The Woman with the Warning by Jessica Gadziala

Author:Jessica Gadziala [Gadziala, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-23T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Aurelio

I didn’t know panic like I did as I heard Claire on the other end of the phone, voice tight, terrified, as her psychopath of an ex tried to kick the door in.

Of course, that panic only ratcheted up when the call cut out. And I had no fucking idea what was going on in that house.

We weren’t far away.

Ten, twelve minutes, maybe, with how fast Milo was driving.

And I could see the headlights peel out behind us, knowing there were a dozen men, maybe more, coming with us, ready to fight to the death for this innocent woman and her little boy whose only sin in this world was being fathered by a fucking lunatic.

Still, ten or twelve minutes, that could be the difference between Warren finding them, dragging them out, and disappearing with them.

It could be the difference between life and death.

“She’s going to be okay,” Milo assured me. “They both are.”

Milo wasn’t one for offering comfort, and I couldn’t bring myself to believe him anyway as my heart lodged in my throat and my pulse hammered.

How long would it take to kick in my door?

I’d taken out the nails that had come with my door and drilled much deeper ones, knowing it would offer a bit more stability in the case of an attack. But I was kicking myself for not installing a steel-reinforced one.

I guess, in the past, all I worried about was myself. And even if I was caught off-guard, I knew I had weapons.

And, short of them, I could fight.

But there were Claire and Judah, alone in the house, with no access to the guns, and nothing between them and Warren fucking Graves but a standard front door.

My hands curled into fists, my nails digging into my skin as Milo took a turn at a speed that should have had us up on two wheels, but he managed to keep control, whipping up and down the familiar streets with skills I hadn’t known he possessed, despite being the one who’d taught him to drive.

Or so I thought.

There must have been a scout positioned somewhere, though, hidden in the bushes or sitting in a car.

Because by the time we were pulling down my street, Warren and his men were peeling off.

A part of me wanted to tell Milo to go after them, to pull up beside them, and shoot the motherfuckers right through the window, to end this once and for all.

But this wasn’t about revenge.

Not yet.

This was about Claire and Judah.

Milo barely slowed the car down before I was throwing open the door and rushing out, making my way up the front yard, seeing my man in the grass.

“I’ve got him,” Milo said, coming running up behind me. “Go find them.”

I felt a stab of guilt for not even checking to see if my man was still breathing, but I fought it back as I saw the kicked-in front door, knowing Claire and Judah were in there somewhere.

Two steps in the door, I felt my anxiety intensify as I heard it.

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