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Chapter35
Jericho
“I’m gonna see where River is?” I say to Gina and Eden.
It’s been awhile since I saw River’s fans leaving the lounge with their autographed copies of the program.
“Okay. We’ll wait here. She’s probably got her hands full. She was amazing.” Gina chuckles.
“She was. I’ll just go check though in case she needs help with anything.” I’m eager to see her. Desperate.
When the curtains opened and I first saw her on stage I didn’t know how she was going to react.
Seeing her smile at me then and moments through her performance gave me hope that I was enroute to getting her back.
A lot has happened over the last few days and I know her father turned himself in.
The only other person I’ve been keeping my eye on is Sasha, but I might not know if he gets out until it’s too late.
I make my way down to River’s dressing room. She should be inside by now getting changed.
When I get there the sound of something smashing on the floor followed by a muffled scream has my blood pumping a hundred miles an hour.
Instinct pushes me to kick the door in, but I hold back and open it carefully. Once I get a look in I see my worst fears come to life.
Sasha has River hoisted into the air with his hand over her mouth. River looks like a helpless rag doll in the clutches of his grasp.
Damn it to hell. The fucker is out of prison. I was too late. Now he’s here and he got to her before me.
If I rush in now and alert him to my presence he might hurt her, so I hold back and think of a plan to kick his ass. I need to put him down like the dog he is once and for all.
“You’re coming with me Baby Doll,” he growls in River’s face.
No she’s not.
The opportunity to move in comes when he walks to the fire escape.
I grab the fire extinguisher on the wall across from me, then I rush in.
Stealthily I move and he doesn’t know I’m near until I land the extinguisher in the center of his shoulder blades.
We’re the same height so when I hit him it’s hard and effective.
He stumbles forward howling in pain and releasing River.
She sees me and dashes to the side of the room, gasping.
Sasha turns and I hit him again with the extinguisher. This time in his face.
No matter how bad ass he is, that’s gonna hurt like a motherfucker. It shows in the blood that spurts from his nose, the bruises that are already forming, and in the sound of his groans, but I’m not done with him yet.
Back in Russia he looked at me as if he could have pulverized me if he had the chance.
This is the beating I wanted to give his ass. I throw myself on him and we tumble to the ground. He manages to get a few punches in, but they do nothing to me.
He called me rich boy as if I’d been the pampered prince all my life. I’m sure he can see now that I’m not. I land punch after punch in his face and I can see he’s more injured than he wants to accept.
“This is for my girl. How dare you put your hands on her?” I shout in his face and give him another round of punches.
