Love Inspired Suspense December 2015, Box Set 2 of 2 by Margaret Daley

Author:Margaret Daley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459293861
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Mia sat up on the side of the bed in the emergency room cubicle where she’d been since arriving at the hospital and touched the bandage that covered the side of her head. The pain medication the nurse had given her had kicked in, and the room seemed to tilt.

She hated being in a hospital. It reminded her of all the visits she’d made in the past and her feeble attempts to explain away her bruises and injuries. Now as she thought about it, she wondered how she had ever convinced herself that she’d fooled the hospital staff into believing the stories Kyle had made her tell. After all, there had to be a limit to how many times even the clumsiest individual could fall down a flight of steps or walk into the corner of an open door.

To the credit of the doctors and nurses she’d seen on those visits, she had always been counseled about what she needed to do to protect herself from further abuse, but it had done no good. She had wanted so badly for her life to be different, and she had convinced herself to believe Kyle’s promises that he would never assault her again. But there had always been a next time, and each one worse than the one before.

Tears filled her eyes. With an angry swipe she brushed her cheeks and took a deep breath. Kyle was never going to hurt her again, but it wasn’t so easy to forget what had happened in the past. Time was what she needed. Quiet, peaceful, stress-free time—which she would never get until Tony Chapman was back in jail. Once she was safe, she’d be able to get on with her life. But what kind of life would she have? What did she have to fill it? A home that she hated. No job. No family. No friends.

Movement at the door caught her attention, and she darted a glance in that direction. Her pulse beat out a staccato rhythm when Lucas walked into the room. His forehead wrinkled, and his gaze raked her as if he was trying to convince himself she was all right.

He walked across the room and stopped in front of her. Her breath hitched in her throat as he reached up and touched her cheek just below where the bandage on the side of her head ended. His fingers trailed down to her face, and he cupped his hand around the curve of her jaw.

“I’m so sorry he hurt you,” he rasped. “It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have left you alone.”

Mia reached up and covered his hand with hers. “It’s not your fault. We had no idea Clyde was anywhere around. I should have waited until you came back down from the attic. But if I had, he might have shot you and then kidnapped me. Tell me what happened. I remember him taking me out the patio door and hitting me on the head. The next thing I remember is waking up with your.

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