Page 6 of A Moment Too Soon

“Yes, baby. He was selling you. That’s trafficking. Did you ever see the same people more than a few times?” he asks.

“Well… no. He knows a lot of people, though,” I defend.

“Rebecca, honey. I know you are smarter than that,” he says.

“If I admit that… then it means I let it happen,” I say.

“He brainwashed you, Bex. Where is your phone?”

“In my bag. It’s busted,” I say. He jumps up and disappears. A few seconds later, I hear banging. I grab his shirt and pull it on before finding him in the kitchen, taking a hammer to my phone. “What the fuck are you—?”

“How did he find out we were texting?” he asks.

“I… don’t know,” I say.

“I’ll get you a new one,” he says, picking his own phone up from the table.

“Who are you calling?” I ask.

“Levi,” he says.

“I’m so glad he let y’all get close again,” I say. “Why him?”

“Because he and his wife are great at tracking people. I wanna know what Garrett is up to,” he says.

“Hey,” Levi says as he lays his phone on the coffee table.

“Hey. I have a problem. Are y’all free?” Jett asks.

“We are. What’s wrong?” Levi asks.

“Bex is here… at my house,” Jett says.

“Uh oh,” Levi says. “What happened?”

“Garrett has been trafficking her. She’s in denial, but he’s getting paid to let men rape her. He rapes her. She called me crying, so now she’s here. I smashed her phone, but… I don’t want to come there because you have Charlie now. Wilder and Macie have Janie. She’s been here for almost two hours with that phone on.”

“Shit. Okay… uh… We are out right now. Mom and Dad have Charlie for the weekend, so meet us at the office,” Levi says.

“Okay. I don’t know what to do. He…”

“I know she can hear me. If you panic, so will she. You two feed off each other’s energy, so just breathe and meet us. Okay? Make sure you aren’t being followed, though,” Levi says calmly.

“Right. Okay,” Jett sighs. “We will get dressed and be there soon.”

“You fucked her already, didn’t you?” Levi laughs.

“It was fuck her or get fucked by her. I chose to not get overpowered by a tiny brat,” Jett laughs.

“Monster,” I say, and Arden giggles.

“Must be a family trait,” Arden remarks.

“Trauma must make dicks bigger,” I say, and Jett chuckles.

“Interesting that you can reference it at all,” Levi says.

“I think it’s different with me,” I say. “We will meet y’all soon.”

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