𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎

Chapter 22

Time is being illusory for anyone else. For Moira, 3 years seemed to be really short. But who can blame her? She was drown in cases after the big "main detective" party. For Nikki on the other hand, 3 years seemed too much. Yet he was busy thinking of Stacey's murder plan. He spent so many bitter nights in jail he lost his mind completely. He hated Moira. He hated her because he couldn't stop loving her. But who can blame him, either? They were just pawns in the game called love. The same can be said about Tommy and Stacey. After the vacation, Stacey started meeting him constantly. It was a matter of time for Tommy to propose her. But even he was worried about the fact he's the lawyer for her sister's beloved who, ironically, was his brother in crime. What if Stacey finds out she's with Tommy Lee, Craig Lee's nephew? Yet, Tommy's father hadn't wanted to have anything in common with his drug dealer brother. So his parents forcingly made him change his name to Tommy Leopold. Yet, he was known by certain people, including Nikki. Drug dealers know drug addicts and drug addicts know drug dealers and their relatives. They became friends. Tommy saved Nikki's life millions of times. But little did he know that his best friend was about to kill his future wife.

Moira, Stacey, Vince and Tommy came to dinner at Mick's house. Mick thought of Tommy as a lawyer with a good name. But Mick had no idea he knew Nikki before the case. Tommy lied that they just met when the police made him Nikki's lawyer. Yet, this evening wasn't going to be about Nikki, right?
"Friends, I have something to ask my dear Stacey." Tommy stood up from his chair. He grabbed Stacey's hand and led her to the side.
"Stacey Adams, will you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me?" He kneeled down and got out a small ring box. Stacey saw the big diamond ring in there and sighed.
"Oh Tommy. Yes, I will." Tommy stood up and put the ring on Stacey's finger.
"Congratulations, my darling." Moira couldn't hide her happiness and started crying.
"Thank you, Moira."
"Congratulations, Tommy."
"Thank you, Vince."
"Now, let me raise a toast to the young lovers who decided to become a whole." Mick stoop up and raised his glass of wine.
"Cheers!"

As Nikki was waiting for John he tried not to freak out. Since jail, he became really impatient and when he had to wait for something or someone way too long, he would start panicking, hyperventilating and getting angry really easy. He was like a beast who had a big bleeding wound on his chest. He got out of jail months ago but he still couldn't believe he's free. Yet, he could never stop doing crimes. This time he changed drug dealing for robbing banks and he's been lucky enough that the banks he was robbing from weren't under Moira's jurisdiction. He tricked the other detectives easier because they weren't as good as Moira. John on the other hand was waiting for his buddy to give him an aim. John would never stop with the murders. Unlike Nikki, who even couldn't imagine of killing people again, John knew that Nikki would use his services for the last time.

"Yo, man. How's life?" John asked.
"Shut up. Now, take these money. I have a job for you."
"I'm all hearing."
"Do you know her?" Nikki showed John a picture of Stacey Adams.
"Is that your chick's sister?"
"She's not my chick."
"You want me to kill her sister? Man, you're so messed up."
"Tell me something I don't know, okay? Everyone's saying that to me lately. I think it's enough."
"When do you want me to kill her?"
"Six months after her wedding."
"Wow, she's getting married?"
"Soon. Tommy called me that he proposed her. This son of a bitch had to ruin everything by falling in love with her."
"Do you wanna attend the murder."
"Are you fucking kidding me? Moira's gonna find out if I'm there."
"Dude, she's gonna catch me too."
"I have a plan. Several months after Moira gets back on the road I'm gonna kidnap her."
"You think she's gonna need time off from the police, huh?"
"She's gonna me traumatized, man. I won't be surprised if she freaks out completely."
"Why are you doing this?"
"Moira rejected me, twice. I want revenge."
"This is messed up. I like it."
"I knew that you're gonna fall for that."
"Where do you want me to kill her?"
"We're gonna keep in touch. Some things we can't predict."
"Like we had had no idea that Victor was a cop."
"Vince... damn I still remember how I killed his fiancé."
"That was bloody hell for sure. Hey, how shall Stacey die?"
"In the most beautiful and painless way possible."