Losing Pieces of Me by Rose Briner Read Free Book Online Page A

and now I’ll have to do whatever it takes to get her back.  Consequences be damned.  If Jayden finds out I’ve been following him just to find my sister, he’ll probably turn me over to Hayden to kill or he might just decide to do it himself.

Chapter Six
     
     
       I don’t see Jayden for more than a week after that day.  My car showed up along with a card with his phone number on it.  A fancy ass card that probably cost him a lot of money to have made.  I didn’t ever use it to call him though.  I don’t even know what I would say to him.  Sure, when we’re in the same room together, it’s easy to find something to talk about, but now that I’m not near him, I wouldn’t even know what to begin to say.
       I’m surprised when two weeks after the last time I saw him, there’s a knock at my front door.  I’m not expecting any visitors, so I’m a little worried about who could be on the other side of the door.  What if Hayden came here to finish me off for asking questions about where my sister went?
       “Coming!” I shout as I climb over the pile of boxes I have stacked all over the living room.  I’m sad to say that not only do I still have a shitload of stuff that needs to get packed, I have no desire to do any of this.  I just want to hide in the corner and pretend that my life isn’t pretty much over.
       The knocking becomes more insistent the longer it takes me to get to the door.  I put my hand over the knob and turn it in a huff, “I said I was coming, there’s no need to knock like that.”
       I stand there with my mouth hanging open when I find Jayden on the other side of the door with his hand halfway to the door again ready to knock.
       “I’m sorry, Mireya, did I catch you at a bad time?”
       I feel my face turning red in embarrassment; I can’t believe Jayden was on the other side of the door.  I thought maybe it was the landlord coming to demand the rent again, or perhaps the sheriff coming to put me out on the street.  The last person I ever expected to find on the other side of the door was Jayden.
       “I’m sorry, please come in,” I tell him, standing to the side so he can come in.
       I close the door behind him when he walks past me and into the room, I take a few moments to calm my breathing before I turn to face him.  Only he’s not looking at me, he’s looking around the room with wide eyes.  He’s probably wondering what the heck happened in here, or worse, why my apartment is so small.  I never expected him to be in here with me.
       “You going somewhere, Mireya?  Were you just going to pack up and leave without at least calling me first?  I’ve been waiting for you to call me, you didn’t leave your number.  A real shame too, I wanted to get to know you better,” he says fixing me with a look full of disappointment.
       What do I do?  I lose it and start to cry.  He doesn’t notice I’m crying because I turn away and walk over to the kitchen sink to grab a paper towel and turn the water on.  That’s the easiest way for me to cover I’m crying and a trick I learned long ago when I used to get upset.  Times have never been easy for me and everything is finally starting to catch up to me.  It was easier when I had to face everything alone, but now that someone else is here to witness my life in shambles, I don’t know what to do.  Problem is, I can’t seem to control the shake in my shoulders and contain the sob that wants to escape, I have to shove my other fist into my mouth as I wipe furiously at my face.
       “Mireya?”
    I ignore the voice behind me by shaking my head no.  Doesn’t stop him though from placing a hand gently on my shoulder to turning me to face him.  I turn my face to the side so he can’t see how upset I am right now.  I don’t want anyone, especially this man, to see how upset I am.
       “Come here,” he says softly.
    I don’t bother to fight against him as he pulls me into