“Burn those who burned me!”

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i-Rabena’s /ibPOV/bbi: /i/b

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As I waited for the doctor, 1 filled Damon in on what happened over the past several days that led to me being locked in the shed. His face grew redder as I continued.

“So, you’re telling me they’ve been iscrewing /iieach /iithis /iientire /iitime/ii? /iI ishould /iihave /iikilled /iihim/ii./ii” /i

I gave a faint smile to my brother; I needed him to know I was okay and that this was a good thing in the

end.

“Honestly Dammyi, /iI’m d iit /iihappened/i. iI /iwas ireally /iigoing /ito itry /iiand /iimake /iimy /iimarriage /iwork. iI /istick tomitments, and iI /iiadore /iGrandmother iLynn/ii; /iibut /iiI /iican’t /iido /iithis /iianymore /iiand /iihe’s /iinot /iiworth /iijail/ii./ii” /ifn6763 Readplete version only at fin?novel/fn6763

Damon looked at me with a weary expression, he’d been against the idea of me and Thoman marrying from the beginning. He along with everyone else knew how much he loved Danielle.

“iI /iiknow/i. iI /iijust /iihoped /iihe /iiwould /iihave /iihad /iieven /ian iounce /iiof /iidignity/ii./i”

Just then, the doctor came into the room along with a nurse.

iSmiling/i. “Good imorning /iiMrs. /iiLockwood/ii. /iI’m id /iiyou’re /iiwoke/ii. /iiHow /iiare /iiyou /iifeeling/ii?/ii” /i

As Doctor Segall asked me a string of questions, nurse Hanna began checking my vitals. My right arm still felt sore from when Thomas threw my down, I winced as she took my blood pressure.

“Mrs. Lockwoodi, /iiif /iiyou /iidon’t /iimind /ime iasking/i, iexactly /iihow /iidid /iiyou /iend iup /iiin /iithis /iistate/ii? /iYou body iwas /iiso /idehydrated iit /ilooked ias /iiif /iiyou /iihadn’t /iihad /iifood /iior /iifluids /iifor /iiover /iiseveral /iidays/i.”

Both Damon and I stared at each other, we both knew this question was going toe up. Earlier I’d asked him not to disclose the trust about what happened on the Crest Estate.

“WHAT! You iwant /iicover /ifor ithem/ii? /iiAre /iiserious/ii? /iiWhy/ii!/ii” /i

I looked at my brother with an exasperated expression, it’s not that I wanted to cover for any of them, I was just realistic. The reality was both the Crests and Lockwoods were some of the most prominent families in the entire Northern Continent. Even if I involved the authorities, nothing would really be done. Theirwyers would have all of this buried. I had a better way of using this incident in my favor.

“Honestly doctor, I identally locked myself in a shed several days ago, my family wasn’t on thepound, by the time they found me, they immediately saved me from the shed.”

That was almost true, after all, Damon really did save me upon arriving home. Doctor Segall gave me a questionable look as if trying to determine if he believed my story. Deciding it was better to just believe me, he let out a sigh.

“Welli, /iplease be careful in the future, you could have died. Now for the next four days I’m going to ”

I immediately held my hand up, no way was I staying here for four more days. That would put me at risk of Thomas finding out my ns.

“iDr. /iiSegall/i, ihave /iyou spoken to imy /iihusband/i?”

The doctor gave me a puzzled look, probably wondering why that was important.

i“/iiI /ididi. /iYou have ihim /iilisted /iias /iyour iemergency/ii, /iialso /iihe /iiwas /iihere /iithe /iifirst /iiday /iiyou /iiwere /iadmitted. iI /iinformed him you would have to stay at ileast /ia iweek /iibefore /iidischarging/ii./ii” /i

Good! That was the information I needed to confirm. I knew to appear like to doting husband at least for his grandmother, he would be here the day of my discharge, but I won’t be around for the pickup.

“Very good, iin /iithat /iicase/ii, /iiI’d /iilike /ito idischarge /itodayi./ii” /i

Both the doctor and nurse eyes bulged in shock. Damon gave a slight scowl, though he was against, he already knew I nned on leaving early.

i“/iMrs. iLockwood/i, iI’m /iigoing /iito /iihave /iito /iiadvise /iiagainst /iithis/i! iI /iithink /iiyou /iishould /iistay /iihere /iia /iifew /iimore /iidays/ii./i”

I held my hand up in protest. There was no way I was risking running into Thomas.

i“/iiI /iiunderstand /iithat /iidoctor/i, ibut /iiI /iiwould /iilike /iito /iileave /iinow/ii. /iiSo /iiplease /iiprepare /iimy /iidischarge/ii, /iiI’ll /iimake /iisure /ito ikeep /ia ifamily /idoctor iat /iimy /iiestate/ii./ii” /i

Both Dr. Segall and Nurse Hanna gave each other a wary look, they were both very concerned but there was nothing they do.

“Alright, iif /iyou icould /iiplease /iipromise /iime /iito /iifollow /iithe /itreatment I ihave /iiprepared/ii, /iithen /iiI’ll /isign off ion /iyour discharge.i” /i

Smiling in triumph, I nodded eagerly to the doctor. I had every intention on keeping my word regarding my health. After the doctor left, Nurse Hanna gave me a faint smile.

i“/iShould I call your husband so ithat /iihe /ican ipick /iiyou /iiup/ii?/ii” /i

“That won’t be necessaryi, /iimy /ibrother is going to itake /ime home.”

Nurse Hanna squinted her eyes and then smiled as if shepletely understood. I was clearly leaving my husband and did not want him to know. Taking my hand into hers, she gave me a motherly expression.

i“/iiMrs. /iLockwood, please just make sure you take care of yourself. I’ll go print out your discharge papers, everything will be ready in 10 minutes.”

I nodded my head with a smile and pulled my phone back out. Today was Monday and my uncle and Pera would not be here until Wednesday, we needed a hotel. After booking us a room at the Imperial Gardens, I began to get dressed. Damon purchased me a change of clothes the day before.

“Do I need to ibook /iius /iia /ice to istay/ii?/i”

“Nope, ialready /igot that itaken /iicare /iiof/i. iWe’re /iistaying /iat ithe /iimperial gardens.i” /i

Damon shot me shocked look, the imperial gardens was a five–star hotel, I’d booked us a room in one of

the VP suites.

“Ruby, exactly how prominent were ithe /iiPrices/i?”

I let out a loudugh, the truth was my family’s estimated ie was in the upper hundreds of billions thanks to the Techware my dad and uncle created. By the time I was adopted, they had already cornered

the market in the Western and Southern continents.

“Let’s ijust /isay, it’s ienough /ito ieverything /iiI /iwant and need to do.”

With that, I grabbed my discharge papers and left the hospital with Damon. On the way to the hotel, we stopped at a diner to get to something to eat. I felt so good eating and drinking again. Once we arrived at the hotel, I called Pera and Uncle Pete to update them on everything. Uncle Pete informed me he would have the family doctor check me out once we arrived back in Covington. Finally, Wednesday arrived and Pete and Pera picked us up at the hotel. Giving them both warm hugs, I could feel the tears slowly flowing, it had been over a year since I saw my uncle and over five since I saw Pera. After introducing them to Damon, my uncle began to speak.

“Alright, ienough /iiof /iithe /iiintroductions/ii, /iiwe’ll /iisave /iithe /iirest /iiof /iiour /iicatching /iiup /iifor /iithe /iiprivate /iijest /iiflight/i. iLet’s /iihead /i

home.i” /i

With a joyous and satisfying smile, I grabbed my bags and headed out with my family, never to look back on this ce or those people again.

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