Bound to my Enemy novel Chapter 119

Chapter 119: Chapter 119.

As we drove, I stared at my phone in my lap.

I couldn’t call Zane, not yet.

If I heard his voice right now, I might break completely.

Instead, I pressed Lucas’s name.

It rang once then twice, he picked up on the third ring.

"Elaine?"

He never just said my name like that unless something was wrong.

"Lucas," I breathed.

His tone changed instantly at hearing my voice. "What happened."

"I’m fine."

"That’s not what I asked."

"We were in a crash," I said, trying to keep my voice even. "On the bridge near Halstead."

Silence.

Then, "We?"

"Aaron was driving."

Another silence, longer this time.

"Where are you right now?" he asked.

"In a car. Someone stopped and picked me up."

"You got into a stranger’s car?" His voice rose despite himself. "Elaine, what the hell..."

"I didn’t have a choice."

"Are you bleeding? Hurt any wher?"

"I’m okay."

"That’s not an answer El."

I closed my eyes and leaned my head back against the seat. "It’s just scrapes. I’m fine."

He exhaled sharply through his nose. I could picture him running a hand over his face the way he does when he’s trying not to lose it.

"What happened to Aaron? Isn’t he supposed to be protecting you?."

"I don’t know."

"What do you mean you don’t know."

"They boxed us in," I said, my voice starting to crack no matter how hard I tried to hold it steady. "Two cars, they hit us our car almost went over the bridge. Aaron told me to run and I did and I...."

My chest tightened, breathing getting difficult.

"I didn’t see him after."

Lucas went quiet in a way that scared me more than if he’d yelled.

"You left him there?" he asked carefully.

"He told me to go."

"I know he did, that’s his job." His voice softened a fraction.

The guilt rose so fast I had to swallow hard.

"I should’ve stayed," I whispered.

"No." His tone sharpened instantly. "Don’t do that, if he told you to run, you run. You don’t second-guess that."

I pressed my lips together, staring out the windshield. Meanwhile my heart felt like it was still back on that bridge.

"Are they following you?" Lucas asked.

"I don’t think so."

"Think or know, you need to be careful sunshine."

"I don’t see anyone."

"That’s not the same thing."

I almost laughed at that. He sounded so much like Zane in moments like this, it was unsettling.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Back to the house."

A pause.

"Does he know?"

"No."

"You’re going to tell him?."

"Yes."

Another breath, slower this time.

"How bad was it?" Lucas asked quietly.

I looked down at my hands, there was dried blood under my nails. I didn’t even remember cutting myself.

"The car spun," I said. "It hit the guardrail and was hanging, I thought we were going over."

He didn’t speak.

"I could hear them getting out," I continued. "They seemed so calm, like it was arranged"

"Professionals ," he muttered.

"I jumped into the water to throw them off."

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