Cold Case by S L Davies

Author:S L Davies
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: MM, MM Romance, MM Crime, MM Crime Romance, Romance, Gay, Gay Romance, Gay Crime, Gay Crime Romance, Crime, Crime Romance, Police Romance, Police, Cop, Cop Romance
Publisher: S L Davies
Published: 2023-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Selina (1987)

“Guess what?” I said to Lisa as I limped toward her at school. “Mum said I could come over to your house.”

Lisa frowned and watched my awkward gait as I approached. “Seriously?” she said with a look of concern but happiness.

I nodded my head and smiled. After Dad had stomped my leg after beating me for his loss in the latest race, Mum felt guilty. I was pretty sure my leg had a bone broken in it. My entire thigh was black and blue. Remy had done his best to wrap it in a compression bandage, and I was hurting like hell. But there was no way I would be taken to the hospital. I just had to put up with it.

“That’s fantastic,” Lisa said with a grin. “We can watch some movies. How long are you allowed to stay for?”

“Probably a couple of hours. Harry will pick me up when Mum says I must go home.”

Lisa’s smile was more accessible, but I could still see the concern on her face. She reached out, took my bag in her hand, and we walked together toward the lockers.

“Selina,” Chris called. I frowned as I looked over at him. He had a frown pulling at his brow. “Can I talk to you for a minute?”

I looked over at Lisa, who was glaring at Chris. “What do you want?” I asked.

“I just want to talk; I’m not going to hurt you,” he promised.

I sighed and left Lisa as I limped over to where Chris was standing. He was frowning deeper as I approached him.

“What?” I asked impatiently.

“Are you okay?”

I rolled my eyes. “Did you call me over here to ask me that?”

“No. Look, Selina, um,” he started as he turned, looking like he was trying to gather his thoughts. This was a different side of Chris. One I hadn’t seen before. “Selina, is your old man knocking you about?”

My eyes widened, and I gasped. I shook my head rapidly as my cheeks flushed with embarrassment. “No. No, I’m just clumsy.”

Chris narrowed his eyes as he looked over my face. He quickly rolled his sleeve, and I saw scars that dotted his arm. “Bullshit, Selina. Look,” he started again before huffing.

“What is that?” I asked.

“That is what my Dad did to me as a kid before I was taken away from him and put with my grandma. I know what it looks like to be beaten.”

Tears burned in my eyes as I gingerly reached out my fingers to touch the scars that dotted up Chris’s forearm.

“How did this happen?”

“Cigarette burns. Apparently, he enjoyed using me as an ashtray.”

“Jesus,” I whispered before looking up into his face. “Chris, you can’t tell anyone.”

Chris frowned. “If you tell someone, they can step in and stop it. They can take you away.”

“And put me where? I don’t have a grandma I can go to.”

Chris sighed. “They can put you in foster care.”

I sighed and nodded. “I guess so.”

Chris reached out and took my hand in his. “Please tell someone.

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