Broken #5 by Renna Peak

Author:Renna Peak [Peak, Renna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Renna Peak

6

Yesterday

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I had made the mistake of wearing heels that night. They weren’t stilettos by any means, but they were a few inches high, and they were definitely slowing me down. If my ankle hadn’t turned, I might have been able to get away from him. I might have actually been able to outrun him.

I fell into the grass next to me, my ankle throbbing almost as bad as my hand was after hitting him. I hit him. I actually hit him. My mouth dropped open as the realization of what was going on finally began to sink in—Brandon killed that woman. Brandon is a murderer. My heart was racing almost as quickly as my thoughts.

He followed me and was at my side not a second later. I knew he would follow me—I hadn’t hit him hard enough to knock him out, just hard enough to split his skin. I looked up at him and saw blood dripping down his cheek onto his stubble-lined jaw. My stomach flipped with concern for a second until I remembered—he killed that woman. And now he was going to kill me. I don’t know how I knew that—I just knew it. This was it. This was going to be the demise of Jenna Davis, and it would come at the hands of a man I thought I loved until about five minutes ago.

He reached his arms out to me, to help me up maybe. “Jen.” He winced, almost pained, but not from the bloody cheek. “Christ, Jen, just let me explain.” He raised his hand to his forehead. “Please, Jen…”

I crab walked backwards onto the lawn. Something was definitely wrong with my ankle, but I forced myself backward, away from him. I had to get as far away from him as possible. My heart raced even more quickly when I saw him come after me. I turned myself onto all fours and tried to crawl away, but I knew I wasn’t going to be fast enough. I felt his arms around my waist, lifting me to my feet a moment later.

Tears streamed down my cheeks and I furiously shook my head. My heart was still racing like I’d just won an Olympic sprint. “Let me go, Brandon. I’ll scream—I swear to God, I’ll scream. Let me go…”

He spoke into my ear, and the hot breath that had once melted me into a puddle now sent a river of ice down my spine. “Give me five minutes. Just five. You owe me that much.”

I raised my arm in front of me and swung my elbow into him as hard as I could, right into his belly—the place I hoped was his scar that I knew still hurt him. His hands dropped from my waist and I kicked off the damned heels, racing for the sidewalk. I saw him doubled over in pain from the corner of my eye, making my stomach flip again. I knew I’d hurt him—struck him exactly where I thought I had.

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