Ash to Steele by Stewart Karen-Anne

Author:Stewart, Karen-Anne [Stewart, Karen-Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Karen-Anne Stewart
Published: 2014-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Sweetest Hell

Breck

Violent images of what I’m going to do rage through my soul. “Drive faster!” I growl at the cab driver, “I’ll triple your fare; just get me to the fucking hospital!”

The driver accelerates, weaving professionally in and out of traffic, on the way to Boston Medical. I’ve never taken advantage of my grandfather’s company jet until tonight. The Boeing greatly reduced the time it would have taken me to drive the 218 miles from New York to get to Emma. My entire world stopped when I lost connection with her. Every possible nightmare flashed through my mind as I tried to busy myself with making emergency arrangements with the pilot to get me back to Boston while I waited on Gavin’s call so I wouldn’t lose my damn mind. His vagueness over the phone has stripped the last thread of my self-control.

Thrusting a handful of cash at the driver, I sprint through the hospital doors, pushing past a group of bystanders hovering in the way. Gavin is in the waiting room as I rush down the hall. “How’s Emma? Where is she?”

“Calm down,” Gavin tries to soothe me.

“Fuck that, Gavin. Tell me how she is,” I demand, my jaw clenching.

One look at me and Gavin knows to not even try to waste his time to calm me down or sugar coat the truth. “She’ll be okay, but she’s traumatized. Her neighbor saw an opportunity to save his own ass and offered Emma to his dealer as reimbursement for some of the debt he owed him.”

“Did the bastard touch her?” I rage, ready to bleed every drop of blood from him before snapping his neck if he did.

Gavin’s gaze falls to the floor. I grab his collar, slamming him against the waiting room wall, “Tell me what he did to Emma!”

“He didn’t rape her, Breck, but he tried. Emma fought like hell, keeping him from…” his voice trails… “succeeding. The bastard had her jeans and underwear off, holding her down in the back of his car, prying her legs apart when I got there.”

“Did he hurt her?”

“He knocked her around. Her lip is busted and her cheek and eye are swollen.” Gavin’s head drops as he rubs his hand down his face. Sorrow and rage flash in his eyes when he looks at me again, “She was so scared. As soon as the dealer was down, I went straight to her and they got away, Breck.”

Releasing his collar, I drag my hand roughly through my hair before clasping them tightly on my head, trying to calm down. “You stopped him from hurting her, Gavin. I can never repay you for that.”

Gavin places his hand on my shoulder, giving a hard squeeze.

“What room is she in?” The dark rage boils incessantly as I follow Gavin down the hall, the beat of my heart ceasing as I push open her door.

Emma’s sitting on the edge of the bed, her long legs hanging off the side, her arms folded across her waist, and her chin tucked close to her chest.

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