Copyright © 2011 Kirsty Moseley

Chapter 28

“Ethan! What did you do?” Lia screamed as she crouched down next to Ben’s lifeless body.

“Don’t bother checking, he’s dead,” I said emotionlessly.

“No! No Ethan, do something! Please, I can’t lose you please!” she screamed grabbing my shirt and pulling me down next to her looking at me desperately.

I shook my head and wiped her tears away with my thumbs. “I’m so sorry Lia. I had to, I couldn’t not do it,” I said apologetically.

She was looking at me heartbroken as she clung to me, her whole body shaking violently. “Make him wake up, please make him wake up. You can’t have killed him Ethan please!” she begged breathlessly.

I nodded slowly, “I have Lia. You’re safe now,” I turned to Johnny who was sitting on the sofa with his mouth hanging open in shock, his eyes wide as he just stared in horror at Ben’s body on the floor. “Johnny, I need you to take care of Lia now. I know you love her, you need to make sure her and the baby are ok. Can you do that for me?” I asked pleadingly.

He gulped, “Are you going to jail for that?” he asked, his voice breaking as he spoke, his eyes not leaving Ben.

“Yeah, I’ll go down for murder because I meant to kill him. The threat was neutralized,” I confirmed trying not to show any emotions about it. I still didn’t feel bad; I would do that again in a heartbeat. Even though I was losing the two most important things in the world, it was totally worth it to make her safe. She would be ok, Johnny would look after her and the baby, I knew that because he was a good guy at heart and he loved her too, so he would want her safe and happy.

Lia slumped down onto the floor, sobbing hysterically, mumbling for Ben to wake up and not be dead. Suddenly she pushed herself up and grabbed his shirt shaking him roughly, “Wake up you asshole! Don’t you dare take him away from me! You wake up damn it! You owe me, so wake the hell up!” she shouted angrily as she slapped her hands on his chest over and over.

I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her away from him before she hurt herself. She couldn’t even stand so I lifted her into my arms as she clung to me sobbing hysterically.

“Please don’t leave me. Why? Why did you do that? Ethan you knew you would get into trouble, so why did you do it?” she choked out.

I kissed her forehead softly, savouring the feel of her skin under my lips in case this was the last time I would feel it. “I had to Lia. I did it because I love you, that’s all there is to it,” I whispered pulling her closer to me.

I sat on the sofa next to Johnny, rocking Lia in my arms; she was going into shock or something. She was shivering but sweating at the same time, her face pale and her hands trembling. I pulled out my cell phone and tossed it to Johnny.

“Call Andrew, he’s right outside. Tell him to come in here and I’ll explain everything. He can call the police,” I told him as I brushed Lia’s hair from her forehead, still rocking her soothingly.

He gulped and nodded, he scrolled through to find the number and I turned my attention back to the love of my life. After a minute I looked at Johnny because he hadn’t started talking yet, was Andrew not answering? He was just sitting there staring at Ben’s body, the phone in his lap.

“Johnny, call Andrew! You need an ambulance and so does Lia, I think she’s going into shock,” I said sternly. Why the hell was he not calling him like I told him to?

He shook his head, “I don’t want you to get into trouble for it. I was just thinking…..” he muttered trailing off.

“Johnny, call Andrew!” I cried angrily.

He shook his head again, “No one knows what happened. No one knows that you’d already broken his gun when you hit him. What if we said you did that after? We could tell people he was still holding the gun when you killed him, that would mean it was self-defense,” he said looking at me with wide eyes.

I gulped not knowing what to say, he would do that for me? Lie to the police so I wouldn’t go to jail for something I deserved to go there for? He leant forward and gripped Lia’s hand pulling her away from me slightly, making her sit up in my lap.

“Ali, did you hear what I said? We could tell the police that Ethan killed Ben when he was still holding the gun. He’s a bodyguard, he’s trained how to protect, we could say he was protecting us both from Ben. We’ll say he broke the gun after,” he said, looking at her intently.

She sniffed and looked at him hopefully before looking at me, her body still hitching with sobs. “W….will that w….work?” she stuttered wiping her teary face on the back of her hand, but more tears immediately fell in their place.

I couldn’t breathe, Johnny would lie for me? He would help me after what I did for him? I looked at him confused. “Why would you do that for me? I stole your girl, I got her pregnant. I took the best thing that will ever happen to you,” I asked searching his face for something, I had no idea why he would do that.

He gulped and looked at Lia, “Because I love her too and she needs you. You’re a good guy Ethan and if I was able to do what you just did then I would have killed him too. I would have done the exact same thing as you and that doesn’t make you a bad person. She needs you to look after her, they both do. I need Ali to be happy and you’re obviously the one she needs, not me. You don’t deserve to go to jail for killing him after everything that he did,” he said sadly as he stroked the side of Lia’s face smiling at her tenderly.

Holy shit, he really is a good guy when he’s clean. Suddenly I could see what she saw in him because if he was like this all the time then it was no wonder she fell for him in the first place.

“You wouldn’t get in trouble?” Lia asked, looking at me hopefully.

I didn’t know what to say, I didn’t know the answer for sure but I didn’t think I would. If Johnny and Lia both stuck to the story that he was still holding the gun when I went for the kill then I would have been doing it as part of my job. I couldn’t get in trouble for doing my job; I was protected in that way, so technically I should be able to get off of it.

“I don’t think so, not if we all said the same thing,” I whispered, kissing her cheek softly, making her arm tighten around my neck almost choking the life out of me.

She looked at Johnny, “You would do that? Really?” she asked begging him with her eyes.

“Sure, if you’ll marry me,” he said shrugging giving her a wicked grin. I felt my body stiffen, I would rather go to jail than be out and watch her marry him. She laughed and slapped his shoulder and he laughed too. “Of course I would Ali, did you really need to ask?” he smiled sadly and picked up my cell phone from his lap. “I’ll call Andrew and then we all just say exactly what happened apart from the fact that Ethan disabled the gun after he killed Ben,” He looked between the two of us. I nodded and looked at him gratefully, shit how on earth do I repay him for this?

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Sorry this one was sooooooooo short but i kind of ran out of time and just wanted to upload something so that was a nice place to stop i guess just to stop you all hanging and waiting!!!! I think this is my shortest chapter EVER on any of my stories lmao!

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