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My phone pings, and I look down, smiling when I see it's from my bestie.
Lola Lo: Drinks tomorrow night, bitch. No excuses. I need friend time!
I chuckle and send her a thumbs up, when I feel eyes on me. I look toward the bar and notice Tom ordering the drinks. His eyes are not on me, but the feeling intensifies, and I suddenly know who it is. My entire body lights up with his attention. My head has a mind of its own as I look to my left, and there he is. His green eyes hold my dark ones, and my heart flips…then shatters, noticing the blond-haired woman hanging off his arm.
I send him a smile, trying to hide my hurt, which he doesn't return, and I look away.
How can you fall in love with someone without the feelings being reciprocated?
But more importantly, how in the hell can you get over them?
In his eyes, I'm just his little sister's annoying best friend, while in mine, he's my everything. I know him inside and out. I know his good bits, the bad, and the worst, but nothing he can do can squash the feelings that have consumed me. He already proved that I would do anything for him, including risking my freedom.
I blink as the front door slams shut, my heart flips, and my tears fall.
I let him go after that guy…. Oh God, why didn't I stop him?
My breathing grows harsher as I fear for his safety and his freedom. I quickly jump out of his bed and rush after him, just remembering to grab my shoes near the door, but by the time I get to the ground floor of his apartment building, he's gone.
"No, no, no…." I panic and look around. I’m wondering how I can stop him when I see a bicycle leaning against a wall.
I bite my lip. I've never stolen anything in my life, but this is an emergency, this is Lucas…my Lucas….
"Screw it," I mutter and run to the bike and take it, promising to bring it back.
Tom places my drink on the table in front of me, bringing me back. I clear my throat, smiling in thanks, before my eyes meet Doc's again.
God, I hate calling him his road name. To me, he's my Lucas, my protector.
I breathe hard as I peddle up to my parents' house, stopping near the oak tree that I used to climb to get away from the shouting, the parties, and the abuse. My chest heaves as I look around. I don't see Lucas's truck anywhere, and my heart stutters.
"Oh God, am I too late?" I whisper to myself, trying to catch my breath, my trauma truly in the back of my mind despite the pain in my breast from where the man bit it. The worry I feel for a man I have secretly loved for years pushing through.
Please, please, please….
I push my left hand through my hair in frustration, ready to scream as my heart pounds, before I see something out of the corner of my eye. I suck in a breath at the sight of someone being dragged, and I don't know why, but my instincts are telling me to follow.
With my heart in my throat, I sprint toward them, my feet slapping on the wet concrete, puddles splashing around me.
When I get closer, that voice, the one I know will haunt my dreams, pleads, "Don't, please don't. I promise I didn't do it. She ran, please, please, she ran…."
I run faster, hoping to stop Lucas from doing something that could ruin his life, but I come to a halt instead. I slap both my hands over my mouth to stop my scream as I watch the man I love ignore the pleas and lift an axe. He swings it, hitting the man who assaulted me right on his neck.
Bile rushes up my throat as I watch blood squirt from the man's neck as Lucas stands there, his eyes staying on the man who is choking on his own blood.
No, no, no….
Lucas throws the axe on the ground, and I quickly move behind a tree, tears building in my eyes. A sob wants to come out, but I swallow it down, trying to think of what to do.
He just killed someone…for me….
I feel like I should be screaming, running, anything, but I just feel numb, so very numb.
I hear rustling and quickly poke my head around the tree, only to see Lucas's large form walking away from the dead man, leaving him in the woods for anyone to see.
Oh God!
My tears fall as I watch his figure disappear, then look at the dead body, blood everywhere.
