Unbroken: The complete story (The Collective Book 1) by Riley Edwards

Author:Riley Edwards [Edwards, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rebels Romance
Published: 2019-04-13T16:00:00+00:00

24

Aftermath

Austin

Across town…

I used the drive to April and Rick’s house to try and convince myself I could do this. The last time I had to break the news that someone’s loved one had died was when I told my parents Loren was dead. My palms were sweaty, and my heart raced. Damn, I missed my sister. The last 24 hours had fucked with my head. When Reid brought Ava downstairs naked wrapped in a blanket, I thought Carl had violated her. After her outburst in the parking lot, I was positively murderous. Loren had said pretty much the same thing after she was raped. Goddamn, I hated that word. Hated what it meant. I watched as my sister blamed herself. Loren’s decline was fast and furious. First with alcohol to numb her mind, then drugs. Once she started, there was no stopping her.

I had to get away from Ava and let Reid handle his business before I overstepped and said something that I would regret. I knew Reid wouldn’t let Ava get away with the shit talk. I knew he would set her straight, but all the memories and emotions came rushing back. Like a freight train, I couldn’t stop them. Ava wasn’t Loren, and in the end, Reid had gotten to her in time.

The more I thought about what I was going to say to April, the more I started to doubt myself. Put me in a five-on-one bar fight, not a fucking problem. Clean up a crime scene after a scumbag takes one to the head, non-issue. A grieving woman crying… that had my gut in knots. I had never done well with a crying woman, but after I watched my mom grieve and cry for years, I could no longer handle it.

I couldn’t fuck this up. April needed to be taken care of. I couldn’t disappoint my friend. I had to do this. Rick was one of my closest friends, and I had to do this for him. For Reid.

Fuck.

All too soon I pulled to a stop in front of the house. It was barely dawn, and the house was still dark. I sat in the truck and stared at the house. It was a cute little starter house in an older hood of San Fran. Rick bought it only six months before. When he asked April to marry him, he moved them out of the one bedroom apartment into this three-bedroom home. He wanted her to have this. I only know a little about her past, but I do know she had a shit childhood and Rick was determined to make sure she never had shit again.

I wondered if I should wait just a few more hours? Give April a few more hours of peace before I ripped her life out from under her.

You know, the thing is, minutes before your whole world is shattered - when you’re going about your daily life without a care in the world, you don’t know that your life is about to be in ruins.

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