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Declining Micah's offer to take the rest of the week off, Elizabeth agreed to at least taking a day off, and happily shut off her alarm that night. She was too excited to sleep in and she couldn't even feel guilty about it. The next day, after getting up, praying, brushing her teeth, feeding Lola and reading her bible, Elizabeth sat on her bed, admiring the view from her window. The sky was a lovely blend of warm blues and soft browns, reminding her of rainy days spent under a thick blanket, and it made her smile. Watching the streets of New York with that smile on her face, she went to turn away and her eyes skimmed over her phone. Mulling over a sudden thought, she did a double take, biting her lip in contemplation. Staring a moment longer, she shrugged and dove for the phone. Pulling up Brandon's number, she dialed it and rose her phone to her ear. "Hello?" His voice only deepened her smile. So much so, she giggled."Buon giorno, bebè.""Good morning to you, too. Someone sounds
Boomerang bet Chapter 65
The days went by quickly and with work hard and unrelenting, Beth barely had time for much else. Striding into Glaze inc from a meeting one hot afternoon, she smiled at the receptionist on her way to the elevator and guzzled down the iced tea in her hand as soon as she got in, almost moaning at how good it was. Gosh she was parched! Disposing the cup as soon as she landed on the eighteenth floor, she was heading straight for her office when a voice called out to her. She turned to meet the smiling face of her co worker, Yolanda."Yolly!"Yolanda instantly halted and groaned. "I hate you."Beth giggled. "You wish.""Done with the people from Tech-pire?" She asked, crossing the distance. "Just got done and I am beat. I wonder why I had to be the one to go in and deal the blow.""That is one part of your job that I don't envy. Anyway, a package came in for you."Beth frowned in question, suddenly noticing the bag in Yolanda's hand. "Really? From who?"Yolanda's face went flat. "A zoo.
Boomerang bet Chapter 66
Chuckling to himself, Brandon stood up and strolled to the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking down at the ever busy streets of New York. Pulling in a deep breath and letting it out in a slowly, he grinned at the thought of what that evening meant to him. At the thought of Beth saying yes. 'She could say no, too,' his subconscious butted in. Running his tongue over his teeth, he straightened his shoulders and stared at his reflection in the glass. Then frowned. Why? What reason would she have to say no?"Aren't you looking all daper?"Brandon's entire body stiffened. Almost instantly, a feeling akin to dread licked at his guts. As his mind ran around how it was that she had been able to get in and why, his ears picked up on her movement around his office, picking up papers and humming to herself.Easing his hands into his pockets, he turned his head slightly and found her in his periphery."What do you want, Margaret?"Catching her form in the glass, he watched her turn to him, stare,
Boomerang bet Chapter 67
As the security team dispersed to do a complete sweep of the building, Christopher took to the parking lot, taking extra care to look over all the vehicles. Scrutinizing the left section of the fleet of cars with a keen eye, he was heading for the right section when his eyes glanced a pair of feet sticking out from under the third to the last car. He froze. Doing a quick double take, he examined the plate number, frowned. Beth's car? Was that Jeffery? Sweeping his eyes around for any other sign of life asides himself and Jeffery, he began for him. He was less than a foot away when he heard a gruff curse come from under the car, and froze. Alarm bells went off in his head. That voice was too rough to belong to Jeffery, and if anything was at all wrong with the car, Joshua, the company's mechanic would have been the one to deal with it while Jeffery stood close by. Slowly and quietly, he reached for the taser in his belt, his body coiling tight, ready to jump in to action. Going the res
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Limping into the parking lot with Randall and Chadwick in tow, Christopher arrived at the spot where he and the masked man had squared it down and found the car missing, a big, light yellow puddle left in its stead. Apprehension gripped the group. He watched Chadwick go to inspect the puddle and dip his fingers in it. Turning to look at him and Randall, he confirmed what Christopher already suspected. "It's brake oil." "Shit!" Randall ran a hand down his face. Where's the car? Where's Jeffery?" As if waiting to be summoned, Jeffery came walking down the slope. "Jeffery!" His head shot up. "Where's the car?" Jeffery frowned at Randall's curt tone and glanced between the men. "What–" "Where are you coming from?" Christopher interrupted. Jeffery's frown deepened. Looking from one man to the other, he answered, "The toilet. What's going on?" "Fucking hell," Chadwick mumbled. "Do you know where the car is?" He scrunched up his face then. The car? The car was... He looked at
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Focused on reaching Beth, Brandon got more and more irritated everytime other calls interrupted him. Growling and biting his tongue when Frederico called him for the umpteenth time, he declined yet again and went to call her again when his phone began ringing, her name boldly on display. Swiping with a harsh thumb, he activated the loud speaker and barked, "Where the fuck are you?!" "Where are you?" "Elizabeth--" "Brandon, where are you?" "On my way to you. Where—" "I'm turning around. Brandon, I need you to take your foot off the accelerator." For a moment, he just started at the phone, his face scrunched up. "Excuse me?" "Dio." Her hands were shaking. As she ran one down her face, she asked, "Are you driving my car?" "Yes." Dizziness hit her like a freight train. Her breaths started coming out in puffs. "Baby, I need you to take your foot off the accelerator." "What--" "Brandon, the brakes are cut!" A silent curse reached her ears and she glanced at Alexander through the
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They bust in through the hospital doors, Brandon on a stretcher with Beth on one side of him and Brian on the other side. Doctors and nurses rushed around him and Brian's quick steps slowed, but Beth refused to be pried away. Halting only when a firm hand grabbed her arm, she let out a panicking mewl, her eyes desperately following the moving stretcher. The further he got, the more she struggled for freedom. Someone was barking out orders. More people in white ran towards him. Patients looked on with worry. Anxiety blanketed the air."What is happening to that young man, Beatrice?" An old man on a wheelchair croaked out, looking up at his caretaker.A cry left Beth's mouth. She had to get to Brandon. She needed to get to Brandon. In the ambulance, he had mumbled one word over and over again. Her name. Recalling how he'd sounded weaker and weaker each time, her franticness renewed with a vigor. She trembled badly. So much blood. There was so much blood. She watched his bed disappear be
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Beth stood in the middle of the road, frozen. Apprehension slowly dripped down her spine like a melting icicle. Pain was an ever present companion, licking at the bottom of her belly. A wind blew, bringing with it something that scared her more than everything else... The chilling sense of acceptance. Acceptance of the horror that was to come. The truck was approaching quickly, dragging behind it the awful chugs of a shrilling wind. A zing assaulted her eardrums.The skies greyed. Storms billowed. At the center of it all was Elizabeth, completely and utterly frozen. She was the brutally tortured character, sentenced to live through a misery spun, sadness inspired tale. She could see it all... Hear it all, feel it all... But she remained unable to react. Her mother's horrified face flashed before her eyes then. Pleading. Then came the terrified face of her father. He shook his head. She smiled wearily. It was for the best. He opened his mouth."ELIZABETH!" He yelled, but it was
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