Next thing I know, hands are one me ushering me forward. I try to resist, but it’s no use. I can’t see anything and I’m exhausted from hiking up all those flights of stairs, I let whoever has their hands on me guide me. As soon as I’m seated on the helicopter something is strapped to my head and s
Renee’s POV When it becomes apparent that I am trapped here, I nervously turn to Eric. He keeps his eyes ahead on the road, his jaw clenched tight, and his knuckles white, gripping the steering wheel. You’re not getting out of this car,” Eric says through gritted teeth. “You won’t get away wi
“You guys are getting a divorce?” She asks. Eric closes his eyes and tosses his head back, and annoyed grunt escaping from him. He pinches the bridge of his nose. “I forgot that with the snow Debbie was brought home early by another parent while I went to go get you,” While I do want a divorce, th
Renee’s POV Debbie’s worries of divorce are lodged out of her mind and now her thoughts are consumed of the talent show happening at her school. “Debbie hold still,” I urge her as I try to click the clip through her high pony tail. “It’s hurts!” She whines and wiggles some more. “Not if you
I don’t because that will only give her more fuel to make my life miserable, not to mention me saying that alludes that I also want to be with Eric, and I don’t. “I heard Eric knows who you really are,” Mia says. I nod. “Sounds like a mess. Glad I got out from all that,” she says and brushes past
Renee’s POV “It’s just not fair!” Debbie whines over the sound of the front door slamming shut. “Life’s not fair!” I yell back, hearing the words of a mother I never knew echo out from me. “What’s going on?” Eric asks stepping into the foyer. He’s still in his work clothes, telling me he just
“Right,” I say bitterly. “I’ll go then,” I say and storm out the front door before he can see my tears fall. I put the car in drive before I even know where I’m going. It’s impossible to know how to feel around Eric. I turn on the radio and put the volume on blast. I don’t feel like deciphering
Renee’s POV The next morning is Saturday. Usually, weekends are slow to start and evolve into some kind of fun activity the three of us agree on to be enjoyable. Though with the steady gray days and bitter cold, mostly weekends have become just lazy. Though today is different. The sun peaks thr
“Congratulations, man.” Eric says this time pulling Jasper in for a bro-hug.Emily and I glance at one another with raised eyebrows and instantly can read each others expressions- not fated-mates, just best friends.“So,” Jasper says awkwardly. “Do you think you’d be my best man?” Jasper blurts out
Renee’s POV One Year Later The doorbell chimes and echoes throughout our tall white ceilings.“I’ll get it!” Debbie says while running to the foyer. She’s seven years old but is already a head taller than all her peers, her long shapely legs allow her to make vast strides and she’s out of the liv
I was just hoping it would all be later. Eric and I have been shielding her from the t.v and the news. When the time is right, we want to be the ones to give the full story not whatever dramatized way the media is spinning it.Eric helps me out of the rocking chair and we walk to the living room whe
Renee’s POV A couple days later, I’m discharged from the hospital. Eric, Debbie, myself, and Liam are home.I looked it up, Liam means protector which exactly what he was doing while I was held hostage. He was the reason Mark didn’t kill me. The name also means strong, and despite him being born pr
“Well I’m okay,” I tell him. He lets out a shaky breath and brings my hand up to his warm lips.“I love you,” he tells me.“I love you too,” I reply. Then I shift gears. “What about everyone else? Emily? Jasper? How are they?”Eric nods. “Everyone is okay. A broken arm and some cuts but nothing they
Renee’s POV I suck in a sharp breath of air as my life force hits me like a truck. My eyes whip open but I don’t see anything except blinding light. I snap my eyes shut and sink my head back into something squishy.I try to move my body into a protective stance and instantly regret it. Pain shoots
Renee’s POV Another harsh jab of pain takes my breath away. I clutch to Eric as I write in pain. He hugs me back, trying to steady my fall, but there isn’t much else he can do and he knows that.“I’ll take her pain away,” a member of Marks pack growls and approaches. Something inside Eric snaps, I
This time Andrew comes over and elbows the man in the lower back and then kicks his head so his teeth smash into the concrete floor.I’d feel more horrified if my own abdominal pain wasn’t taking me over. “You good?“ Andrew asks, blood pouring down from no known source somewhere at the top of his he
Renee’s POV All the color has drained from Marks face. On the other hand, Mias face darkens to a plum color. For a second I think her head might explode.“So,” Mark says snapping shut the laptop and sounding eerily calm. “We make a deal on the phone, you bring your passwords to hand over the cash