But then I shook her a little. “Hey, you left me,” I bit out.
“I came right back,” she said, her hands over mine. “I’m sorry. Michael was bringing me back, and that’s when we saw you being taken.”
She climbed off me and put her hands on me, helping me up.
“Are you…” She stopped, feeling my clothes. “This is wet. Are you bleeding?”
“How did you get in?” I demanded, ignoring her question and gritting my teeth against the pain as I stood up from the bed.
“When we saw what happened, we got everyone together. Banks told us there was crawl space in the wall, from the cellar to the attic.” She took my arm. “She’s downstairs with Michael and Kai, distracting your father.”
“The attic’s across the roof.” I took us toward the bathroom, knowing now how she got in. “You climbed across the roof?”
Jesus, fuck. And I was worried about getting to her before my father did.
She could’ve died. How could they be so stupid to bring her?
“Rika’s outside your bathroom window,” she said in a hushed voice. “Would you shut up now?”
Fine. She was already here. Damage was done. I’d deal with them later.
Walking into the bathroom, I shot a glance to my bedroom door behind me, making sure it was still closed and no one was onto us.
I stepped on top of the toilet, seeing the small window already propped up and Rika crouched down on the roof, waiting.
Where was Will? Why were the girls the ones doing this?
I could understand Kai not wanting to leave Banks alone with my father, but where the hell were Michael and Will?
I stepped back down and lifted Winter up, the slice in my side burning, but I maneuvered her through the window, Rika taking her arms and pulling her up.
I took short, shallow breaths, trying to tap down the nausea creeping up again. I was going to need some fucking stitches. Goddammit. I didn’t have time for this.
Hopping up on the toilet again, I planted my foot on the wall for leverage and shot up, digging my elbows into the windowsill and pulling myself forward on my arms while I slipped up and out.
“You okay?” Rika asked.
“Just go.”
I breathed hard, hearing her whisper instructions to Winter before they both found the ridge and began crawling it over to the attic window.
My leg was wet from the blood, but the night air chilled my skin, cooling me off and waking me up.
They would have to have a car nearby. Just five more minutes. I’d get to rest.
Following them over the roof and keeping low, I climbed through the circul
ar attic window, falling in and crashing onto the floor.
Winter rushed over to me, touching my face.
The room was dark, but moonlight shone through, and I looked up, seeing not only Rika, but Alex standing there, too, all three women staring down at me.
“Are you fucking kidding me?” I whined, holding my side and trying to get my feet under me.
“That’s how you thank three females who just saved your ass?” Rika remarked, sounding all too amused.
And then Alex tipped her chin at me, taunting, “Who’s your daddy?”