Layers Crossed by Lacey Silks

Author:Lacey Silks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: cowboy, series, romance, erotic, suspense, contemporary romance, womens fiction

“Oh, my God!” Emma’s hand flew to her mouth.

“You sure you want to hear the rest?” I asked. I’d lived with what I’d seen my entire life, and a simple memory made me sick to my stomach. Could Emma handle this?

She nodded. Her hand smoothed over my thigh.

“We didn’t know what he wanted for a while. There was no ransom or revenge talk of any kind. But when he started taking the boys one by one into a cabin, and the agony of their screams... I couldn’t believe anyone could do that to a child. Later we learned that he was not only a pervert, but also had schizophrenia.”

“What did you guys do?”

“There were still some left alive. We put our stupid plan into action quickly. Maybe too quickly. I still think we were lucky to walk out of the mess alive. Me and Derek were supposed to jump on each of his arms to restrain him while Reeve got a hold of his guns.”

“But you were only boys.”

“I know. But we couldn’t just sit back without helping, and it sure didn’t feel like we were nothing after we’d been trained at the camp to work together and to have each other’s back.”

I breathed out and started driving once more, taking a soft curve in the road and turning. Thinking about the attack again restored the nerves and adrenaline from earlier that day. Tightening my grip on the steering wheel, I wanted this conversation to be over before it even started. Reliving a nightmare wasn’t on the top of my list.

“When you’re young you think you can conquer the world, overcome any dread and obstacle, as if each one of us was Hercules. There’s no need to be objective. Reeve was supposed to be Hercules. He’d use his kickboxing skills to take the murderer down, but it didn’t go as planned. Reeve tripped when we sneaked behind Rambo, and before we could get to the guy, he already had the guns pointing at us. Fortunately, Reeve was a smart son of a bitch, and when he tripped he remained on the ground, completely motionless. We thought he’d died, but he was waiting for the right time to attack again. So when the gunman was pointing his rifles at us, Reeve picked up a rock and hit him over the head with it. He fired before falling to the ground. One of the bullets skimmed right here” – I pointed to my brow – “and another one went into Derek’s arm. But Reeve did it. He knocked the asshole out.”

I knew I’d skipped part of the story, but I preferred Emma not know what had happened to my friend. Partly because I didn’t want her to connect the dots but also because a girl shouldn’t have to hear about the gory details. How he’d suffered and still ended up saving us in the end boggled my mind each time I thought about it. He was truly someone I could count on and someone I would call a friend until the day I died.

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