“I’m fine sweetheart, what about you?I’ve been worried about you among those bikers.” If only she knew.
“You really don’t need to worry; they are great and nothing like you would imagine.” I state, thinking about the wild party the other night and how some of the women were practically naked by morning. I saw some raunchy things that I never thought I would see in public, but Linda had told me how wild biker parties could be.
“That’s good, have you found anything out about your sister?”
“Well, we found someone that has been friends with her, and she mentioned that Linda loved going to one of the hills nearhereandlookingdown over thetownat night. Said it gave her peace.” I hear my mom sigh.
“She always loved the night, ever since she was born, she was more of a night owl. Remember how she used to sit outside looking at the stars at night.” I can hear the smile in her voice and that makes me smile in return.
“I will find her mom.” I state.
“I know you will, you have always been tenacious.” I speak to her for a few more minutes before saying goodnight. Placing the phone on the bedside table I stretch out on the bed waiting for Hawk, I must have fallen asleep a minute later because the next thing I know Hawk is pulling me against his naked chest. I murmur in pleasure but let myself drift off again.
When I wake up, I am alone in bed again, this is becoming a habit, I frown until I hear the water in the shower. A minute later the water is turned off and I hear Hawk moving around in there. Sitting up, I pull the sheet off me as I throw my legs over the side of the bed. “Morning.” I look up to see Hawk standing in the doorway,a towel around his hips,his impressive chest naked for my enjoyment.
Well Onix, with this view every morning you can call yourself one lucky lady. “Morning, I didn’t hear you come to bed.” He leans against the doorframe,his eyes solemn.
“It was late, you were sleeping so deeply I didn’t want to disturb you.”
“Is there something wrong?” I ask,feeling like he is holding something from me. He stands up straight and walks towards me, the tattoo on his chest catching my eye. My fingers itch to caress the expanse of flesh visible to me.
“Yes, there is,” I tense, he comes to sit next to me on the bed lifting his hand,he strokes my cheek. “I never expected to find my mate so soon, the minute I met you my life changed completely.” He lifts my chin slightly so I can look into his eyes, “all I want to do is keep you safe, and please you in every way possible. I want you to know that I am here for you no matter what.” I can feel a knot growing in my stomach, why is he being so solemn.
“You are scaring me.” I murmur and see him tense, then he is closing his eyes for a second, when he opens them again, I see the sadness in them. No, whatever he is going to say I don’t want to hear it.
“We found your sister yesterday.” My hands fist in my lap at his words and I brace myself for his next words. “I’m sorry Onix, but she’s dead.” The words seem like they don’t want to penetrate my brain, I shake my head as if clearing my head.
“No,” I murmur but I can feel the tears building up behind my eyes. “No,” I say again this time louder. “She can’t be dead.” I feel him enfolding me in his arms pulling me onto his lap and holding me close, but my brain is frozen in shock, I am still trying to make sense of what he just told me. No, it can’t be possible, if she were dead, I would have known, wouldn’t I?
“Who told you?” I need that person to tell me themselves, I need to go to where she was buried and see for myself. Why didn’t they call her family when she passed away, I know that Linda always had a little bullet like chain which when you unscrewed the bullet it had all her private details like blood type, doctor, closest relatives contact details, I know because I was the one that gave it to her and she promised to always use it and I know that she did.
“No one told me, I saw her.”
“What, how?” I don’t even realize that I am crying until Hawk strokes the tears away from my cheek with his thumb.
“We went to the hill yesterday, we found her there.” I was always scared about that, that she would one day die alone.
“Did she overdose on the hill?” I ask, my worst fear coming true.
“I wish I could say yes, I really do but it is worse than that. I will never lie to you Onix that is why I ask you now, are you sure you want to know, or will you just take my word for it that she has passed.” She didn’t die of an overdose.
“I want to know Hawk.” I would rather not know, but I must, I need to.
“Your sister was killed, not just her but quite a few other women too.” Killed? Someone killed her? She had such a good heart, why would anyone do her any harm.
“What do you mean, how do you know?”
“We found a few shallow graves up there; they were all women.” I lift my hand to my chest feeling as if my heart is ripping out of my chest. “I will find who did this to her, and I will make him pay.” I shake my head in disbelief, I have seen enough evil in my life to know that people are capable of anything but why Linda, she has been through so much in life already why did it have to be her? And then thefloodgatesburst, and I can’t hold back my pain any longer.
The tears are gushing down my cheeks, I am crying uncontrollably, I hadhopedthat I would still see Linda, that I would take her home to mom. Oh, what am I going to tell mom? This will kill her; she has always been so worried that something bad would happen to Linda because of how wild she was but we never in a million years thought that someone would kill her.
I don’t know how long I sit on Hawks lap, his hand stroking my back, every now and again he is kissing the top of my head. I can hear his heart beating under my ear, I concentrate on the rhythm trying to keep myself sane.
“I want to see her.” I murmur and feel him tensing.
“The police have gone up there, as soon as they have all the women, they will call you to go and identify the body.” how am I going to look at her, how am I going to go on. I have the life that I have because she took my place when my father came for me, could that be me right now if she hadn’t done that?
“What am I going to tell my mother?” I cry, the thought of the pain that she will feel has me feeling like my heart is being squeezed to the point where I have to lean back as I feel like I can’t breathe.