Chapter 21

"Just give me to him, Francis,"  I said because I was scared for him because maybe that’s what Javier would do. I went with Francis when he asked me to leave because I also wanted to and so that my mind and heart would be calm.  Too much has happened to us, lately, I feel so bad because of what Christine did to me, I didn’t fight back because I was thinking about the baby I was carrying in my womb. I felt Francis’s tight grip on me which was something I was worried about because there was a trace in his eye the determination that we would get stuck here despite the disaster we both faced. "You're stubborn, I told you." I looked at Javier with a serious face, I glanced again at Francis and the hand we were both holdings.  Until he pulled me over and I didn’t expect what happened next because I heard a bang and my eyes widened screaming because of Francis leg with blood flowing. "Francis!"  I uttered his name but he still held me tightly until a series of gunshots I heard was the reason