Burning Bridges : Enemies to Lovers, Mafia Romance (Rivera Brothers' Book 1) by A. K. Steel

Author:A. K. Steel [Steel, A. K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-06-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

PIPER

I’m so enraged I can’t see straight as I run down the long white halls. Doors whoosh past, making me dizzy, but I keep moving. I need to get away from them. There’s no way I’m staying in this place. I won’t survive here.

Big strong arms wrap around me and lift me off the ground. I try to pull out of his grip and run away from him, but it’s no use. Tony is so much bigger than I am and built like a brick wall. If he wants to stop me, he will. “Please, Tony, let me go, I can’t stay here,” I cry, tears streaming down my face.

He turns me in his arms so he can look down at me, wiping away the droplets. “Piper, we're all worried about you. Mom is going out of her mind. This might seem extreme to you, but you need to understand. Since, well, since that night, you haven’t been the same, and we just want to help you.”

I stare back at him, knowing he’s right. I’m not the same girl I used to be. I will never be the same again after what happened. I’m broken. “Staying in a mental hospital won’t help me,” I try pleading with him. “Let me come home with you and we can find a therapist there. You have one. I can see her, can’t I?”

“It’s not a mental hospital. It’s the best health retreat money can buy. Think of it as a holiday, Piper. One where you will be able to heal and come home better than ever. You can also get away from our house and Dad. This is the best thing for you,” he tells me like a warning. He thinks I need space from my father before the situation at home worsens. And I’m sure he is correct.

He's the only one who knows what happened that night and why I’m so angry. So furious that the man who is supposed to look after me and protect me would let something so awful happen and do nothing to stop it. If Tony didn’t come to my rescue, it would have been worse, I’m sure of it.

From behind me I can hear Mom and the psychologist have caught up with us. My scared eyes beg him to take me home. I don’t want to stay here. Yes, over the last two years things at home have gone from bad to worse, but at least I know what to expect at home. Here I have no idea what’s going to happen to me. I’m too fragile to stay, there is no way I will cope.

“This is the type of behavior I was telling you about,” my mother tells the doctor, her voice thick with frustration toward me. She’s had enough, and I know she is on my father’s side. Everyone always is. In our family you don’t get a lot of choice. It’s his way or you suffer the consequences. My mother knows that better than anyone.

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