New Cuts, Old Wounds by S.L. Kassidy

Author:S.L. Kassidy [Kassidy, S.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Desert Palm Press
Published: 2015-07-04T16:00:00+00:00

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The shrill ringing of the house phone cut through the silence of the night and disturbed Dane’s peaceful slumber. Her eyes fluttered opened but Nicole whimpered, keeping her eyes closed in the hope of staying asleep.

“Shh, I’ve got it,” Dane whispered to Nicole, kissing the top of Nicole’s head.

Dane grabbed the bothersome phone. Wanting to hurry up and cease the ringing, she didn’t bother to check the number to see who was calling.

“Yeah?” Dane greeted whomever it was that was calling at…2:30 in the morning according to the clock. Damn, who the hell is calling here at fucking two in the morning? In another time, another place, in another life, she wouldn’t have thought anything of it, but she knew in a normal life most people didn’t get phone calls at two in the morning.

“Dane…?” a quiet, almost familiar voice questioned her.

“Yeah. Who’s it and whad daya want?” She frowned as she spoke. She wanted to go back to sleep before she woke up Nicole.

“Dane…I need your help… It’s your father…”

“What about the bastard? And once again, who the fuck is this?” Dane woke up a little more. Damn it, just when I thought I was free of this bastard, he manages to interrupt my new life two days in!

“It’s Christine…”

“Mom? What the hell? Why’re you calling me and what the hell do you need my help with?” Dane demanded, forgetting that Nicole was curled against her and trying—unsuccessfully—to get some sleep.

“Russell…” Her mother sniffled. “He got up to get water and when he didn’t come back to bed, I got worried. I looked for him.”

“Mom, can you tell this story just a little faster?” Dane inquired with impatience overflowing from her voice. It earned her a pinch to the side from her girlfriend. She glared down at Nicole, who wiggled a reprimanding finger at Danny.

“He’s lying on the floor and he’s bleeding so much!”

Oh, goddamn it! “Well, did you call the fucking police? Or a goddamn ambulance? Do you know if someone’s in the house?”

“I didn’t…I couldn’t…” Christine sounded so lost and confused that Dane almost felt sympathy.

“Oh, for fuck’s sake. Hold on, Mom,” Dane sighed and she clicked over, dialing the police. She explained the situation as best she could and then clicked back over to her mother. “Mom, an ambulance is on the way. The police, too. Just cool out. Don’t make a bunch of noise in case someone is in the house. You don’t want to attract attention to yourself. The police should be there in a couple of minutes.”

“Are you sure? I didn’t know what to do and I didn’t know who to call!”

Obviously, which explains why the hell you’re on the phone with me. “Just be easy. They’re on their way. All you have to do is stand there and be quiet.”

“Rachel is on vacation and Michael is away at a business conference! I couldn’t call Adam that would’ve frightened the children,” Christine ranted, apparently missing Dane’s order of being quiet in case someone was in the house.

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