Page 13 of Girl Between (Dana Gray FBI Mystery Thriller #5)

“I-I didn’t ask you to do this,” he blubbers.

“You didn’t have to,” I say, undeterred.

I’ve always been the type to know what someone needs before they do. It’s true, he didn’t ask me to carry out this kill, but it didn’t change the fact that it was done and righteously so.

This arrangement can be mutually beneficial. He’ll see it soon enough.

“Are you saying she will go to waste?” I press.

The old man blanched, his paunchy cheeks sucking in and out like a tired blowfish. “I-I didn’t say that. It’s already done. It would be a sin to let her go to waste.”

I smile, knowing he would eventually see it my way. It’s why I’d chosen him. Well … partly why. He’ll see the true reason soon enough.

“Shall we get started?” I ask.

He nods, donning his gloves. “There’s no time to waste.”

I stand over the exam table, eyes wide as I watch him work. I fight my admiration, but there’s no denying his skill. Instead, I study, absorbing each move so that dismantling a body will come as naturally to me one day .

The blade slips through her skin like a hot knife through butter. Narrowly missing vital organs. He knows what he is doing. He’s been honing these skills for years. But tonight is special. The culmination of so much unrest. Finally, my goal is near.

Knowing my revenge is within reach, arouses me beyond measure. But I check myself.

This is just the beginning.