Bad deeds.

"What did you do?"

He felt his heart beating a mile a minute. Somehow he knew what he'd done but he'd hoped otherwise.

"Boss, you know this was for the best. It needed to happen."

He had to be dreaming, there was no way it was real.

"Mike..."

"They've done nothing but cause you pain and heartache..."

"Mike... no..."

He was not one to cry but the tears had taken on their own life because they'd started pouring out without his permission.

Words failed him as he looked at the man he'd trusted with his own life.

"Get them to talk, that's all I said."

He'd heard himself say barely audible. His chest was weighing heavy on his heart, he couldn't breathe.

"I'm not the enemy here boss. They've done nothing but..."

"That doesn't mean they deserve to die!" His calm betrayed him, he felt himself shake as the words left his lips.

Who was he to decide their fate? That was exactly the reason he'd always kept a distance when it came to the people who'd worked for him, he'd always remained stern becau