Chapter 17
Tank
It was a week after I last saw Kirsty. We spoke every night, but I fucking missed her. I sent her a good morning message every morning, but it wasn’t the same. I had known her for three weeks and had been gone for one of them. It was crazy how fast we had moved but it felt normal, right.
Last night we caught a break. Buzz found out from someone he knew that Jackson would be leaving his apartment today for an appointment. This is what we had been waiting for. We had been sitting on his apartment since we arrived, and he hadn’t left once. We knew he was there as we had seen him in there. All we had to do was sit outside his apartment and grab him when he was on his way to the town car he had hired. We had hired a van with a side door to make it easier to drag him into.
Buzz was driving the van. Me and Rider were going to get him on the street, Creek would be inside the van, waiting to open the do
Chapter 18KirstyWe stayed up so late just being together. He was so ridiculously sweet. Stroking my hair, dropping sweet little kisses on my head, shoulder, anywhere he could access really. I was falling hard for this man.Tank got up in the middle of the night for some food, I desperately needed a shower so took advantage of being alone for ten minutes before he dirtied me up again. He stayed downstairs for a while. I ended up going to look for him. I found him sitting in the dark in the kitchen, a lukewarm cup of coffee in front of him. “James? Are you alright?” I asked, concerned. He looked up at me, something was on his mind, I could see it in his beautiful dark eyes. “What are you doing down here?” He asked. “You’ve been a long time, I just wanted to check in on you.” He offered me a small smile. “James, what’s wrong?”“What are we doing here Kirst?&
Chapter 19TankI watched in heartbreak as my girl went round the corner, leaving me forever. I know it was my choice, but it still bought pain like I had never felt before. I knew she was leaving, Julia had come to rip me a new one when she found out we broke up. I couldn’t even defend myself. I was never gonna find another woman like her. She was everything, my whole world. I loved her, more than I loved any other person. I couldn’t even tell her.After Buzz had asked me what was going to happen between us, I spent the next hour sitting alone in the dark, in the kitchen. I needed to think. Could I imagine leaving the clubhouse and moving to Ohio? I gave it some serious thought, but in the end, I couldn’t. Julia, my last remaining member of my family was here, same as my two best mates and Ink. He had been like a surrogate father to me since my parents died. I knew I could never leave.But could I ask K
Chapter 20KirstyI had been back in Ohio for almost 3 weeks now. I had spoken to Bella and Julia a few times, Tina even called me once to see how I was doing, but I still hadn’t heard from Tank. I had finished work and decided to pick up Mexican for my dinner. I opened the doors to my apartment building and walked up the three flights of stairs to my apartment. As soon as I opened the door to my floor, I smelt something, something familiar. An aftershave. I couldn’t remember where I had smelt it before, but it made me feel nervous. And not in a good way. I looked around, looking for anyone that was responsible for the scent that was filling my nostrils, making my stomach churn. That was when I spotted it. A white rose. Stuck to my door. Fear washed over me, he was back, Mike was back.I looked everywhere, was he hiding somewhere watching me? Waiting for me to be alone so he could get me? My hands shook as I fumbled
Chapter 21KirstyHe grabbed me by my face and kissed me. I searched every crevice of my brain to find a way how to get out of this. His hands slid down my dress, lifting it as he dragged them back up. My underwear was showing. He had me pressed against the kitchen cabinets, so I was trapped. He slipped down, his face only inches away from my underwear. He grabbed my legs, pulling them apart and holding them in place using the cupboards to his advantage. “Fuck me, look how fucking perfect your cunt is. You kept it perfect for me didn’t you baby?” His mouth watered. I felt like I was going to vomit. I could feel the Chinese food I had eaten only hours before, trying to force its way back up my oesophagus.I looked around the kitchen, looking for anything. There… That was my escape, my solution. My knife block sat on the counter only a few feet away from me. I wouldn’t be able to reach from here, I n
Chapter 22TankSomething was wrong.Axel woke me in the middle of the night. “Kirsty’s alarm was triggered, and I can’t get in touch with her.” He explained.I grabbed my cell and tried calling her, her phone went straight to voicemail. “I’m going to Ohio.” I said, trying to get up. I hadn’t been doing too good since she left. I drank and drank. Then someone would get me up to bed, so trying to get out of bed was hard. “I’ll go.” Axel offered. “Let me go and talk to Ink, tell him what’s happened. You sober your drunken ass up in case we need you.” I nodded, lying back down and falling straight asleep again.Ink came up a few hours later. He slammed the door open, waking me up. “That’s enough dickhead, get your ass in a cold shower and sober up. We have business.” “Have you heard from Kirsty yet?” &ldqu
Chapter 23TankShe blacked out.We continued to watch as he pulled her out of her apartment by her feet. He couldn’t even fucking carry her. The cameras stilled until a few hours later when the cops entered. Ink grabbed his cell out of his pocket. “Holgate, it is definitely Mike something who has her, one of the men Jackson hired. You need to find out everything you can about him and quickly. She needs a doctor, she was stabbed twice in the apartment, fuck knows what else after he left.” Ink hung up after listening to Holgate’s response. “Holgate is going there now. He will call us back as soon as he finds out something. Jackson will talk, he sang like a fucking canary while he was here. We’ll find something soon enough. In the meantime, go and grab a shower and try to sleep. I’ll wake you as soon as he calls back.” “I’m not sleeping, I’m going to find her. He co
Chapter 24KirstyI tried to think of the last thing I remembered. Maybe it would give me a clue as to where I was. I was in my apartment. Mike was there. I stabbed him and he stabbed me twice. Then everything went dark, I must have blacked out. When I woke, I was in a building. It smelt damp and there were no lights, none even from outside. The only light we had was the flashlight from his cell.I was lying on the concrete floor, the pain in my back and stomach were crippling. I tried to move but couldn’t. “Mike, please don’t do this.” I begged. “You stabbed me Kirsty, what did you expect?” “I just want to go home, please.” “This is your home now Kirsty. We’re going to stay here together and then we can get married.” He was fucking delusional. He wanted forever with me, not just to fuck me.“It hurts, I need help.” I told him. “I know, bu
Chapter 25TankI couldn’t believe how strong Kirsty was. The doctor told us that she was paralyzed, and she took it in her stride. I couldn’t fucking keep my tears in. The guilt was too overwhelming. I fucked up so badly, sending her away. I should have kept her safe. How would she ever forgive me?The doctor left after telling Kirsty he will order some more tests now she was awake. “How long have I been here?” She asked. “A week.” Her eyes widened at the news, but again, my strong girl nodded and moved on. Taking it all in her stride. “What happened to Mike?” I growled at the sound of his voice. “Jail.” She nodded again and breathed a sigh of relief. “What happened? Did he bring me in to hospital?” What? I must have been confused because she continued. “I had convinced him to take me in. The last thing I remember was him punching me. I think it was b