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.If we re going to get by him, we have to go now.Are there any more, or is it just Bell? Kelly, Nick said, hesitating as nerves fluttered throughhim.Kelly was crawling off of him, but he stopped and turnedback to Nick, eyebrows raised. You can run, right? Can youswim? They told me you d been stabbed. Yeah, but.Kels, I can t leave. What? Nick opened his mouth to explain, but he couldn t forcethe words out.Realization seeped through Kelly s expression as hestudied Nick s face.He slumped back to the bed. Oh myGod. Kelly was breathless, as if the revelation had knockedthe air from his lungs. You re not a prisoner, are you?He didn t snatch you off the street after you left Ty s place.Did he? Nick shook his head.He couldn t pull in any air either,and the chill that ran through him made him light-headed.His heart pounded at his chest and his fingers pulsed witheach beat as the silence stretched between them. You went with Liam Bell.by choice? Kelly asked, hisvoice cracking. Kelly, no.He showed up after my surgery.He told mehe d be coming for my help, and if I refused.you d be theone paying for it. 104 Kelly s shoulders slumped, and the water dripping off hisnose into his scruffy beard made him look like some dejectedcartoon character. You re doing this because of me? You.you.you re with Liam Bell because of me? No. Yeah, you are! You re working with Bell because of me.Why the fuck didn t you tell me? I could have helped you, Icould have gotten you out of this! I couldn t risk that he wasn t bluffing, and I couldn t loseyou.We both know he strikes from a distance. Nick tooka deep breath, nausea churning his gut.The look of utterbetrayal in Kelly s eyes was almost too much for him. OnceI started actually listening to him.he s not on the wrongside of this. But Kelly wasn t listening to Nick. This explains why youbabbled about wanting to kill him for two weeks whenyou were delirious. Then the frown deepened and he turnedhis changeable eyes on Nick. Wait.you remember being inthe hospital? You remember after you woke up? Nick took a deep, shaky breath. Yeah. You remember. Kelly gasped and looked away,swallowing hard. You remember asking me to marry you? Nick reached for him, but before he could make contacthe drew his hand back, lowering his head.He closed his eyesand clenched his trembling fingers into a fist. Why wouldn t you say anything? Why would you let methink. Kelly s words were like sandpaper against Nick sconscience.He stayed silent, unable to raise his head. You didn t say anything because you knew he was comingfor you, Kelly realized. You figured why marry me if you rejust going to disappear and die on me. 105 I m sorry, Nick said without looking up. You son of a bitch! Kelly launched at him, flattened him to the mattress andbackhanded him with a grunt.Nick bit back a cry of pain asKelly s knee hit his stitches. What the fuck were you thinking? Kelly demanded,barely managing to keep his voice down. We re a team.We repartners, and I m not some fucking possession of yours thatcan be threatened.That s never the way we ve worked, and Irefuse to start now just because you re fucking me. I Asshole! I m sorry. Fuck you, Nick.Fucking coward.You re going up againstour own boys with a man who s tried to kill them, all becauseyou thought I needed protecting.Do you get that? Do youunderstand that you re the bad guy now? You re a traitor. Nick caught his breath. Kelly. Hell, if what Ty says is right, you re a fucking murderer!All to protect other people who don t fucking need yourprotection in the first place! Nick nodded jerkily, the cold flowing through him againwhen he saw the disappointment and betrayal in Kelly s eyes.It was so much worse than waking up in handcuffs and findingout Ty had done it.Nick hadn t thought he could feel lowerthan that, could feel colder than he had then, but Kelly wasproving him wrong.He swallowed hard. You re worth it, he managed to say.Kelly waited a few heartbeats as Nick s words dissolvedbeneath the rhythmic thumping of the harbor s tides on theFiddler s hull.Then he lunged and kissed Nick, biting at his106 lip, clacking their teeth together, scratching Nick s cheekswith his beard, as Nick groaned in surprise. Well, Liam said from the open doorway, and he flickedon the light to reveal a liquor bottle in one hand and a sniperrifle in the other.Kelly rolled off Nick and came up flat on the mattresswith a gun aimed at Liam.Nick tackled him before he couldpull the trigger, and they both went tumbling off the bed.Liam smirked and set his rifle against the doorframe,taking a drink from his nearly empty bottle. Dinner and ashow. Fuck you, Kelly snarled as he struggled to get his gunout from under Nick.Nick rolled away from him and struggled to his feet,scurrying toward Liam to block Kelly s line of fire.He putboth hands up, but then he had to hold one to his aching side. Hear us out. Kelly s lip curled mutinously, his eyes blazing. Please, Kels.Please. What are you doing, babe? Kelly asked, his voicebreaking.But he lowered the gun to his lap. I know how this looks, but we re not the bad guys.Notthis time. Nick edged closer to Kelly and knelt.He placed hishand over the gun, squeezing Kelly s frozen fingers as he tookthe weapon from him. Do you trust me? Kelly stared into Nick s eyes for several long, heartrendingseconds.Then he looked over Nick s shoulder at Liam.Hisjaw jumped and his body tensed. You know I do. Liam cleared his throat. Another man wouldn t hurt.Ifwe can trust him. Fire flared in Kelly s narrowed eyes, and Nick turned tosneer at Liam. Could you.I don t know, keep your fuckingmouth shut for one second? 107 Liam shrugged.Nick slid his fingers down Kelly s arm. You can leave now,babe.Go back to Ty and the others and tell them everything.Tell them.tell them I m working with Bell.Tell them wherewe are
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