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It was Cam and Maeve.
But why were they in my room?
Making my eyes cooperate took a force of will as I blinked them open, everything a blur. My left eye could only open to a small slit, with blistering pain burning around it.
‘Where am I?’
The room was far too white and shiny to be my home.
God, my lips ached when I spoke.
‘Mac called us from jail. He said Tommy hurt you. He didn’t have time to explain.’
Images came rushing back, stealing my breath at the reminder of Tommy on top of me, raining fists down into my flesh. He’d wanted to kill me.
‘He’s coming back for me,’ I whispered, panic making me stammer as I tried to sit up in the bed. Wires tugged at my hands as I tried to move, adding to the many aches that plagued me.
‘Hey, come here.’ Cam wrapped his arms gently around my shoulders, giving me that familiar sense of safety that he’d provided our entire childhood. It set me off, great sobs wracking my body as he stroked my hair and held me.
‘We’ve got two of our guys on your door,’ Maeve said, reaching out to dab at my wet cheeks with a tissue. ‘You’re safe.’
It took a long time for my sobs to calm into tears, and finally into a shudder as I sat back and reluctantly released my brother.
‘Logan and Ewen have everyone out looking for Tommy. He can’t get too far. When they find him, you won’t have to worry anymore. Ever again.’
‘Wait,’ my stomach dropped as I went over everything they said. ‘Why is Mac in jail?’
‘He found you. The police took him in thinking he’d done this to you. We’ve got things moving with our contacts in the force. He’ll be out soon, if not already.’
Resting my head back against the bed, I took a shaky breath.
‘Katie, why did Mac find you? You guys hate each other. Why would he have been at your house?’ Maeve leaned in, her eyes flicking over my injured face.
‘It’s complicated.’
‘Complicated as in...’
‘We had a thing.’
Cam nearly choked as he gaped at me. ‘You and Mac? Is that why Tommy hit you?’
Maeve all but growled at her husband. ‘Even if her and Mac were together, that’s no reason for him to beat her.’
I almost laughed at the look on my brother’s face as he back pedalled fast. ‘No, I wasn’t saying that. I meant, why would Tommy have done this? Has he hit you before?’
‘Once or twice. But nothing like this. I think he’s gone insane. There’s some stuff I’ve not told you guys.’ I still didn’t want to tell them. I didn’t want them to judge me. ‘He killed a man in my bed.’
‘What the fuck?’ Cam said.
Maeve paled as she looked from her brother to me.
‘I’d broken up with Tommy, and after I found out Mac was the one who’d been stalking me, I went out and got drunk. Really drunk. I took a guy home and when I woke up, he was dead. I thought I’d done it. Mac helped me get rid of him.’
‘Did you just say Mac was stalking you?’ Maeve asked.
‘I’m going to fucking kill him.’ Cam clenched his teeth and narrowed his eyes.
Shit.
