I took out my phone and text Rosa to let her know the news, then headed out into the main area of the hospital. I could see through the windows it was sunny outside, the sky so blue it was painful to look at.
To give War some more time, I found the hospital cafeteria and grabbed a coffee and a couple of sandwiches. I sat in the corner of the bright and airy room, my back to the wall so I could see who was coming and going. I was ravenous and inhaled the two sandwiches. I could get War another one on the way out.
Rosa text me back to say she still planned to head over here later. She didn’t want Connor to be here alone. Smokey and Jolene were coming with her, even though I’d said he was only allowed one visitor. I huffed out a small laugh at that. Rosa and two club girls in a car all the way here, although, to be fair, the girls were well liked by everyone, especially Connor. They were the best people to be here for him. I wouldn’t stop them if that was what they wanted to do.
When War text to say he was on his way down, I grabbed him some food then went out to meet him at the front of the hospital. He said we needed to head home, catch up with where things were. He looked like shit, his face slack and his eyes far away. I didn’t ask him any questions about Connor but told him about Rosa and the girls. He just nodded, like he didn’t have an opinion one way or another on that.
“You should eat,” I told him as we headed back to the truck, holding out the sandwich.
“Not hungry.”
“Eat it anyway.”
“I said,” he whirled on me, angrily but stopped, closing his eyes for a moment. He reached out and took the sandwich and turned away. “Let’s get back and find my sister.”
I couldn’t agree more. I started the truck and pulled out of the hospital parking lot, leaving one of our best friends behind, not knowing if we would ever see him alive again.
Chapter Five
I groaned as I woke up, rolling over and staring at the ceiling. For a second, I thought I was in my own bed, not that I knew where my own bed was anymore, given how many I’d moved around to in the last few weeks, but it past quickly when I heard the sound of voices from beyond the bedroom door. Loud voices. I needed to use the bathroom again, but I wasn’t sure whether I should bring attention to myself right now.
I sat up and looked around. It was still impossible to figure out what time of day it was, but I’d slept long enough that I was sure it was a new day. So I’d been gone at least overnight now. I wondered what everyone would be thinking. Would they believe I was dead? How were they reacting to what happened. I was certain Warren would be tearing his hair out, especially given Connor…
I tried not to imagine it but I kept thinking about whether he had seen it coming, or if they’d taken him by surprise. He would have been so shocked, seeing two people he trusted attacking him like that. Not to mention the flashbacks it must have given him to the previous attack, or the pain he must have felt.
God, I didn’t even know if he was dead or alive. From the few short seconds I had seen him as I was losing consciousness, there had beenso much blood.
The lock on the door clicked and I lifted my head watching as the door pushed open. I jumped to my feet when I saw who had come in. Lily had a smug look on her hideous face and looked nothing like the way I’d known her. Nor was she dressed like the good little Christian girl I’d always seen her as in her dresses and cardigans.
She was wearing skintight jeans, with heeled boots. A thin beige sleeveless sweater over it which looked like it was made of cashmere, with a black choker around her neck. She looked like she reeked of money. Who the fuck was this person?
Now I was over the shock at seeing her, I took stock of the situation. She was sneering at me. It was obvious she wasn’t here to chat. I’d seen how drastically she’d changed at the house, bossing Omen around. I kept quiet, my eyes tracking her as she came inside and shut the door. She leaned back and folded her arms over her chest. Where the fuck was Mace? Not that I needed him to protect me from this bitch.
“Do you know how long I had to hide out in that clubhouse, acting like some holier than thou little Pollyanna?”
“Cry me a river.”
She laughed. “I’m so glad I’m finally able to walk away from those vermin and never have to set foot in that place again. You all disgust me.”
I tried really hard to school my irritation. Did she think the Kingsmen were any better? Although the more I looked at her, the more I tallied up the changes in her, the more I started to wonder if she was with the Kingsmen. Or Danica. It made more sense that she was working for Danica now that I thought about it. Danica had said she couldn’t rely on men to get the job done. Was that what she meant? She’d got Lily to finally pull the trigger on taking me?
“I had a job to do and I did it. I only wish I’d done it sooner instead of spending months there, waiting for them to bring you back to New Jersey.”
I wanted to lash out at her, ask what the hell she meant but with just that one sentence she had given me a lot of information. Danica had put Lily there for over a year and the plan all along had been for her to wait for me to show up. That didn’t explain why she hadn’t acted straight away.
I decided to play on the part she had. She’d been married to Omen, and he’d gone along with her when she took me. “You know they won’t let him get away with betraying them. I hope you’ve got him hidden well.”
“Do you think I give a shit about Omen?” she looked at me like I was stupid. “I hated every second I was with that asshole. I hated looking at him and touching him.”
“You married him,” I breathed out, wondering what the fuck kind of idiot was this girl that she had gone so deep she’d married someone.
“He was a means to an end. I got you here didn’t I.”
“Not without needing help fromthat assholeand a syringe full of drugs,” I hitched a shoulder in a shrug. “You needed both of those things because you’re a weak little bitch.”
“I don’t really give a shit what you think,” she looked at her nails as if she was bored. “You think you’re going to get out of here?”
I didn’t know what to say to that, so I did the only thing I knew would piss her off, I kept my mouth shut.
