Beyond Hereafter (The Movie Trilogy Book 3) by Kimberly Adams

Author:Kimberly Adams
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Adams Romance
Published: 2017-07-03T22:00:00+00:00

Broken

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It had been nearly two in the morning by the time the cab dropped me off at our old apartment building. Charlie cried during the entire drive, and I tipped the driver twice as much as he deserved for doing everything that he could to make her more comfortable.

It didn’t matter. Nothing mattered.

I needed to get her inside and into the playpen that I knew Luke still had. I shouldered both her diaper bag and my own bag, carrying the heavy car seat to the door.

When Greg, the night security guard saw me, he hurried to me right away. I was barely holding myself together, and his familiar face nearly made me burst into relieved tears.

“Little late for a visit,” he said in a gentle tone, eyeing me closely. I could feel my face swelling, and hoped that it wasn’t too noticeable in the lobby. “Mr. Thorne is expecting you?”

I was so distraught that, for a moment, I thought that he meant Keaton.

Finally, I nodded, thanking him for taking my bags as we walked toward the elevator. “Luke will understand.”

He rode with me to the penthouse, and I tried again to text Luke.

Me: Are you awake? I’m at your door.

I waited, finally ringing the doorbell as Greg headed back to the elevator.

“You just come see me if you need anything at all, Vivian,” he urged.

“Thank you,” I managed, my voice wavering with tears.

Charlie fussed a little in her seat but had finally dozed off. I heard the locks sliding on the other side of the door and the moment that I finally saw his face, I gave up.

He took the handle of the car seat, catching me in his arms.

I knew that I didn’t have to say anything, but I wanted to. I wanted to scream, to cry, to break down to Luke and tell him all that had just happened and all that was clawing at my chest to get out.

“What happened to your face?” he asked, pulling away just enough to get a better look at me in the warm lamplight. “Did Keaton do this?” he demanded, turning me so that we stood inside as he closed and locked the door. “Vivian, talk to me! Did he hit you?”

“Yes,” I breathed, trying to come to terms with my own admission.

He hit me.

Keaton hit me.

The man that I loved more than anything in the world, the one person who I planned to spend my entire life with.

He lowered Charlie’s car seat to the floor, wrapping both arms around me and cradling the back of my head in his palm.

My shoulders shook. I couldn’t form words. There were no words for what Keaton had done. The mix of pills and alcohol in his system had changed him into a person that I didn’t know, and the raw vehemence in his eyes when I told him that he was exactly like his father would haunt me for the rest of my life.

“Shh,” Luke whispered, pulling back again to hold my face in his hands.

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