Redeemed: Bad Blooded Rebel Series #4 by Mellie George Read Free Book Online Page A

God you’re alive.” Scott had lied to
me about Ryder’s death and I’d never been happier to have been lied to by that
man.
    “Of
course I’m alive, baby. Why did you…Jesus Christ, Evie, thank God! Are you
okay? Where are you?”
    “Um,”
I cried. I had no clue where I was.
    “Where
did he take you, Evie?”
    “I
don’t know. I only know I’m at some kind of run down motel.”
    “Can
you find a window and look outside? Maybe see something that might tell us
where you are?” he begged.
    I
crawled past the puddle of vomit on the carpet and peeked out the window. “The
only sign I see says Hidey Hole, I don’t know what that means.”
    “I
know where that is…guys, she’s at the Hidey Hole Inn! That’s not far from where
we are and we will be there soon baby, okay?”
    “Okay,”
I answered numbly.
    I
heard him take a shaking breath. “Evie…did he…did he hurt you?” he asked, his
voice tortured.
    I
sobbed harder. I just then noticed that my right eye was starting to swell and
it was hard to keep it open and my mouth had the metallic taste of blood in it.
I traced my tongue along my lip to find it busted and I winced at the sting.
“Y-yes,” I whispered into the phone and I heard him scream on the other end.
    “Did
he r-rape you, baby?” he asked, heartbreak and fear in his voice.
    “No
but he tried to. He…touched me.”
    “Fuck!”
he yelled. I could hear him openly crying on the other end. “I’m going to
fucking kill him!”
    I
suddenly felt like I was going to vomit again as I said, “Ryder, you don’t need
to do that.”
    “Yes
I do, Everleigh! That sick fucker needs to die for what he’s done!” he yelled.
    Taking
a deep breath-mostly to calm my stomach-I said, “Ryder, he’s already dead.”
    There
was momentary silence on the other end of the line before I heard Ryder say,
“What? What do you mean, he’s already dead?”
    “I
had my gun in my boot for protection like you told me to and I…I…he told me you
were dead and he was coming at me with the knife and said he was going to rape
me before he killed me too and the gun went off and I shot him,” I cried,
breaking down and bawling.
    “Oh
fuck,” he muttered and I heard him yelling something about driving faster.
“Listen, baby, we’re only about five minutes away. You just hang on until we
get there.”
    “Okay,
I will.”
    “What
room are you in?”
    I
looked at the key that was on the table and I said, “6C.”
    “All
right. Just keep talking to me, okay? You are so brave, do you know that?” he
said, his voice cracking.
    “I
don’t feel brave. Ryder, I just killed someone,” I sobbed.
    “Hey,
don’t you dare. You were protecting yourself. He was going to kill you, baby.”
    “H-he
told me he killed you and that he was going to kill me and then go after Danni,
Jessie, and Sadie next,” I cried. “Ryder I was so scared for them.”
    Ryder
shushed me and said, “Calm down, okay? We are almost to the motel and we will
get you out of there,” he said as calmly as he could.
    “I’m
going to jail,” I said softly.
    “No
you’re not. I won’t let that happen, okay? I promise,” he said. I really wished
I could believe him.
    I
saw red and blue lights flash outside the room and I crawled to peek and see
who it was. I saw two cop cars come to a stop outside the room. I also saw a black
SUV pull in behind them and I saw Ryder immediately jump out of the back before
John was able to stop. I thought I saw Kris and Jude get out of the SUV too but
the only thing I could focus on was Ryder running toward the door, coming to
pull me out of this nightmare.
    I
heard banging on the door and Ryder’s frantic voice yelling, “Evie baby? Open
the door, I’m here.”
    I
moved over to the door and unlocked the knob. As soon as it clicked the door
flew open and Ryder was immediately by my side pulling me into his arms. “Oh
Ryder,” I sobbed into his chest, “you’re here. You’re alive, thank God. I
thought