Chapter 179

What am I getting myself into? It took me so long to finally be okay with not being an assassin anymore, I freaking chose the normal, ordinary life, so why are danger and thrill still chasing me? 

“You have no idea how happy I am to hear you say those words, especially now that I can see that you mean them,” Russell says as he stands to his feet. He closes the distance between us and he gives me a hug that I reluctantly give in to.

“So let us get this straight, I do the job and I get to go back to my family. Do not freaking reach out to me ever again, not even to say hi,” I say to him in a very confident tone that captures his full attention.

“Reasonable,” He mumbles as he goes back to the other couch so he can sit after his hug with me.

“The food is ready!” Susan, Natalie’s grandmother says as she joins us with a tray of food. Everything on the tray looks so good and appetizing, but the bacon causes an emotional stabbing pain to arrest my chest, for it reminds