I quickly walk over towards them. They are nose to nose. Grady yanks Sean by his shirt and threatens him to leave Shannon alone, and if he ever hurts her again he’ll kill him.
Whoa.
“Grady, stop!” I shout. “Let’s just go look for Shannon. That seems to calm him down as he shakes Sean off him.
Tonight just got a hell of a lot more interesting.
It’s All My Fault
Grady’s phone starts going off.
He holds his finger up and goes to take the call outside. His face turns serious as he listens to the person on the other end of the line.
I look around for Shannon and Jayden, but they’re nowhere to be found. I figure I’ll take a walk around the house. I hope I find her, I can’t wait to tell her that Grady looks like he wants to kill Sean.
I spot Sean and he still looks mad.
“Hey, have you seen Shannon?”
“No, I can’t find her anywhere. She’s pissed at me. I swear that picture is from a long time ago. I really like her, and I don’t expect to be forgiven for what I did to her the first time we were together. But I do care for her.” His admission stuns me.
“That’s your business with her, now come help me find her. Maybe she will listen this time. I still personally don’t trust you, for the record, and know damn well she can do better.”
“Gee, thanks,” he grumbles.
“Hey, you did it to yourself.” And our conversation ends there.
As we walk around the house and check room after room. I look at my phone to see if she responded. She hasn’t, and now I’m starting to worry.
“Sean, I’m starting to feel uneasy about this. Why isn’t she responding?” I query.
He sprints into action and kicks open every door, shouting her name.
“Shannon!” he shouts over and over again.
Finally when he opens the far door to the left end of the house we find her. It’s like in slow motion. I freeze in place as I take in the scene unfolding around us. We see Jayden on top of Shannon, trying to take her clothes off.
“Oh my god!” I scream.
“Fuck!” Grady bellows, and sprints into action towards Jayden. I didn’t even see him come in here. Sean follows. Grady rips Jayden’s half naked body off hers and beats the shit out of him. Punch after punch, he doesn’t stop. Sean can’t even get close because Grady is destroying him.
Shannon scrambles off the bed and into my arms. I wrap a blanket around her as she sobs on my shoulder.
Grady roars angrily, trying to get back at Jayden. But Sean tells him to stop because he’s unconscious.
“Baby,” Sean croaks, looking at Shannon’s tear-stained face wrapped in a blanket leaning on me.
She cries harder when he scoops her up like a child and holds her close.
“Shh, it’s okay; I’m here now.” He tries to comfort her as her sobs turn into hiccups. Tears pour down my cheeks when I look at my friend and the pain she’s in.
“I’ll take care of this piece of shit.” Grady opens his phone and walks out of the room. I decide to do the same, not wanting to disturb their private moment.
Grady ends the call and Jared soon comes barreling up the stairs. He comes over to me with worry on his handsome face.
“I knew there was something off about him!” Grady punches the wall, which makes me jump.
“Fuck, that could have been you!” Jared yells.