Page 24 of Chasing Ink
A tear tracks down my cheek.“Then we will just have to learn to live without each other.”
I walk out of his house with my shoulders hunched and shaking as I cry.I love my brother but now is the time to take a stand.He needs to accept that I am an adult and that I can decide how to live my life.
“Come here, baby doll,” Alistair’s voice comes from in front of me.
I look up to find his leaning against the hood of his truck.Of course, he knew where I went and came to get me.I run to him, into his arms.He holds me for long minutes until I calm down before he walks me right back into my brother’s home.
Chapter Eleven
Enough
Alistair
I will not tolerate any of this shit anymore.I march my woman back into her brother’s house and into the kitchen.I can hear him talking softly to his wife, but they stop the moment they see us.
“Motherfucker,” Luke curses lowly.“You need to leave.Now.”
“You’re hurting her,” I say.
“And you’re going to break my arm?”he challenges, standing.“Wasn’t that the threat.”
“It was.And I meant it,” I say flatly.“But this is something different.I won’t let her choose me.I won’t hurt your family.”
I pull away from Skye, the hardest damn thing I have ever done in my entire fucking life.She looks at me and I can see her heart break in front of my eyes.I want to hold her and make it all better, but I can’t.I can’t fix any of this because I am the one who broke it.
“I’m sorry, baby doll,” I say softly.“I never should have let this happen.”
“What are you doing?”Luke asks.
“I’m leaving.”
“You can’t...”Skye cuts in.
“I have to.”I cup her face in my hands.“You deserve more.Better.And one day, you will have that.Luke is right, I never should have touched you.I can’t take it back, but I can do the right thing now.”
I walk out, listening to her heart-rending cries.I listen as her heart breaks, and still, I walk away.Outside, I jump in my truck where Zeus is waiting for me.He stares at the porch then at me.He is waiting for Skye.
