Too Late for Regret (Annalise and Roger) novel Chapter 133

Analise’s POV

“What are you doing here, Seth?” I asked in surprise. I was still trying to get him to move, but he believes that he’s protecting me.

Eddie has now pulled out his gun, and the stakes are much higher. Holden is now coming over to stand near me, too. He and Seth both know just how serious this situation is. Tiffany was supposed to be in jail, not standing here in my living room.

“I wanted to come and apologize to you, so did Holden, so we came over. Since he lives here, we didn’t need to call first. I didn’t want you to refuse to let us in, and we both knew you would. We will discuss it later, Ana. Right now, I need to know what the hell is going on here, Tiffany? Aren’t you supposed to be rotting in jail?” Seth responded.

“You sure you want to push me right now, Seth? I wouldn’t mind offing you right along with her,” Tiffany advised.

“You wouldn’t be able to hide from my family if you harm a hair on my sister’s head, b***h. How dare you try to come after Ana again? Haven’t you done enought ot Ana already? If you agree to leave, I’ll give you a five–minute head start before I call the police,” Seth offered. We all knew that she would be lucky to get a five–second head start.

“I’m afraid I won’t be taking you up on that, Seth. I can’t allow you to call the police. We just stopped by to have a little talk. We have some unfinished business between us. We will leave soon enough, but I’m afraid that none of you will be calling for help. Her husband will find you when he returns from the wild goose chase I sent him on,” Tiffany stated.

“Charlie left you here alone?” Seth asked sharply as he looked down at me.

“Why wouldn’t he? I should be safe in our home, Seth,” I snapped back at him. I stepped to the side, and he immediately followed me. That officially cleared the stairs and brought their attention back to me, as I took another step away from the stairs.

I could see now, as Holden stood in front of me, watching the guard with distaste. He hadn’t spoke, but he was watching every move the guard made. I didn’t want him to do anything stupid either. We had the situation under control until they arrived. Now that they believe Charlie is out of the house, they are both trying to be the hero. I didn’t want that to happen. They needed to stay behind me, as the guard was clearly on edge. Seth and Holden were both big guys, and they were making him nervous. Tiffany was even angrier than she was before. I guess seeing Seth has got her worked up again.

“I’m actually glad you’re here, Seth. I need to say a few things to you as well. How dare you have s*x with me and then ghost me? I know what I bring to the table. I’ve seen some of the women you’ve slept with, their not more attractive than me, so what’s going on? Why wasn’t I good enough to be your wife?” Tiffany asked.

She stayed where she was, but she was pissed. Seth definitely didn’t need to answer any of her questions. I put my hands on my hips to have them near my gun just in case I needed to act fast. She isn’t going to expect that from me. She’s expecting me to fold, not attack. She’s not concern about me at the moment. She’s got her sights firmly on Seth at the moment.

I know what she’s planning. Our home is two hundred feet from the woods. The minute they hear sirens, they’re going to cut and run, after they shoot us. The police were instructed to enter quietly and without lights. Charlie wanted to prevent them from carrying out their plan of attack. I was confident that the guard was the only one who was armed, but I wasn’t willing to take the risk of being wrong.

I’ve known Tiffany my whole life. I’ve seen her in her highs and lows. She feels like she has the upper hand at the moment. I know that she only feels like that when she is absolutely sure that she’s going to win. I believe that although we haven’t seen proof of it yet, the other guard’s gun was probably in her possession, which really sucked. I didn’t want to have to discharge my weapon. I could go my whole life without having to do that. But the more I my hands. thought about it, the more I realized that she might take that choice out of

Holden finally spoke, “Tiffany, what the hell do you think you’re doing? You escaped and came straight here to come after Ana? Don’t you know that the police will know it’s you behind it? You need to tell the jailer to drop his weapon and give up. This won’t end well for you. Ana didn’t do anything wrong. You and Gretchen were the ones at fault. I don’t know how she can even look at a member of our family without flinching. I hate that I was even involved in your tricks.”

“How could I walk away with your mouth wrapped around my d**k? You knew exactly what you were doing that day. You ambushed us, waiting at the front door for us to show up. You wanted Ana to go out to the pool house alone to find Holden and Gretchen. You were there to slow me down, and that’s exactly what you did. You knew from the beginning that I didn’t want you. How many times before that day had you tried to seduce me? I shot you down every single time. You wanted me, and you had me. Don’t get mad at me for not wanting to marry you. We both know that was never going to happen, no matter how hard you tried,” Seth replied, as if he were disgusted at the thought of being with Tiffany.

I was getting worried about him. Tiffany had taken her focus off of me and was giving him a death glare. I knew she would hurt him as much as she would hurt me, if given the chance. She was so angry right now that she couldn’t speak. I needed to get her focus back on me, but before I could, Tiffany turned to the jailer with a smile.

“Eddie, can you assist everyone in taking a seat. We need to have a little talk, and I’d like them to be comfortable,” Tiffany purred as she ran her finger down his arm.

That was all he needed her to say as he aimed his gun towards us. He was more than happy to off Seth, I could see it in his eyes. He was jealous of them both, as he knew that although he had slept with both Tiffany and Gretchen. It hadn’t been voluntary, like it was with Seth and Holden. It was clear that both women still wanted them, which pissed him off. Holden took a seat on the sofa, but Seth stayed in front of me. Why is he taking a protective stance now? He needs to comply before she pushes further.

Seth didn’t know that we weren’t alone and had rescuers upstairs. He needed to listen, as his behavior was causing Tiffany to get even angrier as she stared at us both. I had to make a judgment call and go off script. I had no other choice. I walked past Seth and took a seat in the middle of the couch, knowing Seth wouldn’t be sitting down without me. I leaned back, feeling the cold steel of the gun pressing into my back.

Seth took my hand in his, trying to comfort me, but he needs to stop. She’s known us our whole lives. He’s never been this attentive towards me. If she finds out that I’m pregnant, she’s going to have Eddie end me right then. She would be thrilled about doing so, as that would hurt my whole family and my husband in one fell swoop. Drawing my gun from a seated position won’t be smooth. I knew my gun could potentially get caught in my sweater. I also knew that once they realized I was armed, this situation was going to get deadly, and I didn’t want that to happen.