Let It Go by Celeste Mercy

Author:Celeste, Mercy [Celeste, Mercy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2012-09-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

He lay on his side in ICU, tubes and all kinds of things sticking in him. He had no idea what time it was. Or even what day. He’d made the one call he never expected to have to make. The call for help. He couldn’t feel anything. That was the drugs. In and out of reality. He thought it might be night. Could be days, several days. Who the hell knew? Nobody came. Just doctors and nurses. They talked softly but he could still hear them. His ribs were bruised, two fractured. His back…

Mr. Buchanan walked into the room and Eli broke. “Find my horse. Please, just find my horse. Opie. Make sure Opie is safe.”

* * * *

Tom Buchanan stormed into the ER. Randy’s call had caught him out with the horses. Eli had been attacked. And all he could think of was the first time he’d received that call. Eli was nineteen then. He hadn’t seen him in years. He didn’t know if the boy even remembered him. We’re calling to inform you that Elijah Mason has listed you as next of kin. He’s in surgery now. He’d flown all the hell the way to Oklahoma City that night scared out of his mind.

Eli wasn’t his son but he may as well be. Tom felt the same now. He looked from Randy standing near the door, his shoulders stiff, his jaw set. He knew that look. Randy was doing his level best not to take something apart. Most likely the bedraggled man sitting in the chair hiding his face behind his knees, blood-covered hands gripping his shins, his shoulders shaking. “What happened?”

“All he said was Eli was attacked. I haven’t questioned him. I can’t do it right now, Dad, there’s another deputy on the way.” Randy wouldn’t turn to look at the scarecrow in dirty jeans. He wouldn’t even look at Tom. “He was my best friend. I can’t be the one.”

“Okay. We’ll deal with it. How’s Eli?”

“He was out cold when they took him back. I haven’t heard anything since.”

Tom clapped his son on the shoulder. Randy was a good man. If Creed Dickson had snapped and taken Eli on, maybe it was a mistake putting them out there alone. This was his fault. The scarecrow of a man looked up, tears streaking his dirty face. This wasn’t the same broken kid who had sat across from him even a week ago. Something was different. Stunningly handsome even half-starved as he’d been that day in his courtroom, Creed was even more handsome now after two weeks of a steady diet. The old man driver had been right about that much. Someone needed to save that boy from himself. And someone needed to save Eli. Treadwell seemed to think the two of them would be good for each other. At least they’d settle their decade-long crusade to kill each other. One way or another. Looks like it was the wrong way.

“Want to tell me what happened to Eli?” Tom sat down beside him, careful to keep his voice neutral.

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