Page 57 of Dark Obsession

Chapter Twenty-Eight

The sound of the dooropening woke Daniel.He groggily lifted his head to see Keira’s sister in the doorway with a horrified expression on her face.

Layla’s hands covered her mouth, holding back a cry.“Oh, my God.Logan.”

Logan tightened his arm around her waist.“The nurse said she woke up and is recovering.Don’t cry, you might scare her.”

Layla’s hand latched onto his wrist as she took a deep breath and wiped the tears from her cheek.She straightened and walked slowly to her sister’s bed.She let her eyes roam over her whole body before coming to rest on the man at her side.

She wanted to cry again at the devastation on this man’s rugged face.He looked like he’d been through a war and back.Her sister had more color in her complexion than Daniel had at this point.The age lines he’d had on his face before they’d left on their honeymoon had deepened into creases that showed the turmoil he’d been going through.“Daniel, have you been here the whole time?”

Daniel stood still, not releasing his grip on Keira’s wrist.“Yeah.I couldn’t leave her alone.”

“Jesus, man, you look like crap.You’re going to terrify her when she wakes up again.”

“No, she’s already seen me when she woke up earlier.”His attention stayed locked on Keira.

“The nurses said you were having a few people bring you clothes and food?”

A muscle twitched on Daniel’s face as he tried to pull in a calming breath.“Like I said, I’m not leaving until she goes home.”

Layla gripped the bed railing as she turned her gaze back to her sister.She wasn’t going to push it anymore.“Tell us what happened.”

Daniel ran a hand over his face.He looked first at Logan and then swung his gaze to Layla.“It started before you left on your trip.”

Shock ran across her face before a scowl pinched the skin between her eyebrows.“What?And why didn’t she or you tell me?”

“First, I didn’t know about it until after you left, and I imagine Keira either didn’t realize she was being stalked, or she didn’t want to ruin your honeymoon.”

Logan wrapped a supporting arm around his wife.“I’m guessing the later.”

Daniel went through everything he knew about, watching more and more color leach from Layla’s face.

“Then what happened?”Layla asked.

Daniel swallowed, getting more shaken as the story came out.“She applied for a gun permit.”

Layla and Logan gasped in shock.

“Keira has never liked guns.She’s always been kind of afraid of them.”

“She had to have felt desperate at that time,” Logan surmised.

Silence stole across the room for several long moments.

Layla swallowed.“Go on.”

“He attacked her in her home.”

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