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I don’t know what ‘home’ means, if he refers to his house or hers.
Her house is closer. I can sprint there in less than sixty seconds.
“Micah?” Dani’s voice filters through my panic.
She moves close to Charlotte, placing her hands on the little girl’s shoulders. Charlotte looks up at her, then back at me, now horrified as she understands that something is very wrong.
There’s no answer when I call Tess’s number. Straight to voicemail.
Dani wraps her arms protectively around Charlotte. “Micah, please wait. You don’t know what you’d be walking into and Gage is almost home. You can’t…” She glances at the place where my hand used to be and winces, the words unspoken but obvious.
You can’t fight with one hand.
“Micah, don’t go.” Charlotte sniffs.
The frightened faces of my sisters beg me not to run into battle alone.
But if they know me at all then they know it doesn’t matter if I’m one handed, or no handed or reduced to slithering on my belly.
Hang on, baby. I’m coming.
“Stay here,” I tell my sisters and break into a run.
Nothing on earth can stop me from getting to Tess.
I meant it when I said I’d lay down my life for her.
I wouldn’t even hesitate.
And I’ve got one more fucking fight left in me.
Chapter39
Tess
He parks in the garage, right where my car used to go.
I try to scream again while the garage is open but he just sighs and presses the button to close the door.
Then I resist getting out of the car so Josh lifts me right up and carries me. I’m deposited gently into a cushioned dining room chair.
I haven’t been inside this house since the day my father threw me out.
Josh takes a seat across from me. “I wanted to bring you here because right here, right at this table, is where everything started.”
“Great. Can you remove my handcuffs now?”
He makes a pained face and flies over with the key ready. “I’m so sorry.” He sees the red marks on my wrists and becomes even more anguished. “Forgive me, Tessie. I’d never hurt you.”
That seems to be debatable in light of current events.
“Can I please call Micah and let him know I’m all right?”
He shakes his head with a sad smile. “Not yet.”
My fear has receded a little.
Josh may be crazy but he doesn’t seem like he wants me dead.
