Maddox by Lisa Helen Gray

Author:Lisa Helen Gray [Gray, Lisa Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-27T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

AMELIA

I slowly shut the door, resting my forehead against the cold wood as Devon’s words penetrate. Appeal.

I know they’re playing with my head, but those words, they’re my worst nightmare. I’ve known from the day he was sentenced that he would eventually be released. My mindset then was to deal with it when it came. Right now, there is too much going on in my life to even think about it.

I never want to be near him again. Ever.

“Let’s give your mum a moment,” Maddox tells Jasmine softly.

“Has she been naughty? Is that why she has to face the door?”

Maddox chuckles, and I find myself smiling at her comment. “She’s just waking up is all.”

As their footsteps leave, my mind rushes through scenarios of what will happen if he is let out. Do I think he will come looking for me? Yes. Do I think he will make a scene? I’m not sure. He’s normally all charm and kindness for the first couple of weeks of trying to make it up to me. But it’s different this time. I’m not the same person I once was. He doesn’t get to tell me what to do or make me feel like shit when I don’t think the same way as he does.

We are also broken up, and it’s permanent. There is nothing he could do to make me go back to him or make me forgive him for what he did. There’s no fixing this—not that I’d ever want to. I’m free of him.

I’m stronger, even though at times I feel like breaking. Like now. Just the thought of seeing him again petrifies me. I want better for Jasmine, for Asher. I don’t want their childhood filled with drama and abuse.

I give myself another minute to pull myself together before stepping away from the door. I need to be stronger for Jasmine, for myself. I have a life now; one he isn’t a part of. I have friends who, although new, care for me like I care for them.

When I open my eyes and turn to face the living room, Maddox is standing in the doorway, watching me with an intense expression, like he’s trying to read my thoughts. “Are you okay?”

I let out a dry chuckle, running a hand through my hair. “Honestly? I don’t know. If this had been before I had Asher, I would probably have moved back in with my mum and dad to get away from it. But I’m done being scared. I shouldn’t have to hide away anymore.”

He looks up from his shoe, his face scrunched up in concern. “He nearly killed you both?”

“I told you some,” I start, swallowing past the lump in my throat. I hate that he had to find out like that, or at all. “He had never hit me that bad before. It was mostly verbal abuse or a slap here and there. There were a few times it got bad, but that night changed everything for me. I could have lost both Asher and Jasmine.

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