Viper's Run by Jamie Begley Read Free Book Online

going to let her have a phone so she won’t have the opportunity to call him.”  
    Emily entered carrying the requested records.  Taking the papers, Winter looked through them making sure all the correct forms for entering a new school system were there, and then stamped them with her notary stamp. Placing the paperwork in a large envelope, she handed it to Mrs. Jones.  
    “I wish you all the best. Please keep me informed on how Carmen does in her new school,” Winter requested, truly concerned for Carmen’s safety.  
    “I will, and thank you, Ms. Simmons. If you hadn’t brought Carmen home after the picnic it might have been too late for my daughter.”  
    Winter smiled, escorting the woman outside to her car.  She was walking back towards the school when she saw Jake sitting in his black mustang on the lot watching her. The hatred on his face was plain to see even from a distance. She pulled the phone from her pocket and called school security.  
    “Tom, this is Ms. Simmons. There is a black mustang on the south lot. The young man inside is no longer a student.  Will you see that he leaves the school property?”  
    “Yes, Ms. Simmons. I will be right there.”  
    “Make sure you bring someone with you.  I don’t want you confronting him on your own. Notify the Sheriff’s office also that you will be asking a trespasser to leave the property.  
    “Yes Ma’am.”  
    She entered the school standing there until Tom and another male security guard approached the car. When they were within a few feet he spun out of the lot. Relieved he had left without a confrontation, Winter went to her office to call for the assembly to greet the new students and give encouragement for the year ahead.  
     
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    The parking lot was dark as she locked the doors to the front of the school. Winter was angry with herself for staying so late. She knew better but the paperwork had been piled up with it being the end of the first week.  She had wanted to sort what needed to be done and take the rest home to work on leisurely over the weekend.  Thankfully her car was parked nearby.   Placing her briefcase on the hood of the car, she bent to unlock the door.  
    A rough hand grabbed her hair pulling her backwards, almost off her feet before slinging her forward, smashing her face into the driver’s side window. Winter didn’t know how she didn’t lose consciousness.  The pain was that horrendous; she crumbled to the asphalt by her car, crying softly.  She knew there was no one around to hear if she screamed since the school property was isolated on the edge of town. Pain and fear filled her body as a boot kicked her in the ribs as she lay helpless on the ground.  Winter had never known real terror in her lifetime but she felt it when she realized he was not done with her.  
    Forcing herself to move, she tried to get to her feet.  The agonizing pain in her ribs stopped her upward movement.  A fist to her jaw flung her backwards; blood from the cuts on her forehead ran into her eyes, blurring her vision. The parking lot light above her head obscured any vision she had left. Winter rolled onto her belly trying to crawl away from the person attacking her.  Her nails that she had polished and buffed just that morning, broke as she used them to claw herself from the source of her agony. She knew whoever was hurting her was intent on killing her but she had to try.  The final agony came when the booted foot slammed down on her spine releasing her from consciousness.  
     
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    The cell phone ringing on the table next to the bed woke Cash from a deep sleep.  Rolling over, he snagged the phone and raised it to his ear.  
    Viper came out of the bathroom leaving Evie to finish her shower alone and saw that Cash was sitting on his bed talking on his cell phone with Bliss laying naked by his side. The club’s usual Friday night gathering had ended up with the four of them in his room.  Now he just