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CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE

RYAT

I OPEN MY heavy eyes and smell the sterilized room before I even see the white walls and realize I’ht arain …” My eyes fall to look at it, half expecting it to be handcuffed to the railing, but instead, there’s a brunette cuddled up toon it

Blake! Thank God Leaning down, I kiss her forehead, letting er to feel the touch of her skin on my lips

Her eyes flutter open, and it takes her a second to focus on et up, but I hold her in place

“No, Blake …”

“But Dr Gavin—”

“No please” I pull her into me “Stay here” I take in the s er”

“Okay, Ryat” She looks up at ently kisses my cheek

“God, I missed you,” I say, and her eyes fill with tears

“Don’t ever do that again,” she growls “Just so you know, I’o home”

I laugh and kiss her forehead “Are you okay?”

“Yeah”

The moment she answers, I see the bruise on her eye “He hit you?”

“I’m fine …” She pulls away

“Blake” I growl “Tellto make him confess his sins of LeAnne to the Lords at confessional but not what he did to her I don’t want everyone knohat h

Sighing, she runs her hand through her hair “He told me to run”

I frown, reame “Why would he …?”

“He wanted to act out my fantasy,” she whispers nervously “Told me to run from him He wanted to catch me and rape me”

My teeth clench,my already sore body worse

“I was able to keep hiht me, and Tyson was there …”

“We needed Matt to believe that Tyson was there for you,” I infor to be suspicious no matter hoent down, but we kneouldn’t pass up on having the extra help to use her “He had to play a part”