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âVery exciting news. Congratulations!â
âYes, definitely, thank you!â
I hung up shortly after, in something of an excited state. Iâd literally gotten more than I had bargained for. I had hoped merely to have a child, and now I found myself having twins. Admittedly, there was a brief moment where I wondered if I was biting off more than I could chew, if I was positioning myself to suffer as a single mom, but it felt like a good problem to face.
I had money. I had time. I had resources.
The only thing I didnât have was a man, but I could take care of that later. For now, I had to share the official good news with Kellyâand no amount of previous phone calls or anything of that nature would stop me from calling her.
I dialed her number immediately, and thankfully, the time zone difference meant sheâd be wrapping up her day, not starting it out. I hadnât spoken to her since Liam had gone off for a spell, so I could only hope that heâd returned. It would be making her life a hell of a lot easier.
âEmily,â Kelly said on the other end of the line. She sounded concerned, but not in a panicked way. Like she was expecting me to call with bad news or something.
âKelly! I just heard from the doc, and guess what?â
âOh my god! What?â Kelly said, now sounding very excited.
âIâm going to have twins!â
âTwins?!!â
Kelly sounded excited but also confused. I understood.
âIâŠyeah, I didnât want to take the risk of only implanting one and it not taking. I felt like I had to do it.â
âWow Emily, thatâs amazing new. But twins? Youâre crazy Momma! I thought you wanted one child.â
âI did, butâŠwell, I went for it. Burke wasnât very happy about it. He left papers and instructions so I can complete the transaction. It felt very cold and impersonal. I was hoping it could have been more. It felt like we could have⊠.â
âIâŠâ
âItâs just bullshit. I just want to have him sit down and have a full conversation with me. Not this nonsense about legal docs and addresses andââ
âEmily.â
There was something unusually harsh and strong in Kellyâs words that made me stop dead in my tracks. Something ominous. I got a sinking feeling in my gut.
âBurke got seriously injured on their mission, Liam told me when he said why he wasnât going to be home yet.â
Seriously injuredâŠ
Oh, fuck.
Was Burke going toâŠdie? Was I finally going to have kids, only for their father to die before they even developed hearts?
âWhere are they?â I said, almost afraid to know the answer.
âI donât know,â Kelly said, sounding pained at how honest her answer was. âItâs all justâŠsort of a blur right now.â
âSeriously injured, like he might die?â
âLiam said âwe almost lost Burke. Heâs seriously injured.â I wish I could say that meant at one point, he was in danger, butâŠâ
But it was impossible to say.
Burke was still alive, but that could change at any moment. How tragic. How terrible. How gut-wrenching.
I was fully prepared to raise these kids alone, but that was now revealing itself to be a thought as durable as wet paper.
âThat breaks my heart for a few different reasons.â
I wanted Burke around. I wanted him in my life. But I didnât want a man who was in a dangerous job like this.
I just didnât know. I just didnât fucking know. I just didnât want him to die.
âKeep me updated if you can, Kelly.â
âI will.â
We hung up right after. But I couldnât say I felt any better about everything. If anything, the only thing I knew for certain was I hoped Burke lived.
Everything beyond that was as big a mystery as I had ever encountered.
Chapter 18: Burke
The grim expression on Liamâs face when he entered confirmed what I suspected without anyone having to say a word.
We had not succeeded in killing Snake. And because of that, I had a bad feeling that things were going to get worse before they got better. Far worse.
âWhen you got shot, we thought you were a goner,â Scott began. âWe were left with a choice. Pursue Snake and sacrifice you and likely ourselves, or rescue you and live to fight another day. You saw how dangerous it was. We didnât think it was a worthwhile gamble. It does no good for us to âsayâ we fought but failed. Weâre only in this to kill Snake, not to die martyrs.â
âSo we let him get away,â Liam said. âBut weâre all alive. We can still fight.â
âFor now,â I grumbled.
We might have escaped Snakeâs clutches, but the only thing this guaranteed was that he would come back after us more pissed off than before. Heâd hunt us down now one by one. Before Scott and Kaylie had been a thing, there was always a distance, but that distance had closed through the years.
Now, that distance was completely shut down. And now, Snake would be seeing red like a bull in ring. And a wild Snake thrashing about was a threat to anyone and everyone.
âSo heâs going to come after us one by one.â
âThatâs what I think too,â Scott said. âThe most likely outcome of all of this is that Snake tries to hunt us one by one. This is personal for him now. He doesnât have a tight-knit group by his side, but that doesnât mean he wonât try and send people after us.â
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