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Oh, she hoped they kept hashing out all their differencesbecause time meant Landon was closer to coming for them.
“I wasn’t going to kill our parents,” Ted barked back. “Iknow you think we can get away with anything, but you’re clinically insane.”
She wished she hadn’t left her cell phone in her purse.She’d dropped it and hadn’t picked it back up. Josh could have found her if shehad her cell phone. She thought he could. Her hand went up to play with thesmall diamond solitaire Jack had given her as an “I’m sorry I cubed your car”present. She’d thought the car was enough, but he’d insisted. When she’drealized Olivia had one exactly like it, she’d felt like part of the family.
She would miss them so fucking much. If Micah killed her,wherever she went, she would miss them all.
“You didn’t mind when I managed to get us out from undertheir thumbs.” Micah seemed to get closer.
His voice was to her left. The river was to her right. Shecould hear it. It was full at this time of year. If she got in, she could floatto the ranch. She simply had to make it there without Micah seeing her. Itwould take her far faster than running, and there would be no mistaking whereshe was going. She couldn’t get lost in the river.
“You got us all in trouble. Now I have to find a way to getus out. Maybe I should find a way to get me out instead,” Ted said. “You’re onyour own, brother.”
“Fuck you. I’m doing what I have to do,” Micah growled back.
There was the sound of footsteps striding away, leavescrackling underfoot.
“Nora. Nora. I think we’re alone now.”
A chill coursed down her spine. Memories sparked throughher, remembrances of the times he would call out her name right before he madeher ache. Right before he would make her bleed. He would use that singsongvoice. It haunted her dreams.
“I’ve missed you, baby. I’ve missed you so much.”
He was closer. So much closer. Her fists clenched as shefought back the urge to cry. She had to stay calm. How close was he? Sometimessounds bounced around the woods.
“You took vows, Nora. Until death do us part,” Micah said.“I mean to honor our vows.”
He wasn’t her husband. He’d never been. He’d been the conartist who tricked her and then the monster who abused her.
Josh and Grim were her husbands. They loved her. Theytrusted her. They shared their family and their hearts and their futures withher.
She was not fucking giving up. She was not letting MicahHolloway take one more thing from her.
In the distance she heard a shot ring out.
“Damn,” Micah said with a huff. “Guess we’re not getting outof this. Well, at least I can take you with me.”
Adrenaline pumped through her system and she chose. Fight.
“You can’t hide from me.”
She wasn’t going to.
Anything can be a weapon, Nic. Look around. Getcreative. But mostly remember the cardinal rule.
She could hear Harlow’s voice in her head. Her friend hadspent weeks training her for this moment.
And she remembered the rule.
Never fight fair.
“When I find you, I think I’ll make it last. What my brotherdoesn’t know is I’ve left a trail that should lead straight to him,” Micah wassaying as Nicole glanced around, looking for any advantage she could find. “Ihave the money. I stole far more than I ever let on. I’m going to take care ofyou and then I’ll disappear. Thanks for becoming a problem again. I was gettingbored. Laura doesn’t cry the way you did. You were so pretty when you cried.”
There was nothing around her but sticks and rocks.
Sharp rocks.
As quietly as she could she leaned over and grabbed thebiggest rock she could find. It had a sharp, nasty edge to it that felt goodagainst her palm.
