Unbreakable 2, The Mystery of Lilly (Cypress Grove Series) by Amie Nichols Read Free Book Online Page B

"Lilly, he'll come back. He is just scared of what could have happened and he needs to work through it."  Jacob states so matter-of-fact that I wonder if he is speaking from experience. 
                  All I can do is look up into his eyes, see the worry in them, and the certainty of what he just said. "You didn't run away," I tell him.  The crying has stopped and all there is now is hurt.  So much hurt that I can't even move.
                  "No, but we all deal with stuff differently.  I saw it in him and was afraid this was going to happen. When he woke up and we told him you had been taken it was as if we told him the whole world had ended.  It had for him, Lilly."
                  I understood exactly what he was saying because I felt the same way when I thought he was dead.  I feel the same way now, but he left, he just left and now in this house I sit.  In this house where I was going to be with Luke and share our lives together, was now tainted with the worst day of my life. 
                  We all turn our heads to a noise as Jeffrey walks in the back door.
                  "Oh good, you guys are here.  I need some direction on how you want me to proceed with the servant...what's wrong?" He stops mid-sentence as he stares at my blank expression on my face. 
                  Then the anger comes again as I stare at Luke's father, staring at the man that looks so much like him. His eyes, Luke's eyes, are looking at me with concern, and I get out of my chair and approach him.
                  "He left me. He left me just like you always taught him to do!" I am screaming at the top of my lungs. Without even thinking, I am hitting Jeffrey in the chest, my fists clenched as he stands there letting me do it.  His eyes wide with worry, I scream over and over, "Are you happy now, he left me, he left me! You always taught him to leave me and he always did!" Jacob is behind me pinning my arms to my sides so I quit hitting Jeffrey. "He left me," I sob out loudly, resting my head against Jacob’s shoulder as he rocks me making soothing shh sounds in my ear. 
                  Jeffrey doesn't say a word, only looks from Jacob to me then back to Jacob.  Jacob quietly tells him what happened in a few words, and just like his son, he turns and walks out the door.  What the hell is with these men?
                  "Lucy, will you take her to her room so she can get cleaned up and rest some?" Jacob says to Lucy in a kind gentle tone. She is instantly by my side guiding me out of the kitchen.  Lucy is looking a hundred times better with the drugs finally out of her system. That's all it took to make her get back to normal.  She has still been through a lot and the last thing she needs is to be taking care of me.
                  Once we reach the stairs, I look up and remember the first time I climbed them was with Luke at my side.  They were different now, all the intricate wood carvings shiny and well-polished.  The stairs heading toward the servants’ hall had plastic covering it, and I could hear walking around and banging as the construction team was working on the remodel.
                  "Lucy, I'm fine, you don't need to help me." I stop at the bottom of the stairs to let her go and be on her way.  She wasn't my personal servant that needed to cater to me like this.  Right now all I want to do is crawl in a corner and cry myself to sleep and wake up to it all being a horrible dream.
                  "I know you don't need my help, but you are getting it anyway," she firmly says, guiding me up the stairs.  I don't want to go into the master suite, that was supposed to be mine and Luke’s room.  I don't want to see it, I never want to see it if I don't have Luke.
                  "No, I can't go in there, Lucy." I won't, I stop halfway up the stairs and turn