Chapter 0186 Say what? I must be going deaf because Iâm sure I didnât hear what I think I heard.
âThat canât be right...I have no siblings, so you canât be my babyâs uncle unless youâre...â
Thatâs when it F***ing hits. Like a ton of F***ing bricks. Shit why was this happening to me. As if I didnât have enough to worry.
Now Iâm stressed about my child having a psychotic uncle.
â1 see youâve figured it outâ he leans forward expectantly. âQuite a clever girlâ
âDoes he know?â I ask slowly. My head still jumbled.
âNo. He doesnât remember. I was around twelve and Ethan was one when I was sent to juvie for a mission. my dad had ordered me to do. I didnât really know that it was a crime or that he was grooming me to take, his place. By the time I got out, dad was already dead and Ethan has already been adopted.â
Heâs quiet for a while. The memories playing in his eyes. Unlike the man Rowan killed, Ronny was born. into this life. Forced into it as a child. I see it as clearly as day.
âWhy didnât you get him when you got out and were old enough?â I ask. Making him look at me. 2 âI love my brother. I couldnât do that to him. I couldnât corrupt him with the life we were born into. He was happy and loved.
Something that he wouldnât have had with our dad. It would have been different had he been in the system or had your parents treated him like your adopted parents treated you. I saw how they loved him, so I left him even though it hurt me. It was the only way to give him a chance at a normal lifeâ
Damn it. I didnât want my heart to soften towards him. A man who would sacrifice a relationship with his brother just so he had a good life couldnât be that bad, right?
âIt didnât stop him from ending up in prison though?â I whisper.
Even after all that sacrifice, Ethan still ended up doing some terrible crimes then ended up in prison.
âYeah. Should have kept monitoring him after. Maybe then I would have helped him avoid prisonâ
âProbably by helping him come up with a better plan of killing meâ I say sarcastically.
The evil smiles comes back in place. âHow else would I help him solve his dilemma? Iâve killed my share or people so of course I would have a few pointers on how to do it and not get caught.â
I should have been scared but I wasnât. Not anymore.
Itâs as we were talking that I realized that I had somehow placed the knife down. It wasnât clutched in a tight grip anymore.
So what do you want from me? Seeing youâre here, there has to be reason He nods his head. âYes. I want a chance to get to know my niece or nephew. Iâve gone so long without a family. I want that againâ
âYou do realize youâre a wanted criminalâ
âYesâ he gives me a dazzling smile as if the fact that he was a criminal is a good thing. âI promise my business wonât touch him or her, plus you and your kids will have my protection for life.â
I watch him. Study him. He may be bat shit crazy, but I see the truth in his eyes. He wasnât lying. He was looking for a familial tie.
âOn one conditionâ I tell him. âTell Ethan the truthâ
âDealâ
He gives me his hand. I tentatively give him mine and we shake on it. I was a bit scared, I mean, I just made a deal with a criminal, but for some reason this felt right. Maybe I was just as crazy as he was because none of what I was doing made any sense.