The Lies That Save Us (The Broken Heart Series) by JL Redington Read Free Book Online Page A

when the car came up alongside.  He fired the first shot!
    Alexa’s head began to spin.  She didn’t know what to think, or what to believe.  Cayman shows up on the exact same day as the sightings of her father.  Why?  Was the man she saw really her father?  Was he some plant Cayman was using to manipulate her? 
    The most important thing she’d learned from her dad growing up was to listen to her instincts.  She knew in order to do that she had to calm herself down.  She had to think and think clearly.  Why was this happening?  What happened that day out in the desert with her father?  What did he see?  Did he see anything?
    The more questions she asked, the fewer answers she had and she definitely wasn’t calming down.  She wondered if she could truly trust anyone.  She could feel the paranoia climbing up her throat and into her brain.  Paranoia was not logical thinking.  She closed her eyes and breathed deeply, reaching inside herself to find that place of clear, logical processing.  What had the nurse said?  Breathe, deep breaths, relax.  She sat back in the hard chair, leaned her head against the wall and forced her muscles to relax, first the toes and then on up the legs.  She remembered the procedure from a relaxation video she used occasionally.  She continued breathing deeply.  It was helping.
    The biggest question she had to ask herself right now was could she trust Cayman?  Why did he have a gun?  Raised in a houseful of boys …makes sense he would hunt and fish.  Did she have any other choice but to trust him?  No.  She didn’t.  She couldn’t steal his car and leave him stuck….here…wherever ‘here’ was.
    She picked up her phone, “What city am I currently in?”
    The sterile voice responded, “You are in Ellensburg, Washington.”
    Alexa stood and walked to the doors leading into the ER from outside.  She looked to the parking lot where Cayman’s SUV was parked and wondered how far she could get before she was pulled over.  She wanted to run, anywhere, somewhere, nowhere, to be in another place, any place other than here, even if she had to walk.  She put her hand on the door to push it open when she heard a voice behind her.
    “Miss?”  It was the nurse that had been sitting with her.  “He’s ready to see you now.”
    She quickly took her hand off the door and turned.  She smiled at the nurse and let him lead the way to Cayman, or, whoever he was. 
    Alexa was led into his room where he lay partially awake, and very drugged.
    “He’ll have surgery to remove the bullet from his arm today.  He’d lost enough blood that he’ll need a transfusion and because of that they’ll keep him here for a couple of days.  Just until they’re sure he’s strong enough to go home.  Push the red button on his bed controls if you need anything.”
    Alexa thanked him and watched him walk out the door.  She sat by Cayman, watching him with different eyes than she had before.  She didn’t know how long she had been staring at him when he moaned and moved his head on the pillow.
    “Alexa…” he whispered.  “Alexa…”
    She leaned over him and a flood of emotion filled her. 
    “I’m here, Cayman, I’m here.”
    His eyes opened slowly and he smiled weakly up at her.
    “I wasn’t…sure…you’d still be here…when I woke up.”  He said hoarsely.
    “Why would you think that?”  she asked.
    “Well,” he swallowed and looked around for some water. 
    Alexa grabbed the plastic pitcher and filled the small cup with water.  She put it to his mouth and held his head with her other hand.  Once he’d had enough he nodded. She gently laid his head back down on the pillow.
    “I thought you’d think it was pretty crazy that I had a gun on me, and that I actually used it.”
    She looked deeply into his eyes as if searching for…something.
    “Truthfully, I almost left.”  She stood up and looked away.  “I mean, who are you?  Where did you learn to