Her Dangerous Revenge

ng the call. The rugged, untamed look was really working for him, and

to incarceration, but he was willing to sacrifice himself. Somewh

ut of my stupor. His face scrunched up as h

as she lightly placed

rned and walked back to their truck. Even though I w

he opened the truck door. Then s

gazed toward his wife and son as

away from his ear and seemingly glared at the

led out their phone to check fo

earing her voice, a recording answered. "All circ

I thought things co

inning out of control. No one looked up from their phon

om her eyes. I wanted to tell her that crying wasn't the solution, but who was I to judge? I

t anything?

omfort, but no one answe

?" Big man rubbed the

, walked over to our SUV, and

hin trembled while tears streamed down her face. My baby sister was terrified. It took all my control to stop myse

her because she didn't resemble my mother at all. The bruises hadn't improved, but the swelling in her cheeks

kers, and I flinched back. My shou

d to find Derek's intense blue gaze on me. It was fill

My question was answered when I noticed ev

I stepped away f

?" Dad yelled, slamming his palm against the st

t suddenly stopped on a fuzzy signal coming from 88.1. "... and all residents are being asked to stay at home and lock their doors. O

an through me. What the hell was that? The c

re was someone intentionally making it impossible for us

to be closer to Dad. I stepped back to mak

his

o the sid

s he flexed his f

ed a furious grunt and threw his hat at the ground. "I can

when he got angry. I reacted by backing away from him and glanced over to f

voice hollered from somewhere in the dista

e woman muttered. She'd been so quiet I

. The woman supported the man who looked like he would fall over at any moment. Every step appeared to be difficult and painful for him.

bushes to violently throw up. While he was hunched over the greenery, an immense sense of guilt washed over me.