Chapter 35
Hana was looking at me like she had no due what I was taking about. Did she seriously think I would let her stay in this apartment?
“You are coming home with me,” Lebied.
my the ke
ked. She seat still in shock and hver adrenaline was wearing off, I wasn’t surprised she didn’t follow along my train of thought.
“Sworried to get to you. I don’t know who. When I find out, they will wish they had never heard Hana’s name. “And tonight is not the time to find out. It was clearly a planned attempt since they used this Amber woman. They may return.” If they did I would have mon waiting for them. “And your dour won’t close.” I had a man coming to fix that lasus as we were talking, but she didn’t need to know that. “You are coming home with me. I have a state of the art security system and my apartment comes with a complementary bodyguard, mu.”
“It’s nice of you. But I can’t just lears. What if someone breaks in with my door as it is?” she asked,
“I have some coming to fix that. They
hry will make sure your apartment is sealed,” I confessed
I w uncertainty in Hana’s eyes when she looked at me. It gutted me and I felt offended that it
“But you just said… You lled? For the first time since I knocked her door overal weeks took salt for her to lose faith in me
“I didn’t lie. Your door can’t close. I don’t know how soon my gay can get here to fox and you need to get someplace safe before you collapse out of sheer exhaustion,” I told her. I could hear the Imitation bleeding into my voice.
“I can take care of myself, you know. I’m a grown woman and I don’t need you to swoop in and fix everything, I can and someone to replace my door. Maybe not as quickly as your stupid team. But I will get it done” Hana was on the verge of shouting. Logically I knew it was the evening’s events that were catching up to him. She was acting out to let off some steam and because it felt better to be angry then to be scared and sad. But I wasn’t emotionally stable ether. I couldn’t remember er being as scared as when hand Hana’s faint voice over the phone. From the way she had whispered my name, 1 instantly knew she was in trouble. The ten minutes it took me to grab my gun, get in the car and bezak every speed limit to get to her, was the longest in my life. I have seen the ledge on the outside of the house and it pissed me off that she had been in a position that the fucking nothing of a ledge had seemed like her only way to keep see. My own body was post as much a mix of adrenaline and feelings like her was and my temper to slipping.
“I know you can take care of yours. Why else do you think you are still living in this shit hole of an apartment comples?” I asked and my voice teetered on screaming. “But this is where I draw the line. You are in direct danger and I won’t sit idly by and watch while you get hurt because you feel like proving you can be independent!” I was now shouting at her and I took a step towards her to let her know that I would not be her stay here. But to mutter hamer she tumed pale white and dropped into a hall at my feet, covering her head with her arms and shaking. It took me a second to understand that she had anticipated me hitting her and she had gone into a position to protect here I fell sick and took a step back and sank down on my knees as I raised my hands in varrenden: “Hana, sweetness, look at me,” I asked, all anger and frustration had left me and my voice was as soft as I could make it. She peeked at me through her red arms. “Im not going to hurt you. I will never hurt you. I would rather out my hand from my arms than to place them on you in anger, I told her and tried to meet her eyes. She had big tears rolling down her face and I just warned to take her in my arms. But I knew I had to keep out of her space until the let me in. Her hunched position straightened out a little and she hesitantly lowered her arma. “Thank you,” said. I warned her to know that I was honoured that she trusted me when her history obviously had taught her she couldn’t trust me, or maybe people in general.
*1–L” She stopped talking after the first stuttering syllable. The book a deep breath, “I know you wouldn’t,” she said. Her words eased some of the pain in my chest and I lowered my hands and reached out towards her with one of them I stopped halfway to her to give her the chosen. She looked at my hand and placed hers in it took away a little more of the pain in me and I gently pulled on her. She didn’t object and I could pull her all the way into my ares. I heard he let out a small sigh as she leaned into me and her body relaxed. “I’m sorry, I really do know you wouldn’t hurt me. It’s just, sometimes my body reacts without me thinking,” she told me. I could feel her bears stain the t–shirt was wearing.
“It’s okay, I understand and I’m sorry I Ingsted you. I will do my best not to repeat it. And I understand if you don’t want to come home with me tonight. But at least let me pay for you to stay in a hotel?” I asked. It wouldn’t be as safe on my place. But I could rent the room next door to be and I could place men throughout the building. I would do it if it made Hana feel safer.
„‘s okay. It was just me being stabbom. Are you sure you have room for me and that I wouldn’t be in the way?” if un. But I thought that I needed to limit the amount of trauma caused her in one night.
asked. I was on my way to s
“have a guest room and the apartment is too big for me. You would do me a favour by staying there and make it less deserted.” 1
“Nice try Trying to convince me I would be doing you a favour. I’m not buying it. But I deal with this mess taright
I’m happy, H
thank you. Do you think you can manage to pack a bag?” I asked.
was on my way to say that my bed was large enough for the both
I told her. To my surprise the giggled.
accept the invitation. Mostly because you were right, I’m starting to feel exhausted and I don’t want to
Towards the bedroom I took care of the few things that anded washing. I sent a message to lason explaining the situation and what I need him to do. His reply contained two words; On il 1 told me and started to withdraw from my estate. I made sure she gut back up and was stable on her feet before stood up. As she walked relased a little more and were to find Hana. She was still placing some things into a duffel bag. I walked to her window, opened it and looked out. Once again rage surfaced at Esaw the ledge she fud been standing im I would find the fucker who had put her through this and when I did, I would make him regret his life choices,
“Tirady,” Hana told me I closed the window and humed to her with a smile.
“Good, then we are
e are ready to go.” I took th
go.” I took the dubbel bag and the computer satchel from ber
“What about my court” she asked as she took my usuntched had
“Tuw Millier pull up outside. We can leave it to him, it will take him a while to change the door. He will give the tomorrow and I’ll make sure you get them. I told her an we walked through her apartment. We mel Miller outside her apartment. “Change the door and make sure the place in secure before you be,” I told him. More for Hana’s make than because he
“Sure thang, bois, miss,” he said. How to gras and spend the doce for her and athed her things in the back seat. I kept an eye open for suspicious people. I would breathe waster once I put her away from this plan. An 1 pulled out from the surb, Hana yawned. I had to unle.
“It’s okay If you need a pup. It will take us about twenty minutes to get there. I’ll wake you when we amie,” I sai
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“Twenty? I couldn’t have been out on the ledge for that long,” she objected.
“No, more aand terminates. I may have been speeding.” She looked at me, then she smiled and leaned her head against the window.
“Thank you,” she told me before she drifted off. Spoeding wasn’t even on the top ten of things I would do to keep her safe.
