Ex-Husband's Regret

Reaper
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

a hand on Ava or he

little piece of information, but I don’t show

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as I feel my brows

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.

Many have tried. Fuck. Even the Howell’s did try, and

see.

it was him?” Nora asks in a small

huge one. It’s in the way he or she shot her. Reaper has no grudge with Ava so

That is the reason for the

the SUV they used?” Theo looks like he has aged

hours we’ve been here.

the plate, so we only know that it was

of black

stay silent for a while. Each of us is lost in our own thoughts. There was so much going on in my

of those thoughts to the back of my head.

her dead after she

I’ll leave you all and go back to the station.” Brian breaks the silence.

many people know she’s alive. The last

finish the job, though I’ll send two officers to guard the door to her room,

my head, and Gabe leads him

you call yours,” Theo says. “Let’s make sure word of her being alive

until she’s out of

“Yes.” I agree.

phone and

was sure as hell going to be a

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wake up to someone tapping