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“Then she can come home with me,” said Tobias, frowning at the doctor. He nodded.
“Alright. I’m going to write out some instructions. She’ll need to see a medical professional immediately upon arrival to be sure the bleeding is under control. I would strongly recommend therapy as well.”
“I can take care of all of that,” he said.
“Be gentle with her, son. This is going to take a long time to go away. Don’t get on an airplane for at least forty-eight hours. Let her body adjust and heal a bit.” Tobias nodded, then went back inside the room.
They’d given Gail something to help her sleep. Her long red hair was splayed out on the pillow, blood caked in the ends of it. She was bruised up and down her arms, legs, and torso. She was a fucking mess.
In his head, Tobias could almost hear what her family had probably said to her. ‘Sleep with a stranger, you get what you deserve.’ But no one deserved this. No one.
And the biggest problem was Tobias didn’t believe she’d slept with anyone.
Not one fucking person.
CHAPTER FOUR
Gail awoke to light filtering through rich velvet drapes. The room was cool, the sheets soft and warm. Trying to sit up, she let out a yelp of pain, then laid back, touching her face. Remembering.
“Hey, hey. Nothing too fast,” said Tobias.
“Tobias,” she moaned. “Why are you here?”
“You called me,” he said with a serious expression on his face. “I generally run when a lady says she needs help.”
“Why are you in Miami? We are still in Miami, right?”
“We are still in Miami. JB and the rest of our family were settling the case that involved Dana. It all ended here. Dana asked that I stay and check on you. I went to your home, but it was dark and empty.”
“No one was there?”
“No, hun. The place was completely dark and locked up tight. The pool was a slimy-green mess. There was no one there.” Gail looked distraught, staring at his face then around the room. “Gail, what happened, hun?”
“I-I don’t know,” she sniffed, shaking her head. “My father told me I had to go on this blind date with a neighbor’s son. William. I didn’t want to go, but he said it needed to happen. I don’t like getting picked up on a first date, so I told him I would meet him at the restaurant.
“When I went out to meet my taxi, he was walking up the drive. He’d sent the taxi home.”
“What happened next?” asked Tobias, trying to control his rage.
“We went to dinner, but honestly, he was boring, and I couldn’t concentrate?”
“Like you were drugged?”
“N-no,” she said, feeling her face flush. “I was thinking about you and the text you’d sent earlier that night. I’m sorry, Tobias.”
“Don’t be sorry,” he smirked. “I’ve been thinking a lot about you as well. What happened next?”
“He got angry because I wasn’t hanging on his every word. I told him we should end the date. When I tried to get a taxi, he got mad at me and said I would embarrass him. I didn’t want to make my parents angry, so I went with him. I was in the backseat with him, looking out the window, and suddenly, he was gripping my thigh.”
“What did he say?”
“Nothing. No, that’s not true. He said I was bought and paid for,” she frowned. “H-he said it like I was a whore, Tobias. A wh-whore.” She started crying again, and he pulled her against his chest, rocking back and forth.
“You’re not a whore, hun. Something is definitely wrong here, and we’re going to find out what it is. You’re a mess right now, and you need a place to heal and get right.”
“I don’t want to go back to New York,” she cried.
“You’re not going to New York. You’re coming home with me in a few days. Until then, we’re going to be here. It’s the penthouse condo of a friend of ours. You’re safe, and I’ve got additional security coming. They should be here soon.”
