Secrets Worth Keeping (Finding my Home #2)- Nikita Parmenter Page 0,30
with Rylie, we won’t be gone long though” Trick says and I nod, smiling softly.
The guys all settle down to watch whatever movie they’ve put on. I’m not entirely sure and it’s not long until I’m slightly woken up as someone shifts me so I’m lying down and tucks me under the covers.
“Shhh, Baby it’s ok, it’s just me, go back to sleep” Rafe says as he kisses my forehead and pulls the covers up. I snuggle down my head on someone’s chest and I’m out like a light before the bed dips behind me. I hear a light chuckle but I’m too far gone to ask why someone’s laughing.
Chapter Eight
The next morning Rylie arrives just as the guys are going out the door, they exchange greetings before Rylie comes up to me where I’m stood in the doorway and winces at the scrapes on my face.
“Hey girl, how’re you doing?” she asks as she gently hugs me.
“I’m all good Ry, don’t worry” I grin.
“Good, I’m glad the fucker is dealt with, at least you can breathe a bit easier now” she says following me into the kitchen where Jenny’s just finished pulling some cookies out of the oven.
“Oh yum. They smell delicious, Jenny” I grin.
“Hey girls, how’re you Rylie?” Jenny asks as she plates the cookies and puts them on the counter in front of me. “They’re hot, help yourself” she smiles.
“I’m great thank you” Rylie replies.
“Good, would you girls like a coffee, I’m just about to make one anyway?”
“Yes please” we both answer, me with a mouth full of cookie already.
Once we have everything, we go up stairs and settle on my bed.
“So, what happened?” Rylie asks taking a bite of cookie.
When I texted her before I just told her that the stalker had tried to kidnap me and now he’s in custody, that I was hurt but ok, so I can appreciate the question.
“I went to the diner with the guys and everything was great until Trick said that we should probably talk about the fact that he kissed me in front of everyone and then immediately afterwards Jensen did, because the kids at school probably won’t have forgotten about that by the time we get back” Rylie’s eyes go wide, “yeah exactly, so me being a dumbass, panicked and made some ridiculous excuse about needing the bathroom.”
“Wait a second, why? I thought you were going to talk to them all anyway?” she interrupts confused.
“I was, I am but I wasn’t planning on it until we get back from our trip and I was going to start the conversation not them. I hadn’t prepared or got myself ready for bad news or anything. I know it was stupid and I should of just stayed then maybe Jeremy wouldn’t have taken me.”
“Taken you? Oh, my fuck, you said tried not actually fucking succeeded” she says her eyes wide.
“Let me finish telling you what happened?” she nods so I continue, “Jeremy attacked me outside the bathroom, hurt me badly enough that I couldn’t make enough noise or fight back properly and then dragged me towards the exit to the alley after bashing my head against the wall hard enough that my body wasn’t cooperating. I worked my shoe off and left it behind so the guys would know that I hadn’t just run off because of the conversation. He had a car hidden at the entrance of the alley and I briefly managed to get away from him but because of the head injury I just fell forward and landed on my face. I screamed for Trick and Jeremy having had enough, pulled me to the car by my leg, scraping the rest of me to hell along the gravel. He was driving me out of town spouting all this bullshit and then a car started following us.” I briefly wonder when the guys took the cars they borrowed back, they’re probably taking them back now actually.
“I didn’t recognise the cars, Jeremy’s driving became erratic the longer they followed us but the car following never rammed into us or anything like that. The only time it came in contact with our car was whenever Jeremy tried to take a turning. We ended up on the road by October Farm, the car behind us had back up because suddenly there was another one heading straight for us. Jeremy didn’t stop until the very last second. I was prepared to fight whoever they were even though I was in pain and