The Hailey Holloway Complete Series by K.C. Stewart

Author:K.C. Stewart [Stewart, K.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-01-09T07:00:00+00:00

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Hailey felt relatively normal. From the mirror she couldn't see the damage, so others wouldn't either. It was there though, lurking nearby. In her shadow, the damage, the broken part of her, would always hide. It almost made it worse not being able to see it. Then, at least she would have to deal with it. Now, she could avoid it. Pretend it wasn't there, like it wasn't real.

She was broken. Didn't he understand that? She was marked and broken. When Dak figured it out, he would leave her. It's why she didn't want to live there with him. If she was in her own place, she would have a place to retreat to when he came to his senses. If she was living here and he ended their relationship, she'd have nowhere to go.

She slipped her arms through the sleeves and pulled her sweatshirt over her head. Her back ached when she moved to fast or too hard. She'd take it slow the rest of the day. It would give her a reason to keep away from everyone in the house. Today she planned to hide beneath clothing and frizzy hair. When she wanted, Hailey could make herself damn near invisible.

Down the hallway and stairs, Hailey moved through the house like a mouse. An oversized sweatshirt wearing dwarfed mouse. She didn't want to talk to anyone or have pitying looks. In fact, she would be in the safety of the bedroom if Silas hadn't been asking for her. Talking to him and getting the rest of the story was a risk out of her hamster ball of comfort she was willing to take.

There was a guard outside the door to the basement. His jaw was locked tight as he stared straight ahead. Cacti looked friendlier than he did. He caught sight of her and sank in relief. "Please tell him to shut up."

"I don't understand."

"You will," he murmured and opened the door. Immediately the hallway filled with the sounds of Silas singing "the name game" with Hailey. She couldn't help it, a laugh escaped her. It was so utterly ridiculous. She stepped through the doorway and started down the stairs.

"Hailey, Hailey, bo-bailey!"

She snickered.

"Banana-fana fo-failey!"

At the base of the stairs she waited for him to finish. Interrupting a moment like this would be criminal.

"Fee-Fi-mo-mailey! HAILEY!"

"You rang?" she asked leaning against the corner.

"Oh thank god. I was running out of things to yell." Silas pulled himself to his feet by way of the chain that anchored his arms to the wall. Boo, the black cat from his house sat beside him. Hailey looked in question at him and Silas just shrugged.

"Nice digs," Hailey said as she wondered closer. "Could use some blinds though." Instead of responding Silas watched her like a hawk does his prey.

"How are you?" As usual he got right to the point.

"Alive," she said honestly.

"He's dead. Alex had tied him up and left him for me. When I saw what happened-"

"Wait, you saw it?" she interrupted.

"Video surveillance, I saw the whole thing.

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