Hurt for Me by Heather Levy

Author:Heather Levy [Levy, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 2024-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 33

RAE

2009

Viv stopped shaking on the couch, but her face remained pale, so Rae wrapped her in a throw blanket. She didn’t know Viv had ever been married, and she didn’t understand why her friend had never mentioned it.

“I should’ve told you about him,” Viv said. “I thought I was done with that part of my life.”

“What did he want, and what did he mean by ‘one week’?”

Viv let the blanket fall off her shoulders. “He means I have one week to give him the money I made on the sale of the house I owned in California. That’s why I was there and how I met you. I was completing everything for the sale after my divorce from Mark.”

“Was it his house too?”

“No,” Viv said. “It belonged to my great-aunt who left it to me after she died, which was after the divorce was finalized, but Mark believes everything I own belongs to him. He found out about it somehow and thought I hid it from him. I was already renting here in Albuquerque to get away from him, and I had a realtor friend help me sell the house in California so I could put money down on this place.”

Viv rocked herself on the couch. Rae had never seen her so scared.

“He’s a dangerous person, Rae. And now he knows I’m here. I don’t know how, but he found me.” Viv took Rae’s hand. “I don’t think he realizes you’re living here with me, but he’ll find out soon enough. And I’m worried he’ll do something like hurt you to get at me.”

Rae instinctively cradled her baby bump. “Can’t you file a restraining order or something?”

“I will, and I have before,” Viv said, “but he’s violated them so many times in the past.”

“What do the police do when he violates them?”

A sour expression crossed Viv’s face. “Not a goddamn thing.”

Here Rae had been agonizing over the bad men possibly finding her and killing her for helping Katelyn escape, and now she had to worry about Viv’s ex. She wasn’t sure if there were any good men left in the world. Except for her dad, she reminded herself, but even he hurt her by leaving her alone with nowhere to go after he died.

“Still, you need to report it so there’s a record of what he did to you,” Rae said, standing up to get her purse. “And I’m a witness. Let me drive you to the police station.”

Viv didn’t move. “He has everything of mine. He already took all the furniture, my old clothes I had to leave behind. The ’78 Chevy Nova I loved. It’ll never be enough for him.” Rae saw a fierceness in her eyes. “I’m not giving him one more thing. Not one goddamn thing.”

Rae nodded. “Let’s make the report then. And they can take pictures of your neck where he grabbed you.”

Viv finally got up. “Okay.”

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