Chapter 10
Tianna
My body aches as I roll over and groan. I reach out my hand, and it bumps into someone. Instantly, I pull back and swallow a scream. My eyes are fuzzy as I blink them rapidly trying to see who it is. It has to be Brad. We were getting married. That’s the last I remember. No. I can’t be married to him. I can’t.
I blink my eyes rapidly, and they slowly begin to focus. This isn’t Brad’s room and that isn’t Brad in the bed next to me. It’s Remy.
What the hell is going on? How did I get here? Why am I here? No. I can’t be here. I can’t. He’ll kill her! I have to go. I have to make this right.
I climb out of the bed, falling to the floor in the tangle of sheets as I cry out in pain. Then I force myself to my knees when he’s next to me.
“You okay? You need to lie down,” Remy says as I swat at him to leave me be. He backs up a little, but he doesn’t move away.
“I have to go. This is wrong.”
“You aren’t goin’ anywhere.”
“Like hell, I’m not! Why am I here? What the hell did you do?” I scream at him. He looks as confused as I feel as I shove to my feet and steady myself. I run my hand over my face, focusing on the room. It’s Remy’s room at the clubhouse.
“What the hell are you talkin’ about, Tianna?”
“What did you do? What the fuck did you do?” I scream as I storm toward him, my hands in fists at my sides. I swing, hitting him in the face before he grabs me and pulls me against him.
“Calm the fuck down!” he demands as I begin to cry. Maybe I can fix this. Maybe I can make this right with Brad. I have to try, right? I have to do something.
“Let me go! You have no idea what you’ve done! Are you insane?” I scream as he lets me go. I step away from him and look for clothes, any clothes. That’s when I see my wedding dress in pieces on the floor. I walk over slowly and pick up the tattered remains before turning to face him.
“Tianna, calm down.”
“What did you do, Remy? What the hell did you do?” I cry harder now. My heart splinters in my chest as I think about her and what she must be going through. What if he hurt her? What if he killed her? Sobs shake my body as Remy comes toward me.
“You used our safe word, Tianna. You used it in your vows.”
“What?” My head snaps up, my eyes locking with his. “I did what?”
“You don’t remember?”
“I wouldn’t have done that. I wouldn’t have said that.”
“You did and I assumed you wanted out of there. You fuckin’ passed out before we ever left,” he tells me. “You have drugs in your system, Tianna. What did you take?” Drugs? I don’t take drugs. What the hell is he talking about? Then it hits me.
“Brad gave me something to help me calm down. That was it,” I tell him.
“Gave you what?” He growls.
“I … I don’t know. He just said it would help me calm down before the wedding.”
“He drugged you,” he says, taking a step back and running his hand through his hair.
“I … I don’t remember what happened, Remy.”
“You used our safe word, Tianna. You used it twice, and I got you the fuck out of there,” he reminds me.
“I don’t remember that! Why don’t I remember that?”
“He drugged you. The Doc is tryin’ to figure out what it was.” I shake my head. He wouldn’t do that. Not on our wedding day. Why would he?
“He wouldn’t do that.” Remy huffs out a breath as I turn to look at him. “He wouldn’t do that on our wedding day, Remy.”
“Well, he did.”
“This is all wrong. I have to go.”
“No.”
“What?”
“I said no, Tianna. You’re not goin’ anywhere. I just risked my ass to get you here, and now you’re stayin’.”
“I can’t stay here! I was supposed to be married, Remy!”
“And now you’re not! And until I figure out what the hell is goin’ on with you, you’re not goin’ anywhere.” His voice holds more authority than I remember. He’s never spoken to me like that before, and I’m at a loss as to what to say to him.
“Remy,” I begin to speak softly.
“Don’t. Just fuckin’ don’t,” he warns me.
“You don’t understand. If I don’t go back, bad things will happen, Remy.”
“Are you fuckin’ crazy, Tianna? He fuckin’ drugged you! And you want to run back to him? What the fuck is wrong with you?” He screams at me. I move toward the dresser and grab one of his shirts before finding a pair of his sweatpants and tugging them on. I tie the sides to keep them from falling off before heading for the door. Remy moves to block it, standing in front of it.
“You have to let me go, Remy. I need to go.”
“No.”
“You don’t understand!”
“Then make me fuckin’ understand, Tianna! Make me fuckin’ understand why you want to run back to that man who drugged you?” Anger rolls off him in waves, and I know this is all fucked up. I don’t know what the hell is happening anymore. I’m so confused. I don’t remember anything. I don’t know what the hell to do.
“Remy, I can’t explain something that I don’t even understand myself. Just trust me, I have to go,” I tell him as calmly as possible.
“You’re not goin’ anywhere.”
“You can’t keep me here,” I tell him, keeping my tone even.
“You wanna bet? You used our safe word for a reason, Tianna. You knew I was there,” he tells me.
“I … I can’t remember, Remy.”
“You knew I was there! You said it for a reason, and now I’m gonna figure out what the hell is goin’ on.”
“You have to let me go. I can’t stay here,” I say, shaking my head.
“You don’t have a choice.”
That’s when I lose it. I rush at him full force, slamming into him like a freight train. His body thuds against the door, but his arms wrap around me, holding me in place. I scream, I fight, I even bite him, but he doesn’t let me go. I kick, I scream, but he just holds on tighter.
“Let me go!”
“No.”
“Let me go, Remy! I have to fucking go!” I scream as I fight the hold he has on me.
“Give me one good fuckin’ reason, and I’ll let you go,” he roars at me. And before I can think about it or stop myself the words come out.
“He’s going to kill our daughter!”