Sought and Snatched

Chapter 26

Eleanor's P.O.V

"Babe, is it done?"

As Jack drags out Samuel's limp body covered in nasty cuts and dried blood, my question is answered. I really thought he wouldn't be able to do it but he did.

Finally.

He was really getting in the way of everything.

"I killed my brother Eleanor. He's dead."

"Come here."

He looked broken and bruised as if he was the one that had been tortured to death. I pulled him close and gave him soft kisses on his face. He pulled away from me and looked at me teary-eyed.

"Was it worth it? To kill my only brother."

He was doubting me. What he was really asking was if I was worth it.

If the blood on his hands would ever get clean by falling in love with me.

Did he love me?

But honestly, I don't know. And now I was questioning whether what I did was a good idea or not.

"You love me right? Don't you trust me? After all of this, we'll be rich and we can run away together and we can finally be a family. You. Me. And Josephine."

"I don't think Josephine will really be on board with all of this."

"Let me try to get through to her. And if it doesn't work out. It can just be the two of us."

He held my face in his hands and kissed me hard.

"But there's just one problem."

"What?"

"Richard. You have to get rid of him."

"Don't worry I was already on it. I'm moving him back to New York so he could be with his parents."

He shook his head at me and took my hands. They were still covered in his brother's blood.

"You and I both know that's not what I meant. Kill him Eleanor or I will."

The smile that usually gave me butterflies sent a cold chill down my back.

So, yeah I was a manipulative liar, cheater, and horrible mom but I wasn't killer.

Yet I had no choice.

I met Samuel and fell in love. And killing my ex-husband didn't seem so crazy. But I've done a lot of crazy things with Samuel and I couldn't just go and kill the father of my child.

"You know I can't do that."

"That's fine then I will."

"No! No. I'll do it."

I grabbed the shotgun I was holding in my jean pocket and started walking over to where they were keeping my husband. Samuel stopped me with his hand and kissed me gently on the cheek.

"I love you. Be the badass woman that I met five years ago."

I was only able to be her when I was with you.

"I love you too."

I walked into the room and held my breath. Richard was on the floor tied up with a blindfold and had a gag over his mouth. I removed the gag and let him speak.

"What is the meaning of all of this Eleanor? What's going on?!! Where's Josephine?"

I ignore the reply and grip the shotgun tighter. All I had to do was shoot him and it would be over. I would finally be free of this monster. But after all the pain he put me through why was it so hard to do this?