Reveal by Elle Brooks

Author:Elle Brooks [Brooks, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Reveal
Publisher: Elle Brooks Author Ltd
Published: 2015-08-29T16:00:00+00:00

THERE’S LITTLE IN this life that can disarm me the way a woman crying can, especially one I care about. I throw my leg over my bike, kickstart the ignition and push my phone into my back pocket, peeling away from the curb as my tires squeal and the wind stings my eyes. I don’t care that I’m driving twice the speed limit, or that I run a red light and narrowly avoid slamming into a truck as I fly over a crossroad, not giving way. Her message was laced with pained hiccupping sobs. She said she was at her apartment and that she needed me; that was enough for my heart to sink and my nerves to fray as I battled through traffic to get to her as soon as possible.

I pull up outside her building and run straight for the door, catching it as a pizza delivery guy exits. I race up the stairwell, taking them three at a time and burst through the small hallway and skid to a stop outside Tweet’s door. I don’t knock. Instead I try the handle but it’s locked, and panic swells like a raging tide in my chest. I begin shoulder barging into it, my adrenaline spiking with the memory of what I found the last time I turned up in the evening. I stand back ready to kick it down as Tweet slowly opens it. She peeks at me from behind the chain before removing it and opening the door fully for me.

Relief floods through me as I see her standing here in front of me and she doesn’t look to be roughed up. There’s no sign of blood, no bruises, no indicator that she’s in any type of physical pain. My pulse is ringing loudly in my ears, and I want to sink onto my haunches and thank God that she’s okay. But the icy thought of what might have happened that wouldn’t leave external marks flitters across my mind and the panic is back with full force.

“What happened? What’s wrong?” I ask in a hurried breath, pulling her by the wrists and crushing her against my chest. I squeeze her tight, trying to convince my body to calm down. I have her, she’s here, she’s okay. I lift her chin and move my head back so that I can see her face, noticing the redness of her eyes and the faint stain of tears across her cheeks.

“I-I came back to check my mail and make sure that Mrs. Heckles was okay,” she tells me as I walk her backward into the apartment. Listening to her voice crack breaks something deep within me.

“There was something off, I knew it the second I walked in. I got chills and noticed that my bedroom door was wide open. I always close all the doors when I leave, and shut off the lights. They were on too, and I panicked, thinking that someone was in here.” Her shoulders are jerking with the effort she’s making to keep her voice steady, and my fists clench as adrenaline floods my veins.

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