You Belong to Me by Lee Rose

Author:Lee Rose
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2017-10-04T00:00:00+00:00

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Jessy sat in the living room feeling blue. The house was too quiet but she didn’t feel like watching TV. She was exhausted, but unable to sleep. She had worked a full shift at the bar last night but had dreamt of the night Jagger had tried to rape her. She remembered how weak she felt trying to fight him off as he slapped her and tore at her clothes. She had yelled and screamed her head off, hoping one of her neighbors would hear and call the police. She had just given up hope when Lily came home and saved her. Lily had been hysterical, thinking she killed Jagger, but Jessy checked his pulse. He was alive. Jessy shook off the bad memories. She never wanted to face Jagger again.

Lily was out to dinner with Amy and Melanie. She encouraged her sister to have fun with her friends. Jessy didn’t want to drag Lily back out on the open road to some unknown destination, only to start over again. It wasn’t fair. Truthfully, Jessy wanted to stay in Brook Hollow, too. She’d be lying if she didn’t admit, at least to herself, that she cared about Lincoln. He had apologized and she was tempted to give in but she had to stay hard. She didn’t need her heart broken into any more pieces. Her dreams always seemed to shatter. Maybe it was better to have none. Disappointment sucked.

Jessy felt restless and decided to go wash dishes. She turned the kitchen light on and headed toward the sink. She looked up and into the face of a hooded stranger. Their eyes connected and she wasn’t sure who was more shocked, her or her peeping tom. She screamed bloody murder. Her legs refused to move and she stood frozen to the spot for a good sixty seconds.

Then she realized her cell phone was back on the couch next to where she had been sitting. She forced her body to move and ran to the living room. She dialed 911 with shaky fingers.

“This is Brook Hollow Police. How may I help you?” a female voice answered calmly.

Jessy had to clear her throat twice to force her voice to cooperate. She stated her address. “Someone is outside my window.”

“Police are on their way, ma’am,” the calm voice advised.

Jessy threw the phone on the couch, feeling cold all the way inside to her soul. She sat rocking herself on the couch. They better not accuse her of making this up. She was scared shitless, even though she knew it wasn’t Jagger. The face had been thin and Jagger was a huge mountain of a man.

Once she heard the sirens and saw the flashing lights, she got up and headed for the front door. She heard car doors slam so she unlocked her front door and opened it wide, ready to run in to the safety of whoever came.

“Jessy!” Lincoln yelled her name as he took the porch steps two at a time, looking just as scared as she felt.

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