VINCE'S POV

One by one, the people left the cemetery. And I just stood there, shocked. My brain refused to take in the sudden incidence.
    How could she be dead? How could she just die?

I had loved her despite the betrayal. Everyday, my heart had never forgotten the memories that we had shared. And now, she was just...lifeless.
    If that's how it was supposed to end, I should have played my cards right and prevented a plan from backfiring.

        My jaw clenched staring at the fresh gravestone. Fay willstone, the name glowed.

     If Alex taking her away from me had not been enough, his lover had killed her.
I felt a teardrop roll from my left eye.
  You'll both pay for this.

I walked in Daisy's room.
     She was still in that damned coma. A coma that both of them had fallen after the bullet penetrations.
   
Getting closer, I noticed the slight bulge on her abdomen through the thin sheets.
   I placed a hand on it, then looked up at her dangerously beautiful face. Wishing I could gather the strength to just end her. But during my vengeance, I had found something worth a lifetime. Something that that bastard never saw...a loyal woman.
         But now, she carried his blood, his child. And I could do nothing about it. No!
 
The sudden creak of the door had me snatch back my hand straightening.
   Windy walked in, carrying a bouquet of fresh roses.

"Vince!" She started, wearing a wide grin.
    "Hey? I...came to-"
"Don't explain anything dear," said hugging me. Before placing a peck on my right cheek standing on her toes.

   Seeming lift and happy, Windy changed the flowers in the vase.
"So how is she?" I asked, eyes shifting to Daisy.
"The doc said that she should start showing signs soon. But, don't know how soon is soon?"
    
    I inhaled. Calming my demons as I asked the next question.
"And the baby?"
   "Oh they're fine."
"They?"
   The female turned to me. Her eyes retained the glow from the first day she  discovered Daisy was carrying Alex's child.
     "Oops! My bad. Forgot to tell you, she's carrying twins."

   "Oh! Twins!"

My gaze bore into Daisy's abdomen. How could those demons grow inside the only other woman I could love?
       "I don't get you though," Windy stated sitting beside her girlfriend. She took her hand, and glanced up at me.

   "Why you staying when we both know whom Daisy will end up with. Especially now that they'll be a fam-"
"Because I love her. And it was all an accident. She hates Alex."
   She laughed as if I'd said the most hilarious thing.

  "Is that what you convince yourself? That she'll give birth then run in your arms?"
My jaw tightened.
Yes, it's what I wanted. To ruin Alex's love life as he had ruined mine. Everything had been vengeance from day one.
        
    "No. But she won't go back to that sick bas-"
"He's her kids dad. Sooner or later, she'll take him in."

I huffed.
   "Why do I feel like you only want her to stay with Alex? Am I not good enough for her?"
      "Maybe. Or it's because Daisy attracts all the hot guys in her path. While I just watch from the sideline." Windy broke down.

Her eyes were so wet that I was sure she couldn't see clearly.
   "Gawd! Are you...jealous? Of your own best friend?"

She wiped the tears with the back of her hand. Then smiled through the ache.
   "No. I'm not jealous. I just wish she'd be more careful around people like you, Alex, all of you."

She was bitter, so bitter that I could see the disgust spilling from her eyes like black venom.
    I said nothing. Just walked out.
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