Chapter Fifty-Two
“Safe - Free from danger or injury; unhurt. Secure from danger, harm, or evil.”
Piper
I heard the beeping, I felt the gentle pressure of a blanket over my body, and I knew finally I was somewhere safe. I didn’t open my eyes because I wasn’t ready yet. When I opened them, I’d have to see. I’d have to see everything I’d been blind to for so long.
All this time I’d been falling. Falling for a man who wanted me dead.
I thought of him fondly while he thought of ways to erase me from this earth.
Had I let my obsession with the man who died for me get in the way of everything else?
Did I yearn for him so badly that I didn’t care what I had to do to get answers?
My brain lost these thoughts as a feeling of pain came over me. My body was so tired. I’d fought to stay alive and I was… but for how much longer?
I heard a soft noise beside me and then felt a presence that had probably been there all along. Was it Frankie? No. Frankie would be demanding that I open my eyes. She’d be yelling at me for scaring her this way.
This presence was heavy and silent, laced with regret. Was he here, then? Was he waiting to kill me in my sleep?
Perhaps if I was going to die, doing so peacefully would be best. I tried to die while fighting and that hadn’t gotten me anywhere.
Something cold touched my skin and then was drawn away. I lay there without one ounce of energy to open my eyes. As I began to fall asleep, I heard a heavy sigh and something warm wrapped around my fingers.
Dex.
I thought about reaching for the call button. I thought about getting some help. But I never got that far. Because as soon as the thought entered my mind, Dex began to talk.
He began to confess.