71. Lily

71

Lily

They waved Bull over to a chair that was back-to-back with Calahan’s. When he resisted, they put a gun to his head.

“Please, Bull,” I said, feeling sick. “Just do it.”

“Yeah,” said one of the guys, a young one with close-cropped dark hair. “Listen to her and you’ll get out of this alive.”

Bull looked as if he didn’t believe that for a second and neither did I. But we didn’t have any choice. He sat down and they tied him to the chair. He and Calahan had matching, murderous glares.

I was doing my best to stay strong, but I knew it was over. I was glad they’d tied Bull to a chair because he had no chance against three armed guys. They’d kill anyone who got in their way.

“You’re fucking lucky you’re the boss’s niece,” said the eldest, who seemed to be the leader. “Because if you weren’t, we’d be beating the hell out of you for what you did to Antonio. As it is, I’ll settle for you playing nice all the way back to New York. You got that straight? Now we’re going to walk out of here and get in the car.” He nodded towards the remaining man, who had a shock of blond curls. “And Georgio here will stay with these two and fucking execute them if you try and run. Got that?”

I didn’t miss the look he exchanged with Georgio. Bull and Calahan were dead the second I was safely in the car. But there was nothing I could do except pray I was wrong. “Okay,” I croaked. I eyed the door to the bathroom. “Can I, uh, go before we go?” Maybe there’s a window. Or I still had my gun in my backpack. I could go in there and come out shooting and—

The eldest one snatched my backpack from me. “You think I’m fucking stupid? You can piss yourself for all I care. Get in the car.”

The eldest one and the dark haired one started to hustle me out the door while the blond one strolled towards Bull and Calahan. I looked over my shoulder at Bull, my eyes filling with tears. I knew this was the last time I’d ever see him. He was sitting there stoically, staring right back at me, telling me silently that it was going to be okay.

And then the door closed and he was gone.