Chapter 117.
“That’s not possible. Emma could never do something like this.” Travis defends his sister.
Sure, he was pissed at her, but when it came down to it, she was still his baby sister. He would defend her with everything that he had.
“Son, in my line of work, anything is possible,” Brian says tonelessly.
He then takes out a note book and begins scribbling down something. It’s only for a few minutes before he looks up at us.
“But seriously, Emma wouldn’t hurt her; sure, she and Ava don’t see eye–to–eye, but she would never hurt her,” Travis insists, while the rest just stay quiet.
I want to believe that Emma wouldn’t do something like this, but I wasn’t sure any more. The woman who came back months ago isn’t the same woman who left years ago.
She was filled with so much anger and hatred towards Ava. So much so that she would threaten a child and make up fucking lies just to get Ava in trouble.
“I’m not saying that she did it; all I’m saying is that she’s a suspect,” Brian clarifies. “Hatred and anger are
pretty strong motives to have someone killed as some sort of revenge. It’s also not coincidental that
Ava’s shooting happened not less than three weeks after she revealed Emma’s big secret. One that she
had gone to great lengths to hide.”
Looking at things, everything pointed to Emma. She’s the only one Ava has had a falling out with recently, and given the strenuous relationship, it’s easy to see how Emma could have snapped and hired someone
to kill Ava.
I look at Travis; he looks like he has been struck by lightning. I see it in his eyes. He regrets why he
opened his mouth, because he might have just gotten his sister in trouble.
“What about Reaper?” I ask, remembering he had targeted Ava and Emma.
“Yeah, I considered him, but for some odd reason, I feel like he isn’t behind this. His beef is with you. Sure, he kidnapped Ava and Emma, but from those of his men we captured that day, he was just messing with you. He didn’t plan on killing them—well, Ava, that is. He didn’t plan on killing her. He specifically told
them not to lay a hand on Ava or he would slit their throats.”
I’m surprised at that little piece of information, but I don’t show it.
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“That’s odd,” I mutter as I feel my brows pull together.
“Definitely. Even more weird is that the man who hit Ava died in prison under mysterious circumstances,” he adds, “Anyway, as I was saying, his target is you. It has always been you. I believe that if he ever get his revenge, he’ll either kill you or ruin your business.”
Both Gabe and I snort in unison. The bastard can try, but he won’t succeed in ruining my company. Many have tried. Fuck. Even the Howell’s did try, and they still failed. As for killing me, well, we’ll just have to
see.
“So you honestly don’t believe it was him?” Nora asks in a small voice.
“Yes. Whoever shot Ava had a grudge with her. A huge one. It’s in the way he or she shot her. Reaper has no grudge with Ava so he wouldn’t go after her the way this person or people did.”
He confirmed what I had already suspected. Whoever shot at Ava wanted her dead. That is the reason for the multiple shots. He or she didn’t want her to escape death.
“What about the number plate of the SUV they used?” Theo looks like he has aged so much in the few
hours we’ve been here.
“Nothing on it. They took out the plate, so we only know that it was black,” Brian sighs. “There are
probably thousands of black SUVS in this city.”
We stay silent for a while. Each of us is lost in our own thoughts. There was so much going on in my head that I could barely think straight.
I pushed all of those thoughts to the back of my head. What matters is Ava’s health. I can deal with who
wanted her dead after she recovers.
Fuck 1 had stapt in an uncomfortable angle and now my back and neck hurt like a bitch.
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