Page 54 of Our Last Chance at Forever

Either way, it didn’t matter.

I was going in there.

I was getting my girl back.

I placed my hand on the doorknob and slowly twisted. The door opened easily and quietly. I peeked my head in and looked around. My eyes scanned the entire room before I stepped in.

I walked slowly, trying to take in every inch of the apartment. I didn’t like surprises and I was half expecting Chris to jump out at any moment.

The place was in pristine condition. The brown leather couch looked like nobody had ever sat on it. The oriental rug that laid on the floor, looked like it had never been stepped on. I passed by the kitchen that was loaded down with top of the line appliances before finding my way to the hall.

I stopped with Dane behind me and listened. I heard her. It sounded like she was fighting against him. I heard her crying and her whimpers as I closed in on the last door in the hallway.

Before barging in and making my presence known, I held my ear to the door. The sounds were louder. I heard metal clanking and that’s when I snapped. I barged through the door, it bounced off the wall behind it with a loud boom.

I saw Lennox on the bed with her hands tied above her head. Her eyes were swollen and blood shot. There was dried blood running down her face and on the white pillow her head was resting on. Then, my eyes found him.

Before I could think, I sprang into action. I lunged toward him, knocking him off of her. He took me with him as we went flying over the bed and landed in the floor on the far side of the room.

I felt like the air had been knocked out of me, but I didn’t have time to stop. I jumped toward him. “I’m going to fucking kill you,” I said between gritted teeth as I wrestled against him.

We rolled around, taking turns of who was on top. I landed a hit to his face and heard a crack before blood poured from his nose. I took the opportunity to roll him off of me. I kneed him in the stomach when he was at my side. I fought to stand, but he landed a kick to the side of my head. My ears rang as my vision started to double. I turned to find him, I couldn’t let him win, but with my ears ringing and my vision distorted, I was dizzy.

The next thing I heard was the cocking of a gun. “Everyone stop!” Chris demanded.

Everyone in the room stopped. My eyes found Dane and Lennox, they had almost made it to the door. He pointed the gun at my head. “Lennox, come here.”

“Don’t do it, Len-” I was silenced with a hit to the head with the butt of the gun. I fell to my knees.

“Now!” he screamed.

“Don’t!” I yelled back at her.

“Mason, I can’t,” she cried.

“Dane, get her out of here!”

“I wouldn’t fucking move,” Chris threatened. “Lennox!”

Dane let her arms go and I felt myself crumble.

I watched as she slowly walked to his side. When she was close enough, he grabbed her up, pulling her against his chest as he aimed the gun at her temple.

“Don’t fucking touch her.” My vision was clouded with the blood that was pouring out of the open wound on my head.

He smiled. “I don’t think you are in the place to make demands.”

I held my hands up in defeat. “What do you want? I’ll give you anything you want.”

“What do I want? What do I want?” he screamed. “I want you to watch while I take away everything you love.”

I needed to think fast. Lennox had a gun pointed at her head at point blank range. I needed a distraction.

“Take me. Just leave her alone.” I got to my feet. I watched as his hold on her tightened.

His eyes held on mine. “I don’t want you. I want you to pay. I want you to feel the loss I did when she left and decided to take everything in my life with her.”

Just then, Alissa walked in. Her sudden intake of breath alarmed us all. Chris’ eyes jumped to her and the gun followed to the new threat.

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