Page 65 of Shattered Hope
Jayden
I'm not sure what I was expecting to see when I stepped into the cabin with the police. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy… not, after all, I had read about this monster, but nothing prepared me to see Ailani lying naked on the floor, covered in bruises and blood.
I saw red.
Never, in my whole life, had I ever felt this raw, vehement fury. Rage coursed through me like a poison, at light speed, infecting every single cell of my body, and in a split second, all I could think of was killing the bastard in the most painful way possible.
It took three of the police officers to keep me away from him and his sneering grin.
“Wells! I know how you feel, but right now, she needs you more, man,” Josh pointed out as I struggled to free myself from the other men’s grip.
His words cleared my mind, and I calmed down. He was right. Ailani needed me more. I would have time to destroy the son of a bitch, later.
“Let me go, I need to check on her,” I asked the policemen, and they reluctantly did so.
“I’ve called an ambulance, but it will take them thirty minutes to get here,” Josh warned me as I rushed to her side and picked her up in my arms to carry her to the bed.
“Call them again and ask them to send a helicopter. I will pay for it,” I asked as I gently put her on the bed.
There were so many bruises on her body, so much blood, dried, and still flowing, it was hard to assess her current state.
Her eyes were closed, but she was breathing heavily as if it hurt her, and I wonder if he had broken her ribs.
Seeing her like this was so heartbreaking I felt lost, wanting to help her and not knowing how.
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The officers had dragged Hudson out of the cabin, and it was a good thing, or I would have probably lost it and killed the bastard.
I would make sure he paid for what he had done, even if it was the last thing I did.
I stayed with Ailani until the helicopter arrived. There wasn’t enough room for it to land, so they had to send down a basket stretcher. I wasn’t happy to let her go all alone to the hospital, but she was still unconscious, and I just wanted her to get the help she needed as quickly as possible.
“All this fuss for the little slut?” Hudson said after the helicopter finally flew away towards the nearest hospital.
The officers weren’t fast enough this time. Before they could hold me back, I was punching the bastard’s face as hard as I could, wishing he could feel all the pain he had inflicted on Ailani.
By the time the officers reacted, I had punched him a couple of times, turning his pretty face into a bloody mess.
“Stop, he’s not worth it,” Josh yelled at me as he held me back, with a friend’s help.
Hudson scoffed. “I’ll have your ass thrown in jail for this. Officers… arrest this man for assault,” he said, in a hysterical tone.
Josh let me go and approached the man. “Assault? What assault? I didn’t see anything. Did you guys see anything?” he asked his colleagues.
“No… nothing,” they all agreed. They had seen what he did to Ailani, too.
“You can’t do this,” Hudson yelled, furious, struggling to free himself from the policemen holding him still.
“We’re not doing anything,” Josh pointed out.
“How the hell are you going to explain the injuries in my face?” Hudson snarled.
“Easily… you tried to escape and fell down a hill, hitting your face on the process,” Josh elucidated the man, oozing scorn. “Such a clumsy clown… aren’t you?”
Hudson’s face reddened so much I thought he would have a stroke. “I’ll have your badges for this.”
“Good luck trying.”
