Page 253 of Beyond the Blue Horizon
She had to get out of here. Out front and scream.
Maybe a neighbor would hear and call the police.
Only she wasn’t fast enough. Evil rushed and Justin shoved her from behind, tossing her from her feet. She flew, body propelled forward before she slammed to the ground.
She could feel Justin looming over her, and whimpering, she started to crawl.
Grief and desperation ricocheted through her being.
She had to do something.
Find something.
She gripped onto the base of a floor lamp, and she flung herself over onto her back as she swung it through the air.
Surprise flashed in Justin’s eyes a fleeting second before it smashed against his jaw.
His head rocked to the side, and he toppled that way and hit the floor.
She scrambled back around, struggling to get back to her feet.
A hand curled around her ankle. “You fuckin’ bitch. I’m gonna make you pay for that. Gonna kill you slow, just like I did your mother.”
Agony clawed through her spirit, but still, she fought. Kicking out her feet, she struggled to break his vicious hold.
Her heel struck his wrist, and his hand slipped.
On a sob of relief, she made it onto one knee, but it was too late.
A cry of misery rocketed out of her when a searing hot pain sliced into the lower left side of her back.
Gasping through the agony, she tried not to pass out.
Not to give.
Justin yanked the blade from her side then thrust it down again.
Pain splintered through her.
Obliterating.
Destroying.
And still she fought.
She kicked out, and her foot somehow landed against his face.
A howl of pain rocked from him, and he released her. His hand went to cover his nose as he swayed where he was upright on his knees. “You bitch. I’m going to cut you to tiny fuckin’ pieces.”
She didn’t hesitate. She grabbed the decorative vase her mother kept on the coffee table and swung it around.
It shattered against his head.
He slumped forward on a deep, guttural moan. Though he wasn’t out and he fought to get back to his knees.
Piper turned and started to run.
“No place you can go that I won’t catch up to you. Gonna find you and gut you. Go to the police. I dare you. I’ll be there waiting for you first.”
