“Hey, baby girl,” he answered.
“Help me!” I screamed. “I think he drugged me and is going to try to take me away.” Just as I said that, I felt lightheaded.
“We’re coming,” he said.
I shook my head, hoping to clear it, and dashed for the window. I kept having to shake my head to keep focused as I unlocked it and pushed the window open. I kicked the screen off and began to climb out. I had half my body out when a hand clamped around my wrist.
I screamed as Logan tried to pull me back inside. “Someone help me!” I screamed outside and I thought I heard gravel crunching underfoot.
I was beginning to feel disoriented and kind of high as I fought to get out the window. Just as Logan was about to get the upper hand and pull me back in, Creed appeared, then Colt, and they grabbed me. Logan suddenly let go. I glanced back to see Keelan had him in a choke hold on the ground. As the twins pulled me out through the window, I saw Knox run into my room. My legs gave out on me the moment my feet touched the ground. Colt scooped me up into his arms and walked with me to the front of the house.
“I’m going to check on Knox and Keelan inside. Get her out of here,” Creed said to Colt.
Colt rushed to their house and grabbed his keys from the bowl by the front door. Then he booked it to his car, put me in the passenger seat, ran around to the driver’s side, and climbed in. Colt got the car turned on and tore away down the road.
“I feel drunk and high,” I groaned.
Colt grabbed my hand.
“Where are your brothers?” I asked.
“They’ll meet up with us later,” he said.
The inside of the car was spinning, and I had to put my head between my legs or I was going to be sick. “I’m so dizzy.” I focused on breathing in through my nose, out through my mouth. “Do you think they’re alright?”
He didn’t answer.
“Where are we going?” I asked instead.
“I’m going to take you to our cabin.”
Cabin? Oh, right. The cabin they were planning to have the Halloween party at.
“I cannot believe he tried to take me,” I mumbled. “Never mind, yes I can. I should have been suspicious when he let me go last night.” My eyes began to feel heavy.
I must have fallen asleep, because when I opened my eyes again, I was in a bed. I didn’t recognize the room, but there were wooden beams in the ceiling and bright sunlight coming from a sliding glass door that led to a balcony. Through the glass door, I could see trees everywhere.
“Shi! Colt!” I heard Creed yell from somewhere.
Someone groaned and I rolled over, finding Colt asleep in the bed next to me. Just as I was about to sit up, the door to the room burst open and Creed stormed in.
“Why haven’t you been answering your phone?!” Creed yelled, startling Colt awake.
“What?” he said, sitting up.
“What the fuck, bro?!” Creed roared.
Colt grabbed his phone off the nightstand and cursed. “It’s dead.”
Events from last night started coming back to me. “What happened? Where are Knox and Keelan?”
“That’s why I’ve been trying to call you,” Creed said, and he got this sullen look on his face. “Keelan’s in the hospital.”
To be continued.
KNOX
I watched her eyes fill with hurt. She looked like she wanted to cry, but she stayed strong. “Thank you for telling me,” she said with such detachment. I squeezed my fists at my sides to keep myself from reaching for her. No matter how much I wanted to be with her, I couldn’t. I had to let her go.
She slowly turned around and walked out of my office. I heard talking in the hall. I assumed she’d run into my brothers. I ignored them the best I could and took a seat at my desk. My phone buzzed in my pocket. It was a text from an employee, calling in sick for tomorrow’s shift. The last thing I wanted to deal with was texting everyone to see if someone wanted to come in.
My attention was pulled away from doing that when I heard my office door close. I glanced up and saw Keelan standing by it. He gave me a look he had given me many times whenever I’d done something he’d disagreed with. “You’re being a dumbass,” he said bluntly.
I frowned at him. Why had I been given little brothers who loved to test my patience? The twins were the worst, but Keelan had his moments.
“You want to be with her and—”
“I’m not talking to you about this,” I snapped.
“I’m done being patient with you when it comes to her,” he snapped back. “You’ve never looked at or reacted to anyone else like you have with Shiloh. I think you love her and your reason for not being with her is stupid.”