Elijah: The Boss's Gift by Sam Crescent

Author:Sam Crescent [Crescent, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Cherry rolled out the pastry while Mindy filled each little pot with the chicken filling. “This smells so good.”

“It does.” Cherry liked teaching her how to cook. They had settled on chicken pot pies for the dinner with a peach cobbler to finish up.

“Right, they’re filled.”

Taking a knife, she cut out each little circle and showed Mindy what to do with it.

“Damn, look at that,” Mindy said, turning up the television.

Cherry looked toward the screen, frozen to the spot.

“We’re here reporting live…” The reporter faded into the background as the headline played along the screen. A gym teacher had handed himself over to the police after admitting he abused the girls and boys that he taught. That wasn’t what surprised Cherry. No, what surprised Cherry was the man she hadn’t seen in over six years. When she was fourteen she had been moved to his parents’ home.

“Damn, I’m so pleased I don’t have to put up with that crap at school,” Mindy said.

“Yes, it sucks.”

The front door opened, and Elijah called out to them. Her hands were shaking as he appeared in the kitchen. Mindy ran to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. “Dad, did you hear the news about the gym teacher?”

“Yes, it was a shock.”

Cherry stared into his eyes, and he was looking directly at her. This wasn’t a coincidence. Elijah had gone after him.

Cherry finished with the pot pies, putting them in the oven. Washing her hands, she excused herself while Mindy was talking with him. Running upstairs, she went to close her door but found herself stopped by Elijah’s foot.

“Don’t run away,” Elijah said.

“You’re the one who went and found him, didn’t you? You’re the one who made him confess to those crimes?”

She took a step back. There was no point in trying to keep him away. Elijah was stronger than she was. He entered her bedroom, closing the door behind him.

In the distance she heard Mindy turn the music channel up.

“They were not fake crimes, baby. That asshole was using his power as a teacher. He needed to be stopped. The asshole is lucky that the only thing he’s getting is jail time.”

“What could be worse than jail time?”

“Torture and death, which was what I was going to do to him.”

His answer shocked her.

“What?”

“You heard me. I was willing to fucking kill him for hurting you or even putting his hands on you.” Elijah took a step closer. “Jacob Jones didn’t get the same outcome.”

“What?”

“He’s dead, honey. He’s never going to hurt you again.”

“You killed him.”

“You were the first woman he raped, and he’s lived the last fucking seven years doing more. He had to die.”

“You’ve got to stop doing this,” Cherry said. Tears filled her eyes. No one could get away with murder. Something was going to blow back and land on him.

“Doing what? Sticking up for you? I don’t see anyone else giving a shit about you.”

“You’ve have got to stop.” She cried out the words, whimpering. “This is dangerous.”

“I’m not going to stop.

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