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~Zurine's POV~
Ever stands up from sitting in the bed, looking just he did the last time I saw him. His eyes are red and he looks exhausted. My heart is pounding so hard in my chest I'm afraid they'll have to call a medic. Am I seeing ghosts? Surely I haven't somehow gotten a secondhand high.
"Zurine," he says, eyes tear filled like mine. He places his hand on my arm, his touch frightening. He's not dead, he's right in front of me. I know I should be mad and confused, but all I can feel is happiness and relief. These past few months without him and Zane have been hell.
"Ever," I say, wrapping my arms around him. We hold onto each other, tears escaping my eyes. I'm never one to show affection, but after thinking the bastard was literally dead I think I can hug him. "What the hell happened?" I ask, pulling back.
He looks over at Castel who looks like he's guarding the room now. "Some shit went down in the hospital," he says. My brows pull together in confusion. "It was before your mom passed. When she was still in coma, Officer Burr, formally known as Henry Andrews threatened me with some old shit because of jealousy. It had been a long time coming. He knew he couldn't touch me cause I know everything too well, so he would go after Santi. I knew he had arrested Santi before because of me, but he was being more serious. Zane died and I knew I couldn't stand loosing another person."
"So you faked your death?" I ask. He nods.
"To protect my son. I couldn't bare the thought of something happening to him so I agreed to wha he told me in the hospital. If I left, I guess to help him forget about something stupid, he'd stop. I could never just up and leave, so I faked my death; it's much easier than I thought it would be. I didn't want to take the chance and it didn't even work. Santi still got hurt."
I pull him back in for a hug. ""I'm beating your fucking ass with a bread roller."
"Can we do the killing first at least?"
AN: I couldn't kill Ever. For a while, he was actually dead in my mind, but I couldn't keep him that way. And no, he's not completely fine, he's still definitely not over Zane's death and still struggling. The next chapter will be longer, I just couldn't let y'all hanging for too long ☺️ I really hope you guys enjoyed!
Question: Are you happy he's alive? Did you expect it? What would you like to see happen?
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