Page 66 of Beyond Repair: Part Two

Chapter 42

Trevor

"When he grabbed me...I-I peed. I was so scared..."My woman was so terrified she pissed herself!

"I couldn't feel anything. My toes tingled a few times."Then Nina wiggled her bare feet and her dainty hands as if she was shocked she could feel them again.

I still can't comprehend her lying limp on a cement floor. Nina is the most precious person I have ever met, so I'll never understand the vile things that go on in a monster's brain.

"Then..."Nina stuttered and I my heart fell out of my ass. I didn't want to believe Mr. M had touched her, but she says,"H-he said I was filthy. So he cleaned me up. He-he-he was about to pull my underwear o-off then..."

In that moment, I would have risen that fucking bastard from the dead so I could kill him all over again. The death Will gave him was too fucking fast, even if it was the safest option and the most efficient.

Nina looked away from the officer taking her statement and looked each of us in the eye."My family knocked on the door."

You bet your fucking ass we're your family, I wanted to shout but held back allowing them to continue the conversation. At that point, the officers were just crossing their T's and dotting their I's so they could work toward closing the case of a serial killer.

With all the missing people in the world, I fear Mr. M's case will never be complete. His torment will sure as shit live on.

That brings us to now. Where the five of us suddenly have no place to live. Our place, which is still in our names, is too far away from Nina’s parents so that’s not an option. In no way am I upset with Nina for her panicked response about going into her home, but damn, I just want to get my girl into bed so she can begin to heal.

"I'm so sorry," Nina whimpers, backing away from the front door.

I feel like I should have expected this, but I've been so lost in my fear and raging emotions that I didn't think. Nina was kidnapped from her fucking bathroom, of all places. Why in the hell would she want to go back there?

Tears spill over her lashes, breaking my heart. "I don't think....I don't think I can feel c-comfortable in there right now."

I hear her unspoken pain though. Nina doesn't think she'll ever feel okay inside her house again.

Honestly, I have no idea who fucking would when there's still brain matter on the street outside. Not to mention Nina was held captive in the neighboring house for over a goddamn hour.

That hour might sound so damn small to an outsider, but for us, it was ages. For Nina, I'd bet it felt like another fucking lifetime in the hands of a monster.

We're fucking lucky he didn't kill her the moment he had a second alone, but I hate to think about why. Nobody will say it, but I think Nina was his favorite captive. She's the one that lasted the longest and still fought him. Like the sick fuck I know that bastard was, he wanted my woman back to use and abuse as he saw fit.

A headache begins to bloom near both of my temples when I clench my jaw for the millionth time today. The sun is setting and I have no place to tuck my girl in. I mean, fucking hell, we were just signing away our house so we could live here permanently.

But I'm kind of with Nina. If I never saw this neighborhood again, I'd feel just fucking fine. We may have rekindled our friendship and love here, but the dark twist and bittersweet ending is its final resting point.

I wonder what the other neighbors will do since everyone knows what happened this afternoon.

"There's no reason to apologize, sweetie," Meg replies to Nina. I'm grateful for Meg's attentiveness right now because from what I can tell, me, Ridge, Henry, and Kai are fucking struggling.

"You'll all come home with us," Will chimes in with a nod as he turns his back on the house he bought for his daughter.Shit, this man would do anything for Nina, and he has.

"Where will we all sleep?" Nina whispers, peaking back at the four of us.

Will smiles, then kisses her forehead. "We'll move the couches in the basement and you all can finally have that slumber party you've begged for since you were fourteen."

"No way!" Kai whisper-shouts, and bumps his shoulder into mine. The casual push knocks me out of my head a little, and I grin. It may be small, but it's a start.

"We would really appreciate that, Will. Thank you," I say, incredibly appreciative to have a father figure like Will in my life. He's honestly a rock and fuck, I missed him while Nina was missing.

In this moment, I think I finally forgive him and Meg for cutting us out of the loop all those years to go. No matter how much I wish we would have known immediately that Nina was alive, we all needed that time to heal and grow into the adults we are now.

Don't get me wrong. I'm completely fucking aware that there will be many more moments that require growth, but the good thing is we have the freedom to do that now.

Even in death, we'll never see Mr. M again. Because no matter what we believe in, I'm choosing to believe that horrible waste of space is rotting for all eternity.Nina smiles at me...And we most definitely will not be.

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