The Debt 12 (Club Alpha) by Kelly Favor

Author:Kelly Favor [Favor, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-16T06:00:00+00:00

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A little while later, Monique was in the guest room, and Chase and Faith were in the master bedroom.

He was pacing back and forth in front of the bed, while Faith sat on the bed and reading on her cell phone about domestic violence and how to help someone who was a victim of it.

“Maybe we need to get her to a shelter?” Faith said.

“She’s flying home in the morning,” Chase said, running a hand through his hair.

“Well, maybe. We don’t know if she even bought herself a ticket yet.”

“I’ll buy her a damn ticket,” Chase replied, his voice rising.

“Don’t talk so loud!” Faith whispered. “We don’t want to make her feel bad.”

“We’re the last people she needs to worry about. Velcro’s going to make her feel bad if he gets hold of her again.”

“Don’t get upset,” Faith said. “We need to stay calm.” She continued reading about victims of domestic violence. It was frightening how often women were hospitalized or even killed by their husbands and their boyfriends.

It was so common that their spouse or boyfriend would be the first person questioned by police if a woman was murdered.

“How can I not get upset?” Chase asked. He stopped and faced her. “This guy is on my team. And he’s the most popular person on the team, in the locker room and with the media and the fans. Now I’m going directly up against him and the front office by helping his fiancé run away.”

“I know it’s a tough situation—“

He laughed bitterly. “It’s a lot more than that. In case you hadn’t noticed, my performances aren’t exactly lighting the world on fire. This isn’t the time to try and throw my weight around.”

“What do you want to do? Kick her out?”

“Obviously not.” He rubbed his beard stubble on his chin and then went to the window and stared outside. “It’s just bad timing.”

Faith wanted to comfort him but she could tell he wasn’t in the mood. “Maybe he won’t even find out you helped her.”

“Somehow, I doubt it,” Chase said. “Considering Velcro just got out of a car and is coming to my front door.”

“What?” she cried out, dropping her phone in a panic.

Chase was already running down the stairs to the first floor, as Faith was following behind him. He was fast—and she couldn’t keep up.

Her head felt faint and she was spinning a little from what Chase had just told her.

Velcro was here?

That meant somehow he’d found out where Monique was. But how?

Chase had already opened the front door by the time Faith got to midway down the staircase. She heard the guest bedroom door open and saw Monique coming out.

“Go back inside your room,” Faith instructed, her voice surprisingly calm, given the circumstances.

Monique hesitated. Her face looked pale and her eyes had dark circles under them. She retreated and closed the door and Faith turned to see what was going on with Chase and Velcro.

“Where’s ‘Nique?” Velcro said.

Faith could hear the other man’s voice, low and angry—still controlled, but barely.

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