teeth. If you ask me, she’s pretty good at it. She doesn’t miss a beat or anything.
“Lie,” Gilly snaps at her. I guess she’s not as good at it as I thought. Or it could be the fact that Gilly knows her so well.
“Why are you even in my room? Don’t you have things to do? People to knock around?”
“What’s behind your back?” He repeats through gritted teeth. Yikes, why is he so worked up?
“Ah, my bed? And just in case you were wondering, behind that is a wall.”
I almost burst into laughter at how sarcastic she’s being, but I hold it in. Gilly takes a deep breath as though he’s holding on to his patience by a very thin thread.
“Carina.” He grabs her and spins her around. I rush into the bedroom and shut the door behind me. “The fuck!” Gilly's voice booms through the room as he snatches the small box out of her hand.
“I’m keeping it,” Carina states, raising her chin in defiance. She is really covering for me. If I didn’t already know she was ride or die, I would at this moment.
Since Doc was scheduled to come by to check on the bullet that had grazed Antonio a few weeks ago, I’d asked Carina to do me a solid. She’d pulled it off, requesting to see the doc after she’d checked over Antonio. Carina said it was because she thought she might be coming down with a cold.
In reality, she was getting a pregnancy test for me. I know it might be early, but I can tell something is different with my body. I don’t want Antonio to know anything until I’m sure. There is so much still going on. I don’t want to add any more to his plate until I’m positive I’m actually pregnant.
I haven’t had a period since I got married, and Antonio and I can’t keep our hands off each other. Even when he’s supposed to be taking it easy. I swear I tried to tell the man no. That he was going to rip a stitch or something, but with a few kisses, my husband melted away my hesitation.
“You go to an all girls school! How is this even fucking possible?”
Carina rolls her eyes.
“Is it one of our men?” I don’t think I’ve ever seen Gilly act more serious than at this moment. And that’s saying a lot considering everything that went down recently. I can see him thinking over the possibilities. “No, I would’ve known. You’re not pregnant. It’s impossible.”
“Is not.” She’s fighting a smirk. Carina really does enjoy pushing Gilly’s buttons. You’d think he was her big brother with how freaking protective he is over her.
“Fine, then we’re getting married. The baby will be mine.”
“Woah,” I gasp. What the hell?
“Fuck you, Gilly!” Carina gets right up in his face. Well, as best as she can with him towering over her. “I will not marry for some bullshit. I’ll marry for love, and when I damn well please.”
“You’ll—”
“Hey!” I cut in. This is getting way out of control now. We just got this place cleaned back up. We don’t need another war exploding inside the house. “It’s for me.” I walk over and snatch the test out of Gilly’s hand.
“What’s going on in here?” I spin around at the sound of my husband's voice. He looms in the doorway.
“Nothing,” both Carina and I say at the same time. We really have been hanging out too much. Antonio isn’t letting her go back to school yet. There are still threats out there. Butcher really kicked a freaking hornet’s nest. At least my sister is away from the Frangiones and my father. I’ll take it.