Fled for Refuge by Kristina Hall

Author:Kristina Hall [Hall, Kristina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian dystopian, dystopian novels, christian suspense, christian persecution, security guard, standing for truth, siblings fiction, forgiveness
Publisher: Kristina Hall
Published: 2022-01-24T07:00:00+00:00

What’d just happened?

She clasped her arms to her stomach.

Tony disappeared around the back of the house. Should she go after him? Or stay here with the two crying wrecks in the front yard?

Tony needed a chance to cool off. With the way he’d attacked Craig, shook against her, and yelled at Craig, who knew what he’d do.

Tremors raced through her.

She needed to do something. Anything.

She took a couple of steps forward and touched Amanda’s arm.

Amanda let out a pathetic whimper.

“Here. Go on inside. I’ll help Craig in.”

Amanda gave a jerky nod, hands still covering her face, and darted for the front door.

Merri bent and gripped Craig’s arm. His shoulders shook, and blood and tears dripped onto the grass. She tugged on his arm, and he wavered to his feet.

With her help, he stumbled up the porch steps and into the house.

She released his arm and slammed the door behind him. Drove the deadbolt home. “You’re a coward.” And he’d hurt Tony by his cowardice.

“I ...” Craig slumped against the wall. “Please ...”

She turned from the door and clenched her teeth. If she didn’t watch it, she’d be hitting him and railing at him just like Tony. “You’re bleeding on my carpet. Go into the kitchen. I’ll get a rag for your nose.”

He staggered toward the kitchen.

Amanda stood on the other side of the love seat and lowered her hands from her face. Shock and tears glazed her eyes.

Merri strode into the hallway, grabbed a rag from the closet, and walked into the kitchen.

Craig leaned against the counter, blood dripping onto his shoes and the floor.

She wet the rag and nudged a chair away from the kitchen table. “Sit.”

He stumbled to the chair and collapsed into it, arms clasped to his ribs.

She dangled the rag in front of him. “Lean forward and hold this to your nose.”

He did as she’d said, hand shaking. Every few seconds, he gasped a breath.

Amanda slipped into the kitchen, lips parted and brows pulled together. “Why, Craig? Why?”

He shook his head and pulled in another shallow breath. “I did it for you. For you and our baby. I couldn’t ... couldn’t let them kill you two. I—I couldn’t.”

A shudder tore through her, and her gaze darted from him to Merri. “I—I ...” Her eyes widened. “How could you do that?” The words burst from her and rattled through the kitchen. “How could you apologize? You’d done nothing wrong.”

Craig didn’t so much as look at her. “Get—get packed. We can’t stay here.”

Was he afraid Tony would kill him once he came back, or could he not stand to face him?

Tony. She shouldn’t have let him go off on his own. That guy had hit him, had stood on his chest.

If not for the agents who’d blocked both the front and back doors to keep her and Amanda from getting out ...

Oh, she should’ve gone out a window.

No, if she’d gotten out, she’d have joined Tony on the ground.

Yet had the guy hurt him, further injured his arm?

“Leaving?” Amanda’s voice came shrill.

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