Steve pulled Tyler off of Noah while Tyler screamed, “That’s my baby sister! You motherfucker! What did you do to my sister and Meg? I’ll kill you!”
“Get Tyler out of here now!” Steve yelled at the other guys standing there in shock. “Marie, get Meg and Courtney out of here.”
Marie had tears running down her face as she and Sissy helped Meg up. I slowly picked up Courtney and carried her out of the room. She was crying so hard that she seemed to be having a hard time breathing. I followed Sissy into the living room and set Courtney down on the sofa.
I placed my hands on her face and made her look into my eyes. “Angel, I need to go back into the library, okay?”
She grabbed my hands and shook her head.
I wiped her tears away with my thumbs and brought her forehead down to my lips. “I promise you, I will be right back, but your father cannot be alone with Noah, okay?”
She just continued to cry as she looked into my eyes.
“I promise you.” I looked up at Sissy and said, “Will you stay with her?”
She quickly wiped away her tears and sat down next to Courtney.
I turned to head back to the library when Sissy called after me. “Reed?”
I turned around and looked at her.
“Please don’t let my father do something stupid.”
I nodded my head as I gave her a weak smile. I spun around and headed back toward the man I wanted to kill more than anything.
As I walked by the kitchen, Tyler was arguing with a few of his friends. “Just let me go. I just want to go see Meg and my sister. Please just let me go.”
My heart broke for him. His fiancée and his sister were both victims of this fucker.
The library door was open, and when I walked in, I saw Noah sitting in a chair as Steve was talking to some guy I’d never seen before. The guy looked up at me and then nodded before he started walking out. Steve turned and saw me. As the guy passed by me, he placed his hand on my shoulder and gave me a caring look. I smiled back and gave a quick nod in return.
“Reed, shut and lock the door, please,” Steve said.
I glanced over at Noah. He had a terrified look on his face, and I almost wanted to smile. I did as Steve had asked. I stood back away from both of them. If I got too close to the asshole, I’d just want to beat the shit out of him again.
Noah looked at me and smiled. I balled my fists together and looked at Steve before glaring back at Noah.
“What in the fuck are you smiling at?” I asked Noah.
Noah’s smile faded as he looked everywhere but at Steve.
“I want to know what you did to my daughter,” Steve said through gritted teeth as he sat down in front
of Noah.
“Nothing she didn’t want,” Noah bit back.
I started making my way over to him. “You motherfucker! She was sixteen, for fuck’s sake!”
Steve held up his hand to stop me. “Don’t worry, Reed. I’m going to make sure you have some alone time with this lowlife. Just give me my time.”
I stopped and barely said, “Yes, sir.”
“I’m going to ask you again. What did you do to my daughter?”
Nothing.
Noah wasn’t saying a word.