FOURTY THREE

Derek

Benjamin panted as he stopped behind me and I could hear him come closer as the man realised the shit he was in. I had him right in my grasp and there was no way for him to run off now.

“Where did you come from? Who sent you?” I growled at the man and he paled. I squeezed his neck tighter and then he began to plead for mercy. “Speak now or I will rip your throat out where you stand.”

My growls were warning enough for him and he choked out.

“G-Gerard!”

Benjamin’s face paled.

“What?”

He hadn’t expected that answer. But I had.

Still, I had to be quick to dispose of the man, and within seconds, he was slumped down on the ground and bleeding out.

“I already knew that,” I sighed. I hadn’t expected my meeting with Alisha to be interrupted. Not when I really needed to resolve things with her. “Of course it had to be fucking Gerard.”

“I had my suspicions that you and Gerard had some issues,” Benjamin sounded speculative. “But I had no idea it had gotten to this point.”

“Well, it’s been l