After The I Do (Meeting At The Fault Line Book 1) by Autumn Breeze

Author:Autumn Breeze [Breeze, Autumn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

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Easing down on the brake pedal so I don’t run the last red light out of Necropolis Zone A, we slowly roll to a stop. Once the car settles, I close my eyes for a brief second and exhale.

Two weeks in the inner city has exhausted me. It was hard to get work done in between the hours I spent at the hospital with Lilith and home with my family but somehow, I managed.

Warm, soft fingers land on my forearm and I open my eyes to find Everett offering me the same understanding, supportive smile he has been since this whole ordeal started. I try to return it but I am exhausted, physically and mentally. Being strong for Lilith and keeping Duke from jumping off the deep end has been a full-time job.

The human is crazy but he found the four men—teenagers, really—who’d almost killed my sister. I trust they will spend a very long time in a dark cell. If they don’t . . . they’ll just end up spending all of eternity cold in the ground by my hand or Duke’s.

Whatever happens to them will be deserved, as far as I am concerned.

“Do you really think it’s a good idea to leave the city?” Everett asks as I lift my foot from the gas and begin to roll through the green light. A few cars pass us, going back into the city while more turn off at the green light, taking a left or right to head into other zones.

“If we stay, we’ll just be in the way.” We stayed long enough to see Lilith settled comfortably in her bedroom. Our presence at her side was hardly registered since she was on enough painkillers to knock out an elephant.

I know no matter what the doctor gives her or how religiously she takes her medication, it will never numb her aching heart. I don’t think there is any medication that can kill the pain losing a child brings.

“What if she needs us?” Everett questions and I glance at him.

He loves my sisters. When I left the hospital to work, he volunteered to stay with Sophia, Mason and Lilith. Not once did he complain about spending endless nights in a cold waiting room, curled up on an uncomfortable chair. Like all of us, he just wanted Lilith better, wanted her to come home and be okay. She is home, but I don’t know if she’ll ever be okay.

“We can come back if necessary,” I tell him, attempting to ease some of his worry but from the frown he displays, I don’t know if it works. “We’ll visit her on Friday.” That is three days away. “In the meantime, I think we could both use a hot meal, a real bed, and a moment to regroup.” I did have work I couldn’t take care of while looking after my sister and I know Everett still has the opening of his inner-city art studio to contend with.

Not to mention, Lilith needs time to herself, needs time to nurse her wounds privately.

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