Iam standing still in front of my lake house; the flames have taken over everything. I got a notification that there was a fire here on my phone when I road up, and my heart sank and stopped as I watched the flames quickly spread across the home that had become Lil’s and mine.
Chad needed to make a point, so he chose to take this place from us.
This motherfucker is going to pay for what he has done, one way or another he will never be able to sleep with his fucking eyes closed again. I will make sure of that.
I pull my phone out, swipe across the screen, and push on Lil’s name.
The phone starts to ring, once, twice a third time then the rings stop.
“Lil,” I say, putting the phone on speaker as I watch the lake house continue to go up in flames, I can hear the fire truck and police heading this way.
“No Jaxy boy this is not Liliana, this is your worst fucking nightmare,” Chad says in a low dark voice.
“Chad,” I say through gritted teeth.
“Don”t the flames look so pretty,” Chad says with amusement.
“Where is she?” I snap at him, feeling my heart race.
“Oh, she is here with me, but she can’t answer you right now,” He says with a small chuckle.
“I swear to fuck Chad if you touch her,” I warn, knowing that he already has, knowing that I made a big fucking mistake leaving her to come here.
He chuckles.
“I touched her, Jax, of course, I fucking did; she will never forget tonight, that I made sure of.” He confesses to me with pride.
“Too scared to face me, huh?” I ask, needing to take his attention away from Lil.
“I”m not Scared, no, but I do love hearing your false confidence,” he says, snapping back at me.
“You want me? Come get me, Chad,” I yell at him.
“No, you are not in control here,” He says, his voice low and filled with rage.
“Where?” I ask.
“Come to the locker rooms, where you so proudly tried to put me in my place,” He says with disgust.
“Better hurry, Jaxon; I think I might kill her,” He warns me, a warning that I know is quickly turning into a promise.
“Please, don’t,” I beg him as I turn and run towards my bike.
“Begging doesn’t sound good on you, Jaxon Fox,” He snaps at me.
I hear his breathing increase as he lets out his scream, I can hear Lil, she is crying, whimpering.
“Please meet me. Leave her alone, Chad,” I say as I swing my leg over, gain my balance, start my bike, and place my phone in the holder.
“Listen,” He whispers into the phone.
“Scream for me slut,” He says as he does something, I don”t know what, but whatever it is, it is hurting her.
“Chad, please!” she cries and screams, making my heart sink as I ride faster down the dirt road.
This has to fucking end, the cop was right it only made things worse with the restraining order, but tonight it ends, tonight I will make sure he can never fucking touch her again.
The firetruck and cop cars race by me as I focus on the road ahead of me, on the cries from the love of my life on the other side of the phone.
I don”t care about the lake house. The only thing I care about is her.
“I’ll see you soon Jaxy boy,” He says and hangs up the phone.
Fuck.
This can only end one of two ways: I know this, and so does he.
I will do whatever it fucking takes to make sure he can never hurt her again.
I pull up to the side of the building. I turn off my bike and click on the tracker app, Lil’s phone is pinging inside, telling me he is waiting for me, and now I have no idea where Lil is.
I take a deep breath as I swing my leg over and straighten, starting to make my way beside the fence to the open sidewalk leading me underneath the bleachers and into the underground locker room.
This is where I confronted him when I should have fucking killed him.
I begin making my way underneath, holding tightly onto my helmet.
I see a light up front about 15 feet away, and a figure stands in the light.
He is standing still, just waiting for me to make another point.
If he wants me to feel powerless, out of control, and completely fucking unhinged, he is getting exactly what he fucking wants.
“Where the fuck is she?” I say as I stop about a foot away from Chad.
I look down at his hands and see the fresh blood on his knuckles.
“What the fuck did you do, Chad?” I ask, hearing the anxiety in my voice.
“Made sure that the only one that is on her mind is me.”
My blood boils, and my vision blurs as I rush into Chad, before he can do anything I hit him as hard as I fucking can in the side of the head with my helmet, and he stumbles. I drop my helmet and grab him by the throat, turning and pushing him against the wall.
“Are you ready to die, Chad?” I ask him, my voice low and filled with hate.
“Are you Jaxon?” He snaps as he punches me in the face.
A grunt leaves me as my vision becomes more blurred.
I tighten my grip on his throat and punch him in the stomach over and over and over again, I release my hold on him and watch him slide down the wall.
I rest my hands against the cold wall as I lift my foot and start to stomp on his chest.
Screams are leaving me, words are leaving me but none of them make any sense, all I can hear and see is him beating her, talking down to her, calling her a slut.
“You should have walked away, Chad,” I scream at him as I continue to kick him in the ribs and stomach.
My heart is racing as I stop and take in a deep breath, I slowly kneel in front of him his face is bloody, he is holding tightly onto his stomach, and the bruises are already forming across his entire face.
“Tell me where she is,” I whisper.
Chad looks at me, his eyes wide, his breathing unsteady. He thought he was going to win this little game, but he isn”t; he was never going to win.
“She is at the library,” He whispers.
I slowly stand up and look down at him. I raise my fist and punch him as hard as I can in the face, his head goes to the side, his body goes limp his breathing closes down.
Lil.
I quickly turn and head back the way I just came, please God let her be alive, please don”t take her from me, if you need someone to take please fucking take me.
I get off my bike and take the stairs leading up to the library two at a time, I push open the front doors and run inside, I know what part she studies in, I just fucking hope and pray that he didn’t move her.
I continue to run through the library, I can feel people’s eyes on me, but I don”t fucking care.
I stop when I see her body on the ground next to the table. There is blood everywhere.
My heart stops as I fall to my knees beside her and take her face into my hands forcing her to look at me, her breathing is slowed, her eyes are closed, and her entire face is bloody and bruised.
“Darlin, please open your eyes,” I beg her.
“Jax?” She whispers through the pain.
“I’m here; I’m right fucking here,” I say, trying to reassure her.
She opens her eyes and looks at me. Tears escape her eyes as she tries to take a deep breath.
I pull out my phone and dial 911, I place the phone on the floor and take her into my arms, she rests her head against my chest as I grab my phone and stand, her body is shaky.
“Please send someone to the library. My girlfriend has been attacked,” I say rapidly.
Tears escape my eyes and roll down my face as I rest my face against the side of her face, “I love you, Liliana, please hold on, please don”t fucking leave me.”
She doesn’t respond as I make my way through the library and out the front doors.
I can already hear the cops coming, and I just hope they get here on time.