The billionaires best friend

Chapter twenty four

Kate's PoV
(Just once)

I killed him, I actually did that I feel sick. I turn and puke right there on the ground beside me. I feel hands pull back my hair. When I finished I look up at Lorcan and I burst into tears. I had to do it I know I did but I hate that I hurt someone, no, I killed someone. I know Lor us talking to me but I just snuggle into his arms happy that he is ok, he's alive so I know it was ok to kill that horrible man. He didn't notice me behind Lenny he was too focused on hurting my brothers and that lady so I knew I was the only one who could stop him.

I snuck away hiding behind Lenny, we were right by the car we were traveling in. I knew Lenny kept a gun in the glovebox and I needed to get it. I heard him say nasty horrible things to my brothers and it made me more angry. I might be only thirteen but I know he's full of crap. My brother Theo and all my brothers I've gained in the last few years are the best people I've ever met. I remember what horrible is, I remember my mother. The drunk screaming, putting needles into her arm and falling down backwards on the bed, strange men coming and going. I was small but she traumatised me enough to remember it. Theo took me away and he made my life everything it is today.

Then he met Rick and we got a whole family to love, it was just us, Rob and Noel but then the others came along and life just got better. That crazy man was not going to hurt anyone I loved and even though I was very scared I knew nobody else could help me. I was on my own so I couldn't screw this up. Lenny showed me how to use the gun, he said that if he couldn't be there for me he needed to teach me how to defend myself against bad people until help came.

I got to the side of the car that wasn't hit and snuck in, I got the gun quietly and hid under the seat while I took the safety off so nobody would hear me. My stomach was hurting but I pushed the feeling away, Lor needed me. My family needed me so I quickly slipped out the door again. I crawled around the three cars in front of our car, I was frightened when I had to pass the car that was on fire but I held my breath so I wouldn't inhale too much smoke. When I got around the last car I had to stop because right in front of me that man was kicking the woman on the ground. Hard. When Theo shouted at him he turned toward them again and I knew I had my chance.

I had to hold the gun in both hands and hold my breath to stop shaking. I pointed toward the spot where his heart would be on his back closed my eyes and squeezed the trigger. I heard a bang and my hands hurt from the force of the shot but he stopped talking. I opened my eyes in time to see him fall onto Lor and that's when I puked.

I must have been thinking hard because when I refocused I was in an ambulance. I cannot recollect what happened or how I got here but I hear the man tell Lor I'm in shock. I realise I'm still clinging to him as we drive and I look up at him. "Hi princess, are you back with us now?" I nod. "You were so brave you saved me, do you know that now I owe you my life forever, I am in your depth" I smile at him, he's always the same, my funny Lorcan. He always makes me smile and laugh and I love him so much for it. Theo used to tease me saying I was in love with Lor but it wasn't ever that. I just liked that he was always paying attention to me, he always went out of his way to make sure I was happy.

Theo and the others love me and make sure I'm looked after, Ben plays games with me and I know any one of them would do anything to make me happy. It's just, Lor and I have a connection. If I need to talk about anything at all he is there. When I needed to have a girly talk he brought me to Tegan, who is so cool by the way, and she took me to the drug store. Afterward we had a sleepover and she told me all I need to know. Lor understands that I'm growing up and that I am too embarrassed to talk to any of the men about it. He just told me I was having a girly day with Tegan and that night in bed I realised he set it up so I wouldn't have to tell any of the men including him what I needed.

"I'm so glad your ok Lor. I don't like that I killed that man but I know he was going to hurt you and nobody else could help you. I love you Lor" he smiles and kisses my forehead. Theo will be mad, heck, they all will be but my big brother is safe so I don't care.