This Love of Mine (Raine Series #1) by Bennett Amanda

Author:Bennett, Amanda [Bennett, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Self Published
Published: 2013-04-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Madison

The look on Kayla's face was one of crippling fear. Everything about her, told me she was terrified of the small woman standing on her porch. I couldn't make out many of the woman's features, but the glow emanating from the porch light emphasized her eyes, and I knew in an instant that the woman must be her mother.

I reached over, cradling Kayla's hand in my own and pressed a small kiss to the inside of her palm. I wanted her to feel reassured, in a moment when she looked anything but. Our seemingly good night had turned to shit in an instant.

I didn't know the story behind how Kayla had been hurt, but by the way she was shooting daggers towards her mother, I could only assume that she had something to do with what had happened. I glanced over at Kayla when she hadn't moved. She was focused on the dark silhouette and nothing else. The truck had since become eerily quiet and I needed to break the tension somehow.

I brushed a loose strand of hair from her face and bent my face down near the nape of her neck. "Are you going to be okay, sweetheart? I was prepared for a lie, but what I wasn't prepared to hear was the truth, but that's exactly what I got.

"No, no I'm not. That's my momma standin' there." She pointed in the direction of the woman staring back at us. "The stab wound on my leg, that woman, she's the one who did it."

My mouth fell open in shock and my mind began moving a million miles a minute, trying to comprehend what I had just heard. I was tryin' to think of something, anything to say, but my words failed me. I was having a hard time fathoming how someone could do something so heinous to their own child. She must have sensed my trepidation because she bowed her head into my shoulder. I pulled her deeper into my chest while running my hand up and down her back. If that wasn't a woman standing up there, I would have been out of my truck in a second flat, and beating the shit out of her.

"What happened, Kayla?" I whispered into the top of her head before pressing my lips into her hair.

"She and my ex didn't want me leaving, so they tried to stop me. That's about it." She gave me a weak smile and then pushed herself up and started scooting towards the door.

Before her hand reached the handle, I caught it with mine and gently turned her upper body towards me. "Let me come in with you? Kayla, I can't leave you here to deal with her all alone."

"You can't Madison. I wont let you. I care for you too much, to let you see the inside of my messed up world."

I was in shock, most girls would love to have a guy standin' up for them. "Are you sure? I need you to

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