Connor leans forward. His face is completely serious as he says "We are going to kill every piece of evil scum in this city." He sits back and his fingers tracing an invisible line up and down my thigh "It's our new job"

"Anybody you think is evil?" Rocco asks. I nod and accept the cigarette Murphy offers me.

"Aye." Connor replies.

"Don't you think that's a little weird, a little psycho?" Rocco asks

"Do you know what I think is psycho, Roc?" Connor says as he lights a cigarette. "It's decent men with loving families. They go home every day after work, and they turn on the news You know what they see? They see rapists and murderers and child molesters. They're all gettin' out of prison."

"Mafiosos" Murphy says, pointing and empty gun at Rocco and pulling the trigger "gettin' caught with 20 kilos, gettin' out on bail the same fuckin' day."

"People who will happily destroy the lives of others for their own fucked up personal gain by supplying them with drugs, loaning them money and removing body parts if they are not paid in time. Now that is psychotic" I say lighting a cigarette of my own

"And everywhere, everyone thinks the same thing; that someone should just go kill those motherfuckers." Connor snaps

"Kill 'em all. Admit it. Even you've thought about it" Murphy says. I look between the twins and the looks on their faces is so divine I just want to do them right here, right now, in front of Rocco. I would not care.

"You guys should be in every major city." Rocco says "This is some heavy shit. This is like "Lone Ranger" heavy, man." He stands and slaps his hands on the table "Fuck it! There's so much shit that pisses me off! You guys should recruit, 'cause I'm sick and fuckin' tired of walkin' down the street waitin' for one of these crack-pipin', ass-wipin', motherless low lives to get me!"

"Hallelujah, Jaffar." Murphy says sarcastically

Rocco continues "So you're not just talkin' about mob guys, right? You're talkin' about pimps and drug dealers and all that shit, right?"

"Oh, yeah."

"Fuck. You guys could do this every goddamn day." Rocco says excitedly

"We're sort of like Seven-Eleven." Murphy says "We're not always doin' business, but we're always open."

"That is nicely put." Connor compliments

Murphy smirks back "Thank you very much."

A knock at the door gets all of our attention. I grin and stand and head to the door before anyone else could react "Oh, you did order"

My hand is already on the door handle when Murphy and Connor react and dive for me shouting "Rhi, No!"

I open the door and I'm confronted by a long, dark brown, curly haired girl with brown eyes and a face that is so beautiful even I would willingly turn for her if she asked. A girl who lives in Wales. A girl who I didn't even know was still breathing. Holly.

"Catriona!" She exclaims and tackles me to the ground. The bag on her shoulder falls to the floor with a thump.

"Oi! Get off her!" Murphy snaps as he pulls Holly off of me.

Connor pulls me to my feet and holds me closely. Holly looks pissed. I put my hands up "Murphy, Connor, relax! This is my best friend. She doesn't work for my father"

Holly shrugs Murphy off with a scoff "Yeah, like I would work for that prick"

I step forward and stare at the girl in shock. I reach out and touch her face gently "How are you alive? How is this even possible?"

Holly smiles and holds her arms open. I dive into them with and cry into her chest. The room is silent. I can picture Murphy and Connor's confused faces.

"Rhi?" Murphy says

Holly pushes me back "Rhi? I like that, it suits you"

I look at the boys then say "Sorry, Murph, Connor, this is my friend from Wales, Holly, this is Connor and Murphy they're my boyfriends" I say, my face flushing.

Holly's lips morph into a sly grin "You have never been known for doing things by halves, Catriona McAndrew"

I move to smile when Connor pulls me away from her "How did you know Rhi was with us?" He asks harshly.

Holly's eyes go to Connor's hands around my shoulders and glares dangerously "She is my best friend. Don't you dare think you can keep her from me" She says angrily

My eyes widen a fraction "Holly, he's right. How did you know? In fact, how did you come back from the grave?"

Holly smiles "I never died. You're daddy had his goons take me out to the docks to kill me and dump my body in the water but I got away. I'm assuming they told your dad the job was done to keep him happy or your dad lied to you to stop you coming after me"

"What is she talking about, Rhi?" Murphy asks looking confused.

"When Catriona was 18 she escaped her daddy and managed to get to London and applied for a voluntary service that took young adults to far off countries to do aid work. Catriona and I were on the same team in the Philippines. We became friends very quickly" Holly grins "We were the only Celts on the project after all, we had to stick together." I smile back and she continues "Catriona told me all about her family, her dad specifically. I, like you two, promised to keep her safe from him." Holly looks down "Unlike you, I failed. After our three months were up we went back to Britain and I got her as far as Wales and she lived with me for two weeks when these men came barging into the house and took her. There was nothing I could do but watch."

I look down at Holly guiltily and say "Holly didn't give up. She was pissed. She got on the next plane and came straight to Boston. She was caught sneaking into the estate. I was called downstairs by my father who took me to the basement to see a tied up, beat up Holly. When I tried to untie her he put a gun to her head and said if I made one move, she was dead. He made me watch while she was beaten again."

Holly looks at me confused "You haven't told them have you?"

My eyes meet hers in fear. I didn't want them to know.