After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 151

Chapter 151

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The tudor house sat at the end of the street, the lights on inside. Separated from the other houses in the neighborhood by a large stretch of empty land. It was a good place to hide someone.

Lucas pulled his car to a stop just outside the front of it. There weren’t any obvious signs of Elaine being were but that didn’t meant she wasn’t

Liam was already getting out of the car. No talking strategy. No delays.

He walked up to the front door, already pounding on it by the time Lucas came up behind him. There wasio‘ response. Lucas took a step back to look up at the second–story windows. One of the lights shut off.

“They’re home.”

“They’re not gonna open the door,” Liam replied, looked around for another way in. He walked around the side of the side, spotting a window that led into the garage, cracked open. He jumped up, grabbing the ledge and shoving the window further open before climbing inside.

Lucas sighed, shaking his head as he followed Liam into the house. And stopped dead in his tracks. Parked in the middle of the garage was Elaine’s car.

Liam stepped forward, running his hand over the top of the vehicle before looking inside. Elaine’s phone sat on the passenger seat. “She’s here.”

“Her own parents took her,” Lucas muttered. To think he’d ever assumed Elaine was working with her family to leach off him. This only confirmed what he’d already begun to suspect.

Elaine was a victim in her family, though she’d likely never say as much.

Lucas grit his teeth, looking away from the car and around the garage instead.

“And they’re home,” he added.

“I’m gonna kill ‘em.”

“Easy, Liam,” Lucas said, surprised to hear that he was the voice of reason for once. It wasn’t usually like this. But Lucas felt that same protectivness rise up inside him. Yet he knew the best thing for Elaine right now was finding her and getting her out.

He’d make sure Walter and Ruth paid for this. A long–suffering punishment.

“They’re still in the house. Let’s search it,” Liam said, going quickly to the garage door that led into the house. He went to the living room first, Lucas split and searched the downstairs bedroom.

When they found nothing, the two headed upstairs next. Liam checked the backrooms while Lucas went to the upstairs master. He checked the closet, the bathroom. Nothing.

That’s when he spotted the cuff hanging from the bedpost. He walked over to it, eyes narrowed. One cuff was still latched onto the framing, the other hung open. She’d been here. Right here.

Lucas‘ jaw tightened.

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