Page 151 of Ravage God
Her lowered lip trembled.
And I didn’t say anything to that, still trying to process what she had said.
Abuse?
There was only one reason she would have come in like that before.
I looked at Valentino. His face was pale as he looked at his sister, the horrible realization setting in.
Joseph had hurt her… many times before he broke into Valentino’s apartment.
Enough that she needed to go to the hospital to get checked out.
He shook his head as if he couldn’t believe it.
“How could I not know?” he whispered, terrified.
Jane looked at him with confusion in her eyes. “It wasn’t…”
She trailed off. I no longer cared what she had to say. If she wanted to call the cops, we could easily make the report disappear. I didn’t fucking care about that either.
I couldn’t.
Not when images flashed in my head of Isa being hurt, and I had no fucking clue.
How many nights had I spent with her in my arms?
How many times had it felt like there was something she wasn’t telling me, and I didn’t push?
Or when she went spiraling, and I just thought it was her acting out because she wanted more freedom.
I turned back to my girl and grabbed her hand.
Water droplets landed on her skin, and it took me a moment before I realized I was crying.
Oh, baby. Why didn’t you tell me?
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ISA
My alarm was going off.
Beep, beep, beep.
How annoying.
I tried to reach out and turn it off, but it felt like my arms were made of lead, and I couldn’t move them.
What was wrong with me?
Oh, I just wanted the noise to stop so I could go back to sleep.
I didn’t know how long I had slept, but I was still feeling incredibly tired.
Slowly, I opened my eyes and was instantly blinded by a bright light, making me cringe.
I let out a small whimper.
