FAMILY BOND

Chapter 17

** HAPPY HALLOWEEN, Y'ALL!!!! **

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The girls soon arrive back at the house with a couple of cases of black spray paint. They also bought a large sheet of black plastic to cover the broken window where the intruders had entered the house.

"Everyone take a couple of cans to make sure you have enough. Without looking at the window, spray until you have to fully covered in paint. Only then, can you look at the window." Tim says as Chris opens the boxes.

"God, I hate this. That was my home. My dream house. I designed that house myself." Avi says. "I hand-picked everything inside that house."

Everyone stops and turns their attention to the green-eyed man. Avi had been quiet for some time, leaning against Eddie's truck.

"I'm so sorry, Sweetheart." Kirstie says softly as she rubs him on the arm.

"Everything was fine until you entered the picture." Avi growls as he roughly pushes her hand away.

"What?" Kirstie asks. Her eyes full of hurt.

"This is all your fault, Kirstin!" Avi says before turning toward Tim and pointing his finger in the hitman's face. "And YOURS!"

"AVI!! How can you say such a thing??!!" Esther asks in complete shock.

"Uh, I don't think we're dealing with Avi." Chance says as he reaches and takes hold of Kirstie's arm and pulls her away from her husband to safety.

"Avriel, you can blame me all you want but Kirstie had nothing to do with this." Tim says as he shoves Avi's finger out of his face.

"You begged me to buy the house, Avi." Kirstie says as a tear runs down her cheek.

"Stupidity on my part." Avi says as he angerly turns his eyes to his wife.

"The only stupidity on your part was getting involved with that bunch of losers to begin with." Tim argues.

"Tim, she's controlling his mind." Adam says as he lays his hand on his husband's arm trying to calm him down.

"But then you, YOU, had to go on a f*cking killing spree!!!" Avi yells as he pokes Tim hard in the chest with his finger.

"Back off, Avriel." Tim warns.

"Let's get these d*mn windows covered." Eddie says as he hands Chris a couple of cans of spray paint. 

Eddie, Chance, Nate, Chris and Austin grab some paint and run toward the house. 

"Come on, Kirstie." Esther says as she pulls the smaller girl along with her. "We have to finish spraying this salt water and do this holy water. Maybe that will break the hold she has on him."

"What if I don't back off? What are you gonna do? Kill me too? You seem to enjoy it so much." Avi sneers at Tim. "But I can't see you killing your little Sweet Cheeks."

"Come on, Avi, I know you're in there." Adam says as he steps between the two men. "You have to fight her."

"Get out of the way, Rupp. This has nothing to do with you." Avi growls as he continues to glare at the hitman.

"Rupp? I haven't been a Rupp in a long time. Avi knows that." Adam says. "Leave him alone, Olena! Go back to McGriff where you belong!"

The others worked desperately to cover the windows as quickly as they could. All were being very careful not to look into the windows.

"That's not my Avi." Kirstie kept telling herself as she sprayed the saltwater around the house. Stopping to wipe her tears.

"No, that's not Avi." Esther says. "He loves you so much. He would never talk to you or Tim that way."

"I will not let this b*tch win." Kirstie says as her sadness turns to anger. 

"I said, GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY, RUPP!! THE B*STARD HAS TO DIE FOR MURDERING KENNETH!!" Avi yells as he hits Adam in the chest with more strength than Avi could have ever had.

Adam flies back into Tim, knocking them both off their feet and onto the ground.

The force of impact knocks the breath out of the tall brunette. He lays stunned on the ground as the smaller man pounces on him and begins to choke him.

"NO!!" Adam yells as he manages to get to his feet. He wraps his arms around Avi from behind and tries to pull him off of Tim. But this wasn't Avi that he was dealing with. The demon inside was not budging.

"IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!! I SEAL THIS HOUSE AND ALL THE SPIRITS INSIDE!!" Kirstie shouts as she pours the holy water at the last corner as the others stand behind her.

Avi releases his grip on Tim's throat and he and Adam tumble backward onto the ground. Tim rolls over on his side as he coughs and gags, trying to get air back into his lungs.

Avi realizes that he is laying back on top of someone that had their arms tightly around him. He glances over his shoulder at the blonde that was trying to catch his breath.

"Adam? What are doing? We got work to do." Avi says.

"Trying to keep you from making me a widower." Adam says through heavy breaths, dropping his arms to his side.

"What?" Avi asks in total confusion as he rolls off Adam. "Why would I do that? I would never hurt Timbo."

He sits up and sees Tim still on the ground trying to catch his breath.

"AVIIII!!" Kirstie screams out as she runs toward them, tears streaming down her face. She was followed by his sister and his friends.

"Would someone please tell me what the hell is going on?" Avi asks as Kirstie grabs him into a bone-crushing hug.

"Oh, only that you tried to kill Tim and almost killed Adam in the process." Chris says as he helps his little brother to his feet.

"Not to mention almost ending your marriage." Austin adds.

"Come on, Timmy. Everything is alright now." Eddie says as he helps Tim sit up. "Just take some deep breaths and you'll be fine."

"But I don't understand." Avi says, shaking his head. "I was just standing over there waiting for the girls to get back from the store. Next thing I know, I'm laying on top of Adam and he had me in a bear hug."

"Olena had taken over your mind, Av." Chance says. "You said some pretty hurtful things to Kirstie and then you started in on Tim."

"We were working on the house when you attacked him. So we didn't see it." Nate says.

"You hit me in the chest and it felt like I had been hit with a sledgehammer. It knocked me off my feet into Tim and we both hit the ground." Adam says as he kneels down next to his husband. "When I finally got my senses back, you were on top of him choking the life out of him. I tried pulling you off but you weren't budging."

"I'm so sorry. I don't remember any of that." Avi says as he rubs his hand up and down his wife's back. "You guys know that Kirstie is my life and Tim is so special to me. I would never hurt either one of them." He kisses Kirstie softly on the forehead and whispers, "I'm sorry. I love you so much."

"I love you too." She replies with a smile.

"We know that you wouldn't hurt them but it wasn't you." Chance says.

"Timbo?" Avi says as Adam helps the hitman to his feet. He sees the bruising already forming on Tim's throat. "I'm so sorry. Please forgive me."

"There's nothing to forgive you for. You didn't do anything." Tim says as he pulls the smaller man into a hug.

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