Live For This by Kathryn R. Biel

Author:Kathryn R. Biel [Biel, Kathryn R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathryn R. Biel
Published: 2016-03-07T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY: MICHAEL

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?" I'm livid. I have never been so angry with my brother in all my life.

"SHE STOLE LAINIE'S RING!" His voice matches my own. He plunks the damn box down on my coffee table. I can't get rid of that fucking thing. It keeps finding me.

Good thing we're in my living room and not at work.

"She did not. I threw it away. She must have picked it up. Good for her. At least it could help her."

"GOOD FOR HER? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?"

I want to fucking punch my brother right about now. Samirah's gone. I don't know where. All her stuff is missing. The only thing left behind is the ring. It's on the coffee table. I have no idea where she could be going. She doesn't have anyone.

I was the closest thing to a friend she had. "Was" being the operative word.

I can't believe she's gone.

"She left."

"Good." Mitchell goes into the kitchen and gets himself a beer. "Michael, believe me, this is for the best. She's no good. Nothing but trouble."

"How can you say that? You don't know her."

He hands me a beer. Tonight is a night I want to drink. I pull open the tab and take a long sip. "Neither do you. Honestly, you don't know anything about her, do you?"

I want to answer him back, but he's right. The things I know are mere fragments. Her mother's dead. Her father threw her out. She was dating a married guy named Chase who hurt her. I still don't know what he did, but man, it was a doozy. "You're right."

"I know, man. And some day you'll thank me."

"Not right now." Not for a long time. Normally, when Mitchell and I fight, which isn't often, it blows over almost as quickly as it started. Right now, I can't see getting over this.

"Hopefully, she's off to the next town on the bus line. Or the furthest town that Greyhound goes to. Just far away."

"That's it! I bet she went to the bus station." I put the beer down and head toward the door. I'm glad I didn't have more than a sip. I need to cath soon, but this can't wait. In record time, I'm sliding into my car, dismantling my chair, and tossing it in the back.

"Where are you going?" Mitchell's standing in front of my car.

"To find her. I need to try the bus station."

"Let her go."

I look at him through the windshield. "I can't. So move or get in, but I'm going after her." I pull my door shut and turn the key in the ignition. Mitchell steps aside and I take the car out of park. I pull back on the handle that operates the gas pedal, and I'm off.

She's not at the bus station. I don't even need to go that far. I find her about a half mile from my house. With her bags weighing her down, she hasn't covered much distance. I pull up next to her and roll down the window.

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