Its too late brother.

Vanessa hummed happily as she texted a good night text to Nick, though he wasn't online yet, she was contented just by looking at his profile. It has been days since she got his number and though he was a bit cold when it came to responding, he would eventually respond and sometimes he would even apologise in case he was a bit late while responding to her, after chatting with him for so long, she came to one conclusion and that was —— he was a perfect gentleman!

" How long are you gonna be this happy?" Derren who just returned after dealing with a bunch of pests walked inside the house with blood dripping down his body. He seemed to have rushed to their mansion right away after dealing with the enemies because there was a trail of blood behind him, which most probably belonged to him.

She frowned as she threw her cellphone on the sofa and slid down as she strode towards her brother in a hurry and wrapped her arm around his waist. " How many times, I have told you… you should go to Doctor Tate when you receive such severe wounds, why will you rush back home without treating your injuries?"

" If I go to doctor Tate when I am being chased by those bastards, he will be targeted as well, I don't want to lose this one loyal doctor that I have found after searching for so long." snorted Derren as he plopped down on the recliner, but only a second later he regretted his decision as pain shot through his entire body. F*ck those bastards got him good!

A minute later Nolan came rushing in, though he was roughed up too but unlike Derren, he wasn't shot anywhere which was a good thing because she couldn't have treated two injured men at once. " Nolan, get me the first aid box."

" Yes, Miss." breathing heavily, Nolan rushed to the bathroom of the first floor where they usually kept the first aid box, within minutes he returned with a first aid box and handed it to Vanessa who turned to him and ordered, " take off his clothes."

"Ehh, Nessie is this important?" said Derren as he turned to look at Nolan and Vanessa, his gaze darting between them with an uncomfortable smile. " I mean, I am fine, I can deal with it myself——"

" Tear off his clothes." deadpanned Vanessa as she readied the needle and thread.

" Yes, miss." And then without listening to a single thing that Derren has to say Nolan tore off his clothes, even when Derren threatened to shoot him in the a*s, he still ruthlessly ripped off his shirt.

" Damn you, Nolan!" cursed Derren as he tried to cover his chest but Vanessa tore open his arms and her scowl deepened even further. " One, two, three … FOUR? F*ck Derren how are you even alive? Are you out of your mind? If things were that bad then you should have told me! For whom were you trying to play the hero?"

Derren lowered his head in embarrassment, he just didn't want to disturb his sister. She was finally acting like a normal girl thanks to that mouse boy, he was afraid that if he took her to the drug deal he had to do, she will once again walk down this path that he wanted her to leave so badly. " I … I just thought that I will be able to deal with it."

Vanessa scowled at him and fiercely shot a glare at him before she started to deal with his injuries. But even while she was focusing on his injuries, her mind didn't lose forget about the matter that just happened—— no one can make it out alive after hurting her family. She sharply addressed Nolan, " Tell me what happened, Nolan."

Listening to her order Nolan jumped then his gaze met with Derren's who was winking at him furiously. He clearly wanted to hide the matter but ——-

"F*CK, F*CK, F*CK! What the hell are you doing Nessie, are you removing bullets or my bones—-" his voice turned continuously slow as his eyes met with Vanessa's whose eyes were filled with anger and worry. His heart softened by two degrees as he softly spoke, " I would have made alive no matter what, I have after all promised that I will be there till you are old and ugly, how can I miss looking at your ugly face."

" Don't try to change the subject," snapped Vanessa who wiped the blood dripping down his shoulder blade before turning to Nolan and smiling at him eerily. " Will you get it out of your system, or should I shoot you in your f*cking mouth before you open that tightly shut lid."

Nolan pursed his lips and looked away from the pleading gaze that Derren was shooting his way, clearly, he was asking him not to say anything but —— he wanted to at least say goodbye to his long bachelorhood before saying goodbye to his life! So, he told everything that happened at the site where they were supposed to be having their deals. " Those stupid idiots were the first to betray boss, they wanted to keep both the money and the drugs to their side, but we manage to escape with the money that they were so tightly holding on to, if not for the trap, we wouldn't have been hurt like this——" he shook his head and added, " We have been doing with them for so long who would have thought that they would do something like this?"

Done finish treating Derren's wounds, Vanessa stood up straight. Throughout Nolan's explanation she didn't say anything, she simply headed to the kitchen and took out the fresh set of guns that she has brought in an auction and strode outside without so much as looking at Derren whose eyes has gone very wide.

" Vanessa, no! You have worked so hard —— don't worry about it, I will take them down by tomorrow…no in an hour just give me an hour, think about what will Nick say if he found out about you——"

The rest of his words were interrupted when Vanessa picked up her jacket and filled the gun's barrel. She turned around with a twisted smile. "It's too late brother, those bastards were doomed to die in my head the second you walked in like a bloody corpse." Draping her jacket over her shoulders, she tilted her head. " As for Nick, finding out —— who is going to tell him? To tell a tale they have to walk out alive."