Flame (Virtues & Lies Book 5) by Alexandra Silva

Author:Alexandra Silva [Silva, Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

FREDDIE

The doctor leaves as Benedict and Mercia arrive. I want to tell them to turn around and come back when Georgina isn’t still overwhelmed by her shock and grief. It seems wrong to make her endure their worry only so they can go home and sleep.

“I’m fine,” she tells her dad as he takes stock of her.

“Yes, I know.” Still, he crouches a little lower in front of her as she curls up tighter into the corner of the sofa. Benedict doesn’t touch her. I’m not sure if it’s because he knows that she won’t be able to bear the affection right now, or maybe he’s scared that she’ll explode in front of us.

Georgina’s as fragile as a ticking bomb, or maybe a grenade that’s had its pin pulled. One wrong touch. One wrong move and she’ll blow.

“Then why are you here?” The venom in her voice is low and sharp enough that even I feel it slice through him.

It’s disconcerting standing where I am. Watching them. For the first time, I’m the outsider. I want to know what’s making her lash out at him because I feel every ounce of her hurt and agony right now. Something that only happens with her. Anyone else and I could block them out, but her…she feels so much and so deep that I feel it too. In my body and soul. As though she is physically a part of me. As if we have a physical tether that conducts her currents through me.

“You don’t care. Not really.” Dull eyes flash to his as she spits, “Leave. Get out. Leave me alone.”

“Georgina,” Mercia coos, earning her a dead, vapid look.

“You too,” she bites at her mother. “I don’t want you here.”

To my surprise, Benedict stands and ushers Mercia out of the lounge. He’s normally a lot more difficult and stubborn. Exactly like his daughter, he puts up a good fight. Not today, apparently. We pause by the front door as their driver heads for the car.

“Georgina might not think I care,” Benedict tells me, his brows pulling into a scowl. “She’s wrong.”

“You don’t have to explain yourself to me.”

A humourless laugh vibrates from him when he steps closer, hands in his pockets as he stands taller. “Listen to me, son. Listen carefully. You don’t shit on my daughter again. You’re going to be the solace she’s after, and if she needs it, you’ll crawl on your hands and knees for her.”

Normally, I would cut him down. Today, however, it seems we’re on the same page. “Georgina’s mine.”

“Treat her like the most goddamn precious possession you have.”

“She is my only precious thing.”

As though this is a gentleman’s agreement, he nods before ushering Mercia out ahead of him after she has one last glance into the lounge. Their detail leads her to the waiting car, and before he follows, I tell him, “I’m done playing by the rules.”

“You and me both, Frederick,” he grits out, looking in the direction of the house a few doors down.

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