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Biting her lip, she dialed the number while Lucero stood guard.
It rang once. Twice. On the third, someone answered.
“Hello?”
Noelle blinked.
“Camilla… Why are you answering the phone?”
“Noelle?” Her sister-in-law asked.
“Please put my brother on. It’s urgent and I don’t have time.”
“What’s wrong?”
“I don’t have time, Camilla. Please put my brother on…”
“Tell me what’s wrong, maybe I can help,” she continued.
“Sergio,” Noelle took a deep breath, her rib cage flaring with pain. “He’s going to kill me. Please get my brother. I need him to come for me and get me out of here. I don’t know how much longer I have left at this rate…” the words poured out of her.
But out of nowhere, the line got cut, a succession of beeping sounds ringing in her ear.
“Hello? Camilla?” Noelle frowned.
With a quick glance to Lucero, she redialed the number, tapping her foot anxiously as she waited for Camilla to pick up again.
Moments on end passed, and still the line was busy.
She tried again. And again.
“Someone’s coming,” Lucero turned to her. “We need to leave. Fast.”
Yet just as they hurried to leave the living room, Sergio suddenly appeared before them.
Noelle’s eyes widened in alarm, for this time it wasn’t just her who was in danger, but also Lucero. And she wasn’t going to allow her friend to get hurt because of her.
“What the fuck do you think you’re doing. I told you not to leave your room,” he barked at her, his eyes dripping with malice and a fierce need for revenge.
He hated her. No, heabhorredher. With good reason, of course, since she’d robbed him of his most prized possession. Yet despite all the abuse she’d suffered, she couldn’t find it in her to regret what she’d done.
She lifted her chin up.
For the first time, she wasn’t about to let Sergio walk all over her, nor would she allow him to abuse her again.
“I was just on the phone with my brother,” she lied.
Sergio’s eyes glinted dangerously.
“Is that so…” he spoke slowly, watching her carefully.
“Yes. In fact, I invited him to come visit soon. I thought he should see for himself the state of his sister,” Noelle looked him straight in the eye.
“You’re lying,” he accused.
“I’m not, and I think we both know my brother won’t allow this.”
His cheek twitched in annoyance.
