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“I’ll gut you the way I did them,” he laughed running the knife down her top with enough pressure to cut the material and her skin above her undershirt.
“Let her go Scott,” Captain Worth warned. “It’s over.”
“No, it’s not, except for her,” he said raising the knife into the air to plunge it towards her and Olivia knew she didn’t have a choice.
Chapter 8
Olivia turned the piece of glass from the coffee table in her hand and jammed it into his leg making him yell in rage. She started to move aside but her foot caught the edge of the rug, and a smack landed on her face, tumbling her out of the way in her movement. She turned over and froze seeing the vile in his eyes as he laughed with rage.
Scott lunged towards her again as the others moved into the space, but the only thing that she heard was the blood rushing in her head. He grabbed her and pulled her back up facing him, his hold tight around her already injured wrist, making her head dance. The knife was inches from her when the gunshot penetrated her haze followed by another making Scott stumbled backwards.
A pair of hands pulled her out of the way and couldn’t stop watching as Scott fell onto the floor. He reached underneath the couch, and the glint of the gun made her dizzy, nearly dropping her to the floor. She closed her eyes as Scott aimed it her way, the last shot sounding as the hands holding her turned her away from it.
“It’s okay,” Jake said gently as he looked over his shoulder watching the gun be moved from Scott’s unmoving hands. He walked her out of the cabin and spotted Will pushing his way through the other officers who were trying to keep him back.
“Livy!” Will shouted, and Olivia lifted her head as the tears hit her. She took a step towards him, and he pushed through the last officer keeping him back.
Her vision blurred as she tried to manage the steps. She felt herself falling down them, but she never hit the ground as Will wrapped his arms around her. She buried her face into his neck and let the terror overtake her as she slid her arms over his shoulders and held on not about to let go.
“Shh…it’s over sweetie…it’s all over,” Will promised seeing Scott’s body inside the cabin.
He felt her strength begin to leave her and lifted her into his arms carrying her towards the waiting ambulance. He refused to put her down or let them kick him out of it even as they checked her wrist and hands, cleaning out the glass embedded in them.
He finally let her go once they were at the hospital, but he kept an ear open for the doctors coming out of the bay. He had no idea how she’d still been standing after what Scott had done to her and what he’d said made him wish Scott were still breathing long enough for him to end it.
The minutes passed by slowly, and he paced the area until he spotted her parents come in with Dan and Jess right behind them and he breathed easier.
“Where is she?” Jess asked with tears clinging to her lashes.
“She’s in there,” he said nodding towards the bay. “She’s awake and breathing but…”
“What?” Dan asked when he stopped.
“There’s no way she can be okay after everything that happened.”
“What did happen?” her father questioned as Jake and Teri joined them.
“Scott’s dead…we had no choice,” Jake stated.
“I don’t think it’s much of a loss,” Dan replied.
“No, it’s not,” he agreed.
“How is Olivia?” her mother asked.
“The doctors are still evaluating her injuries,” Teri answered. “I saw her and she’s doing as well as she possibly can be. They don’t believe there’s anything that will be threatening or dangerous to her health, but they want to be thorough because she hasn’t had a full exam in years.”
“I can’t believe he was doing that to her,” Jess said as the tears slipped down her cheeks again. “She shouldn’t have stayed with him.”
“Liv loves you, Jessie,” Will stated pulling her into a hug. “She would never let anyone hurt you if she thought she could stop it.”
“You’re Olivia’s family?” Dr. Cooper asked moving up beside Teri and Jake.
“Yes,” her mom answered. “How is she?”
“We’re sending her up for x-rays; we want a full view of all her injuries—present and past. She has several lacerations on her hands as well as a broken wrist. We’ll know more after the x-rays.”
“Can we see her?” Jess asked.
