Page 44 of Escaping the King
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Asher
“Yeah, I got it.I'm not fuckin' happy I've got it, but I do,” I told Nick as I drove down the long stretch of highway.
The news he'd just shared with me about Giselle made me want to hunt down Dani’s biological father and shoot him right between the eyes.After I kicked his ass, of course.
Knowing what he did to her—“Fuck!”I shouted in my car for no one to hear but me.The fact that Giselle had been sold—fucking sold—to some old bastard.And he'd forced his baby on her.
It made me fucking sick.
After I shot him, I was going to strangle her father.
Fucking asshole.
What I should do was pull over and take a minute to collect myself.I swear to God my entire body was vibrating with the anger building up inside of me.
Not Giselle.
Fucking sweet, Giselle.
I remembered her when she'd moved in next door.She was big and ready to pop at any moment.
My sister, the saver of all people, had immediately clicked with her and brought her into our fold.
Not that our fold was great or anything.It wasn't.
But it was something.
Which was a lot more than what Giselle had.Which was nothing.
I'd always loved Giselle.I knew she was completely out of my league.I wasn't stupid.A woman like that, who looked like she did, would never fall for a guy like me.
Not to mention the fact that I was younger than her.
None of that stopped me from wanting her, though.
And when Dani came along, my feelings didn't change.There was just more about Giselle to love.Watching the way she took care of her baby had sparked something inside of me.I knew the kind of woman I wanted.
Someone like her.
Someone who knitted and crocheted ridiculous blankets that nobody needed.Someone who sewed clothes for their baby because she couldn't make ends meet.And because she was damn good at it.
Someone exactly like Giselle.
I knew she'd never be mine.I wasn't under any delusions.That didn't mean the protectiveness I felt for her would ever go away.I knew it wouldn't.
She was my friend.
No.
She was my family.
More my family than some members of my own family.
I sighed and looked out onto the highway.It was early afternoon, and I was going—who the fuck knew.
When I'd heard that Giselle and Dani had taken off, I couldn't just sit still.I had to go find them.
