SWEETHEART • H.S

•Thirty Three•

My voice shook after saying what I know they wanted to hear.

"Good girl. Now here's how this is going to go. Shawn here won't dump you in the tub if you stay silent and obedient. If he hears a scoff, your voice, even a soft mutter come out of those pretty lips, then you're being held under for a minute. After my story, you will then call Harry and tell him exactly as I tell you. Understand?"

I didn't know if he was testing me right now or not but I just nodded my head with fear and rage in my heart.

I really wish some of that luck would shine on me today like it did back when Sanders was my savior.

I looked over at him and his eyes were drooping closed constantly but he fought to stay awake, watching closely as Shawn took his spot behind me next to the tub.

I glanced over at it and my skin tingled, causing me to shiver and take a deep shaky breath.

I really didn't want to be submerged into the suffocating waters again but I'd really have to stay strong with this man talking badly about my father.

I won't have it.

"She's learning. Good. Now, where to start.. oh yes. It was about ten months before I killed him in your god awful apartment all those years ago. Those green carpets were just terrible.. I hope they were removed. Anyways, he was working on a woman by the name of Scarlett, Nina's sister. She had been shot up pretty badly and the nearest doctor that helped people like her was your father"

Thomas pauses to take a good look at me, taunting me to speak up, but I kept silent.

"Nina was oblivious to the kind of world that her sister was a part of. Scarlett didn't want her to be sucked in so she avoided hospitals and went straight to your father. He did everything that he could to help her, that was until Scarlett threatened you and your mother since he had seen her face. Scarlett was a secret assassin, no one really had a definite description as to what she looked like. The only thing that people remembered was that her eyes were as cold as ice, a deep blue"

He paused again and I was starting to lose my patience, but I kept silent.

"He threatened back saying he would undo everything he'd done and let her die. For the first time in a while, Scarlett was rattled. Actually afraid for her life. Your father was an evil man, a killer. He may have helped those in need during his usual work hours but away from that, he took lives. Scarlett didn't back down and your father claimed another soul on his table, slicing Scarlett's neck and watching her die, along with her threat on you and your mother. How is she by the way?"

When I didn't respond, Shawn nudged me harshly and I hissed out in annoyance more than pain.

"I haven't spoken to her"

"Oh? Strangely enough, when we're making love and she's making me breakfast in bed she's never appeared happier. I wondered why that was"

I clenched my jaw as I glared at the horrible man, but I kept silent.

"Nina eventually found out that your father was the one to take her sister's life. She was then pulled into the world that Scarlett tried so hard to keep her away from. She sought me out and my men, hearing only rumors about men who kill in black hoodies. She wanted her sister's killer to suffer, along with their family, so we agreed to what she asked of us. However, your father had a much better offer. In order to continue to have our protection, he promised to pay us a large sum after the job was done. As I told you back at the station after our little 'misunderstanding' at your place of work, he owed us a great deal of money and hadn't paid up. I bet you're wondering what he asked us to do right? Well let me tell you, he asked us to kill the old chief and burn any information on us so that someone much younger and more naive would have to start over, giving us a clean slate and more time. Of course that didn't last long when we started being reported again. When your father wasn't paying up, we went back to Nina's plan. We had planned it out so carefully, making sure that you and your mom had left your father alone so we could finally rid him of this earth"