Page 68 of Forever my Love

She frowned when Reece didn’t respond right away. Had he fallen? Somehow hurt himself?

Then she stepped into the kitchen and froze. There was a trail of blood leading from the kitchen island to the back hallway towards the mud room.

She raced through the kitchen, following it to the back door in the mud room. There, taped to the broken glass of the back door, was a note.

She ripped it down with shaky fingers.

“You know where to find me, Princess. Come alone or you won’t even get to say goodbye.”

Everything in her body froze. The tingle on her skin was back, causing her to shiver.

Reaching for the hook by the back door where they hung the car keys, she realized Reece’s keys were gone. Looking out, she knew why. His truck was gone too.

She took her keys and grabbed her coat off the hook in the mud room. She shoved her cell phone into her pocket.

She ran to her truck in the rain, praying with each step she took.

Thoughts of calling Nick were pushed out of her mind quickly. There was no way she was going to chance Reece’s life. Not when she’d just gotten him back.

The amount of blood on the kitchen floor worried her as she drove towards the cabin. Had he attacked Reece?

She knew that the only way Reece would have gone with the man is if he was unconscious. There was no way Fred would kill him. Yet.

Panic threatened to take over, causing her to swerve and almost drive off the road. Her wipers were working fast to clear the rain from her vision.

What was she going to do? How could she save Reece?

Why did Fred take Reece away from the house and drag him to the cabin? Why not knock Reece out and head upstairs? She’d been there, alone.

Then she remembered how Fred had always enjoyed ruining or destroying anything she and Harper loved.

One day they had come home to find a small fort they’d built destroyed. He’d laughed and laughed when they’d cried over it.

He knew how much the sisters loved the cabin. How much hard work they’d done. He’d hurt them when he’d destroying the bathroom tiles.

Was he planning on destroying the cabin?

Or on killing Reece there to forever taint the location for her?

Oh god!

Then she remembered Nick’s conversation. They were going to stop by the cabin this morning. There was a chance he and Tom were there already. Would they see Reece’s truck? Would they know what was going on or would Fred freak out upon seeing the police there and kill Reece before she had a chance to get there, to say goodbye to him.

She slammed her foot down on the pedal and prayed as she drove faster.

Two minutes. She was two minutes away from the cabin.

Just hold on. She sent up a prayer. Just hold on.