I locked the door behind me and crept down the hallway. The house was silent but both Shelia and Leah’s cars remained, so I knew they had to be here somewhere. I pushed open the garage door when I heard a muffled sound and my heart stopped when I saw my wife lying on the cold, concrete floor.
Her eyes were shut and her face was so pale, it almost looked deathly, but I could just make out the slow up rise of her chest, telling me she was still alive. There seemed to be so much blood running down her head, into her face, that if it weren’t for the fact, I would have instantly thought she was dead.
Shelia had her back turned to me, hunched over Leah and apparently she hadn’t heard me come in. I felt a surge of adrenaline rush through me when I saw what was in her hand and she pointed it straight at Leah’s chest, trying to end the life of the woman I loved. I rushed towards her just as her finger squeezed around the trigger, the sound of the gunshot echoing off the walls, piercing my ears as I slammed into Shelia’s small body.
Chapter 27
Leah
After my phone call with Roy, everything seemed to be a blur. I thought for sure Shelia was going to kill me when she raised the gun and pointed it at me. But when I braced myself for it, it never came. Instead, I felt something cool smash into my head.
The next time I came to, I could hear Shelia’s panting breaths as she dragged my body through the house and roughly down the steps that led into the garage. She was smaller than me; I was sure she had to be struggling tugging my weight behind her.
Every inch of my body was in agonizing pain as she treated it like I was some sort of rag doll. I almost wanted to give in and tell her just to get it over with, so I wouldn’t be in so much pain anymore. I had no idea what she had in store and I probably didn’t want to know what was running through that delusional mind of hers.
Once my body was situated against the cool, concrete floor, she jabbed her pointy heel down, first into my stomach, and then into my chest. I felt the breath woosh out of my lungs as she kept her foot firmly planted there and I struggled to catch my breath.
“You know, things could have gone much easier if you just would have cooperated. Now, I think you need to suffer a little bit more for how much trouble you have given me.” Her fist connected with my jaw, each of her glistening diamond rings digging into my sensitive skin, causing me to flinch each time she pulled her hand back.
Now, that I was untied you would think that I would be able to fight back. In a normal situation I could surely kick this petite woman’s ass. Where was that surge of adrenaline people said they felt when put in to these type of situations? Oh yeah, that probably only happened when they hadn’t had the shit beat out of them and had control of their limbs.
I couldn’t move my head because of the excruciating pain that was making me dizzy and when Shelia picked up a stray wrench that was lying on the tool bench that Chase had yet to use, the use of my wrist was quickly gone.
I cringed when the pain radiated up my arm, I felt vomit rise in my throat at the intense pain and I wasn’t sure how much longer I was going to last. It was almost like Shelia planned to break every bone in my body before she was done with me.
“Is this your plan, Shelia?” I groaned out, squeezing my eyes shut so I wasn’t seeing three Shelias through my blurred vision. One Shelia would surely be enough to last me a lifetime. If I even made it that far.
“Oh, don’t you worry about that, dear. You may be a pretty thing, but you definitely don’t have the brains to match. Do you seriously think I would tell you my plan this time?” She laughed loudly, bending over at the waist to grasp her stomach, like I was the funniest comedian in the world. I was glad my overwhelming pain was so hilarious to her. I saw an opportunity when she was distracted though and I went with it. I wasn’t going to go down with completely no fight. I just wasn’t that kind of girl.
I kicked my foot up, hoping to make some kind of contact with her body, thinking I could come at her with an element of surprise. Instead, she caught my leg in mid-kick and twisted it around at an unnatural angle. I screamed out in agony at the immense pain radiating through my leg. This woman was truly torturous.
“And what did you think you were going to do, huh? You can’t even lift your own head and you were going to attack a woman with a gun? Wow, I guess you’re a lot dumber than I first thought.” She let go of my leg and let it lifelessly flop against the hard floor.
“Now, let’s make things a little more interesting. You might not want to be awake for this part.” The overhead lighting flashed off a different object in her hand and my body instantly went into protective mode, but I wasn’t fast enough. Something cold and metal like slammed against my head, and this time as I drifted off, I wasn’t sure if I really would wake up ever again.
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