Chapter 63

Jake

My anger was burning inside me, I had come to know my little doe well enough that if she is hiding something from me, it’s bad. I had been watching her grab her pockets sporadically something out of character, even more so as her eyes were as wide as saucers as she sat on edge throughout the meeting.

Even now she continued to back away from me until her back hit the cabinet, not something she has done since we have been together, I grab both her wrists seeing her wince, frowning I didn’t grab her that hard, I take out the item in her pocket.

I let go of her wrists stepping back from her. How could she! I look at her seeing her clutch her wrist, pocketing the device I walk back over to her grabbing her arm that she is clutching I pull back her sleeve, her lower lip trembles as I look down, I can see a large purple bruise forming her arm slightly swollen too.

‘Start speaking now,’ I demand from her watching her flinch. I don’t want to yell at her, but why didn’t she tell me, I