Chapter 56 Inches Of A Second

How far are you willing to go to protect your fiancé?
Well, the thing is, right now, my fiancé has a gun on the woman that you want out of your life more than anything.
But I don't want her to get hurt. Now the chance that Veronica has a gun, I highly doubt it, but I have been surprised by Veronica once already now. I do not trust the woman one bit.
Now one thing that I have learned is do not to piss a woman off that is scorned. My princess is pissed, and she is going to pull that trigger. The question is, am I going to allow her to. It is one thing having a gun in your hand, but another if you actually pull that trigger. I know that she will be a lethal shot; I am just worried about what happens to her afterward.
So, I need her to put that gun down, but I don't think she is going to.
"Princess, please put the gun down. She is not worth it."
"Christian, she will keep on coming back. I do not trust the bitch."
Then Veronica thinks that she is brave, well if I was her is would just have shut up in the first place, but yet she goes ahead and pisses Cassandra even more off than she is, "Who is your bitch, you nothing but a damn stripper, I don t know what Christian sees in you."
"And you are the delusional woman that thinks that Christian likes you."
"Well, why would he ask me for dinner if he did not."
"I think we all know the answer to that. You nothing but a money hungry bitch."
"I will appreciate if you stop calling me a bitch."
"Listen here woman, who is the one that has a gun in your face. Now tell me where is that fucked up mother of yours."
"My mother died years ago."
Now I did not think that Cassandra would be so brave, hey, I would not even have thought about asking that in the first place. I must say, regardless how fucked this situation is, my princess is quite clever under pressure. And yes, she is kind of hot with that gun in her hand. But still I am scared.
"Princess, put the gun down then we can talk to her."
"Christian, we are talking, I want to know where her mother is. I know the bitch is lying."
"This is not the way to deal with it."
She is not going to listen to me, so I just stand back and let her deal with it, ready to jump in at any moment.
"Where is your mother?" I hear Cassandra ask.
"I don t know," she left when she heard that Joseph had died.
"Oh, so she is alive?"
"Yes."
"Don t worry, we will find her."
Now I am thinking that this is over, so once again, "Princess, please."
But yes, she is not listening. And fuck, she is not going to listen at all.?
From behind, I hear Mason and Jax coming to stand next to me. I only hear Mason but curse and Jax, well the man is fucking laughing.
"Just don't go up to Cassandra. She is going to blow Veronica's head off."
"Hey," Mason whisper. "That won't be such a bad thing."
"I am not worried about Veronica; I am worried about Cassandra."
Yes, now Cassandra is stepping even closer. I can hear her talking to Veronica, but I do not hear what she is saying. By the look on Veronica's face, it is nothing good.
Then I can hear the click of the gun, and god, I nearly die.
"Princess, please. Don't do this."
"Then are you going to do it?"
"She is not worth it. She will crawl into that hole she came from."
Then I start stepping closer, but Cassandra immediately sees my intention, "Back off, Christian."
"Princess, please."
Anything can go wrong here. I am not prepared; Mason and Jax are even less prepared. We did not think this shit will go down. I will absolutely die if anything has to happen to Cassandra. Veronica can wrestle that gun of her and turn the stakes around. Fuck! This is a mess.
Veronica's focus is mainly on Cassandra, so I slide my gun out from the back of my pants. I feel as the coldness of the barrel sends a shiver up my spine, or is it from what I know is going to happen. I have not handled my gun since my father has passed. Yes, I love the feeling as I hold it in my hand. The feeling of power that runs through your veins as you wrap your hand around the grip and place your finger on that trigger. For that one single second, you are in control.
And in control is my princess, fuck, if this were not so scary, I would have thought it is damn hot that two girls are fighting over me, but not quite in this way.
But, as I stand here, I know that Veronica is part of Joseph's crew; I know she is a woman. Though, is she a good start to make an example? I only but shake that thought from my head in an instant. I have never shot a woman before. And I don't think I really want to start today.
Then again, you need to set the fear into these fuckers; this is a war. I need to get that respect that I want, and the only way is to put the fear of hell into them. So, I must choose my next move very carefully.
"Princess, let us hear what she wants. She has come here for a reason."
"Do you really think that I care about her reason? She has set her filthy paws into my house and wants to lay claim to my fiancé. If she is too thick to understand no, then she needs to learn."
"Princess, please."?
This is about to go south. I wait to make sure that Veronica is not looking. I give the signal to Jax and Mason.
Then I slip my hand in front of my pants and grab hold of my gun.
I take the clip out just to make sure I am loaded.
I check the safety and make sure it is off.
I take a deep breath and ask for the one last time.
"Princess, please."
"Leave me alone, Christian."
Now, with every choice you make in life, there comes that moment where you have the time to stop and think if this is really what you want to do. That split second that will determine between what is right or wrong. That moment that will define who you are and the path your life is going to take.
My princess is about to make that decision.
I need to decide if I am going to leave my princess alone and let her take that step to what will define her.
And it happens in absolute slow motion.?
Jax, Mason, and I raise our guns and aim it firmly at Veronica, who, to my fucking surprise, has taken her very own from her back. I was wondering why the bitch is wearing pants; she never does. She has now caught Cassandra off her guard, but she recovers quickly.
Now, we have a good old stand-off, and fuck, everything is going to go wrong.
If we thought that Veronica will back down now that she is outnumbered, well, we were wrong; she is staring the barrel of three guns in the face, and yet she is still standing her ground.
Then I see as my princess gently squeezes the trigger, and there is a slight jolt from the force of the power of the bullet that escapes the barrel of the gun.
You can almost hear the sound muffle as the bullet travels through the silencer.
Veronica clasps her hands into a fist as she drops her gun.
The bullet travels through the air as it makes the short distance in mere milliseconds.
Veronica falls back into the door.
I can see her shirt stain red where Cassandra shot her in the chest. She pulls the trigger one more time and hit her in the head.
Veronica drops down to the floor.
Cassandra stands over Veronica, and for a moment, I am expecting her to breakdown and cry, but she just stands there looking over the body of the woman whose life she just took.
But then I see her eyes go wide as there is a scuffle behind us.
"Christian, watch out."
As we spin around, there are two guys standing behind us with their guns drawn.?
Jax and Mason step to the side behind the pillars that are in the entrance wall. In the back of my eye, I can see Cassandra still standing in the doorway.
"Cassandra, get down."
But the damn woman does not listen; she steps in slow, fucking agonizing steps closer to me. She seems to feel invisible today as she comes to stand next to me. The one asshole only but laughs.
"Little girl, do you know how to handle that thing."
"Little man, my father, is Joseph Cummings; I am sure I know how to handle this thing."
The man's eyes grow wide and he only but curses to himself. Well, he did not quite know who Cassandra was; now I wish she did was not standing here next to me, but she seems to have scared these two assholes shitless. But they, too, are not backing down.
And I am not even going to bother to warn them to back down. We knew this day was going to come, and this shall be the first day that will spell the end of so many.
Now, while they are trembling in their asses, deciding if they should shoot Joseph's daughter, Jax makes his way around to the back of them. Mason, too, does go around.
I hear as Mason cocks his gun and watch as the two assholes freeze. Now I know that Mason, nor Jax, have time for little speeches or even for them to turn around. So, in as little as only an inch of two seconds, they leash fire onto the two men that are standing in front of them.
As they fall to the floor, I finally sigh in relief.?
This was fucking close. I did not think that we would get ambushed in our own home. Guess Joseph now knows where we live.