Chapter 361: The talk (2)
"Annalise, listen carefully. You are not to get involved in trying to kill him. My family-"
"You made me the lady of the manor. Doesn’t that make me part of your family or had I thought too far ahead and I should wait until there is a ring on my finger or my last name changed?" Annalise asked, genuinely confused as to if she was considered part of his family.
This was all new to her, but Annalise already saw herself to be part of his family. So when Travis poked at Rafael, River, or Beatrice, she was ready to attack to protect them. Why was it bad for her to join in killing Travis? It wasn’t like she couldn’t protect herself.
Annalise didn’t want Rafael to always try to shield her from danger when she could help him. If it was up to her, Travis would have been dead the second he came to town so she wouldn’t have to hear about him now. Their only concern would be the truce.
"You are part of the family," Rafael said, walking toward her, but stopped when Annalise reached for a brush. He wouldn’t put it past her to throw it at him. "It is just a problem that my father and I must deal with. A problem my father wants the satisfaction of ending because of what he and my mother dealt with over the years."
"I want to kill Travis because of him riling up my mother, but I stand back sometimes because it is an old fight my father wishes to settle. As much as you want to help, this is not your fight," Rafael said.
Rafael was helping his father with his plans to get rid of Travis. If there was ever a moment he was alone with Travis and there was an opportunity to kill the man, Rafael wouldn’t let the moment pass. However, he was letting his father take the lead in getting rid of Travis and offering whatever help his father needed.
There was regret on River’s end that he had not dealt with Travis before he ran off with Beatrice.
Annalise didn’t like that she understood what Rafael was telling her. River had a long history with Travis because of his marriage to Beatrice. It was River’s fight to end.