Colby's POV
I hated lying to Julia, knowing how bad her heart would be broken.
Of course I knew the second I woke up tied up to a chair in a random house that I was going to be killed.
I never expected Julia to be the one who had to do it.
She thought she was the reason I was dead but she was really the only reason I was alive.
I swore against wearing bullet proof vests since it made you seem weak. I was always wearing one when I got back into the game though.
I promised that I would come home to Julia and the kids, and it was my only way of really protecting myself.
When Julia shot me, I made sure to bite my tongue as hard as I could to get some blood. It made it seem more real.
I was grateful to have one of the vests filled with fake blood, since that's what made this plan work so well.
I've been in hiding for the past month, watching from the shadows. I was actually impressed by my abilities since nobody really caught on.
I was crazy impressed by Julia throughout all of this though. She was strong and sure of herself when it came to protecting the kids.
I had been able to help her through a lot of her missions while laying low.
It wasn't until I heard her screaming with so much pain and agony that I knew I had to reveal myself.
The anger and hatred that was swarming throughout my body as Julia screamed fueled the fire I had within me to kill Pops once and for all.
As soon as his body dropped, revealing Julia, I felt my heart stop as she looked at me with disbelief.
"Colby." She whimpered, looking at me in disbelief and shock.
"Come here, darling." I whispered and held my arms out. "You're dead." She said shakily, taking a step back from me.
"I'm right here, Julia. I'm here." I said then starting walking up to her.
I watched as her brow scrunched with confusion, then pain. "I missed you." She said then ran to me, wrapping her arms tightly around me.
"I'm sorry, sweetheart. I'm so sorry." I whispered and held her tightly, kissing her head as she sobbed into me.
I knew her coping with my "death" was extremely hard on her but the way she was holding onto me broke my heart.
"I know, baby. I know." I whispered and held her tightly, trying to keep her calm.
It wasn't the best idea in the world to be taking this moment when there was danger surrounding us but I missed her so fucking much.
Julia sobbed into me before she pulled away and put her hand on my cheek, looking at me like she was trying to understand what she was seeing.
There was a look of disbelief on her beautiful face that looked so pained and confused.
I was so lost in her that I almost forgot about the extreme amount of danger we were in.
"We have to-" I started but was interrupted by a knife being drove into my leg.
"Fuck!" I hissed as Julia stumbled back slightly, her face going pale. Before I could even register what was going on Pops was standing up and pulling Julia into him, holding a knife to her stomach again.
"You should be dead." Pops said with an unhinged look on his face. "And so should you." I said and pulled my gun out and lifting it towards him.
"You're really going to do that? Put your precious Julia at risk like this? Silly, Cole. You need to realize that YOU LOST." He yelled angrily.
