Page 112 of I Dare You
I want to fight him and tell him no, but that’s my stubbornness.I have a good man begging me to allow him to protect me.This wasn’t the plan, but there never was a plan.I didn’t care what happened.All that mattered was that I got my revenge.
But now, things are different.I have people who care about me wanting to help.I now see Jupiter never wanted to help me.She was helping herself and dragging me down with her.
And that’s why I nod.“Okay.”
It takes Kit a moment to realize I’ve agreed.“Okay?”
“Yes, we will do things your way.But promise me that Rebecca will get what she deserves.”
“I promise,” he says, visibly relieved, kissing my lips briefly before pulling away.“You may want her dead, but she values the Bloom name above her own life.Killing her is easy.Destroying her legacy and tarnishing her family name is a punishment far worse than death.She will be forced to live with that shame forever.Each day will be a living hell where she will be begging for you to kill her.”
He’s right.
Without the Bloom name, Rebecca is a nobody.Worse still, she is just like everyone else.
Even though a part of me feels cheated for not ending her life as I’ve imagined doing for years, this is the plan where I get my revenge repeatedly.I can only kill her once, but I can humiliate her for the rest of my life.
There’s only one problem.
“How do we prove she’s guilty?I mean, the Blooms control everything, everyone.Including the police.”
Kit takes a moment before revealing, “There have been rumors circling about Jack for a while now.Apparently, he’s done this to others.”
My jaw drops.
“I think you were the first, and he got a taste for it,” Kit says, clearly disgusted.
“It was a welcoming home present for Jack.He came back from boot camp.He wanted to pop his cherry.”Smokes’s confession plays on repeat.
I want to be sick.
“No one has come forward in fear, no doubt.But what if they had a fearless leader, a woman who fights for what’s right?What if that woman spoke up and showed them there is solidarity in numbers?”
“You’re one clever man, Kit Rivers.”
He smiles.“But there’s more.”
I arch a brow, intrigued.
“What if you confront Jack?For so long, he’s been your monster in the shadows.Now, it’s time for you to be his.He thinks his actions have made him invincible.Untouchable.Jack relies on the Bloom name for protection.
“So you confront him and tell him you’ve spoken to the girls he assaulted, and they’re ready to confess what he did.It will ruin him.His reputation.His military career gone.
“Money talks, so he will attempt to bribe you.You take that money because you deserve every cent, and you share it with Jack’s victims, I mean, they’re sticking their necks out for you.But there’s a catch.You tell him you won’t go public with the info and won’t implicate him if he turns on Rebecca.”
I’m speechless.
“He’ll do it because it’s better for Rebecca to take the blame than him.He’s the younger brother.She’s older and should have known better.So the plan is we speak to the women, get their stories, confront Jack, and then we blackmail him.He turns on Rebecca, saying the night you were attacked, he heard her telling those assholes to harm you.He will attest to you telling the truth.”
“Why would he do that?”
“Better her neck than his.His parents would cut him off.No more inheritance.No more using the Bloom name to hide behind.There’s no loyalty to people like the Blooms when it comes to saving oneself.
“Not only is he to rat on Rebecca but he’s to pay you for your silence.
“You get your revenge by exposing Rebecca for the bitch she really is, ruining her, and getting revenge on Jack, who will do anything to ensure you stay silent.Once he thinks the storm has passed, then we expose Jack too.The girls will want their retribution.We explain that they will get their revenge and that this is asking a lot, but we hope they understand your situation and work with you.But first, we take Rebecca down, then play with Jack until we get bored.You take the power back.As do the girls he assaulted.”
And with that, Kit is finished.
