Free Fall (Free Fall Vol. 1): (Loving Summer #6: The Donovan Brothers #3) (6 page)

Chapter
10

Nat

Days Later

D
arkness was all I could see when I opened my
eyes to an unfamiliar room. All the lights were off, but my eyes adjusted
itself to the dark quickly. It was a skill I picked up from my training with
the Special Ops.

I
looked around the room and noticed the heavy ornate drapes, marble tables, and
plush sofas.  I must be in some luxury hotel suite.

My
throat felt like sandpaper. Parched like a desert, I could barely swallow
without it hurting.

“Hello?”
I called.

I
tried to get up but felt too weak. My arms, it felt as though I was tied down
with some loose ropes. I pulled my arms out further and noticed I was hooked up
to some machines.

I
looked down and saw an IV hooked up to me, and my head…something was around my
head.

I
felt a cloth, soft yet rough, and thin around my forehead.

It
must be bandages around my head. And this room…I was in a care unit, a plush
one at that, but where?

I
looked around for a call button or a phone, but there were none in sight. 
Where do they put these things?

I
haven’t been to a hospital in a while.  The last time was when Aunt Sookie was
dying and everyone was there.  I remembered that day like it was yesterday.
Aunt Sookie was so special to me. She was special to everyone, but we had a
bond that felt like she was more than a caretaker, more than Summer’s aunt. 
Like mother and son.

That
was over 11 or 12 years ago, and I had made a promise to her on her death
bed…to protect and watch over Summer.

Summer! 
Where was she?  How long have I been here?

Everything
came flooding back to me.  The Dragon. His girlfriend Brandi.  How she had set
me up.

Ambushed
me…she must have hit me from behind, with a bat or pipe.

But
The Dragon…he saw me.  He would have finished me off if the security from the
Blue Towers Hotel didn’t come and find me in the nick of time. Now The Dragon
knew I was alive and back in town…

Which
meant he would be going after someone I cared about…Summer.

I
had to get up and get out of here.  

I
fumbled with the sides of the bed and found some buttons.  I pressed each one,
and the light went on, and the bed moved to a sitting position.

There
was a commotion outside my room, and the door flew open, with a nurse in pink
scrubs rushing in and a pretty girl with long jet black hair and a purple
streak wearing jeans, a baby doll black t-shirt, and a silver faux fur coat
trailing behind her.

“Patient’s
up,” the nurse said to a headpiece she was wearing.  “Yes, I’ll be careful. 
He’s VIP, I know.”

“Oh,
thank God,” the black-haired girl said, her big blue eyes blinking.  She looked
so familiar.

“Rachel?”
I asked.

“Nat!”
she flew over to hug me.  “I was so worried. You were knocked out for days.
Even after the surgery.  It was an intensive one, too.  But Summer did it, and
you’re alive. You’re here!”  Her eyes filled with tears.

“Summer?”
Nat asked.  “She operated on me?”

“Yes,
she’s a doctor here.”

“Where
is she?” I asked.

Rachel’s
face went from happy that I was up and alive to complete gloom. She shook her
head and began crying.

“What’s
wrong?” I asked Rachel. “How long have I been here? Did I miss Summer’s
wedding? Why are you crying?”

“Oh,
Nat, I wished I could tell you where Summer is...It’s been days pass the
wedding.”

I
felt my heart sank.  I missed Summer and Drew’s wedding.  What kind of a jerk
brother was I to miss their big day.  “I’m sorry I missed it,” I said.

“You
didn’t,” Rachel said. “It didn’t happen.”

My
mouth dropped.  “What? Why?”

“Summer…she
never showed up to the wedding.  She didn’t even show up to the Reception
Dinner the night before.”

“She
couldn’t have gotten cold feet,” I said.  “She wouldn’t leave Drew hanging like
that.”

“No,
she wouldn’t. Everyone knows that,” Rachel said. “So when she didn’t show up
for the reception dinner and to miss her own wedding…we knew she was missing.”

I
closed my eyes and clenched my fists.

“No!”
I shouted so loudly, so fiercely, that I made Rachel and the nurse jump.

“He
must have her,” I said to myself. “I have to go,” I said, trying to get the
tubes and gadgets around off of me.

“Mr.
Donovan, you have to remain calm. I’ll go get the doctor to see if you’re
capable of being discharged.”

The
nurse left the room, and Rachel tried to calm me down.

“What
do you mean, ‘he must have her’?” she asked. “Is Summer in some kind of
trouble?”

I
covered my face with my hands. “I spent ten years, Rachel.  Ten years in hiding
my identity so I could protect Summer from these crazy psychotic A-holes who
were after me back when I went on that mission to get Dad back. For ten years,
I worked with the FBI and all kinds of agencies to help bring these guys down…first
their computers, then their guys.  One-by-one, I even went after the bosses.
Sometimes with my team, and sometimes by myself. There was only one boss left,
and he was the most ruthless, the smartest, and the most charming one…The
Dragon.” I took a deep breath. “I’m sure, he has Summer.”

Rachel
took a deep breath too, and then said, “What does he want with Summer?”

I
stared steadily at her as the word fell out of my mouth without hesitation,
“Revenge.”

Epilogue

Summer

I
watched the man with the
bald head and a dragon tattoo inked on top of his head, place the tray of food
on the round dining table in the luxurious room. He was in his thirties, tall,
and large all around. He might have been handsome in a rugged way if he wasn’t
so hard-looking. Without a doubt he was an imposing figure, one that was
intimidating just to look at.

Dressed
all in black – a black silk button down shirt and black dress pants, even black
loafers, he even looked like a man you didn’t want to mess with.

He
turned around after picking up a bowl and a silver spoon, and faced me with his
menacing dark eyes, and lifted the spoon. I closed my eyes as he got closer.

I
couldn’t even move an inch. The silk ties that bound my wrist behind me on the
chair, making my bust jut out and my back cramp, didn’t afford me any wiggle
room to try.

“Here,”
the man said in a gruff voice. “Open up.”

I
shook my head, still keeping my eyes closed.

“Open
up your mouth or I’ll pry it open, woman,” he said impatiently.

My
eyes flew open and watch him as he took a spoonful of soup and held it out to
my closed mouth.

“Look,
you’ve got to eat. It’s been days, and we have to keep you alive,” he said.

I
shook my head again.

“What?
You’re afraid it’s poisoned?”  He spooned it into his own mouth and swallowed, licking
his mouth with his tongue, then opening wide to show me his empty mouth and
tongue.

I
kept looking at his mouth. He had a large mouth, with a wide square jaw, thick
neck, and a very long tongue…so long that I had to blink to believe it. I’ve
seen so many as a doctor, but this one, he looked like a komodo dragon with a
tongue this long.

“What
are you staring at?” the man asked.

“Oh
nothing,” I said.

He
spooned soup into the spoon and held it against my mouth. “Open.”

This
time I did, letting the clear liquid fall into my throat.  It warmed my throat
and filled my belly with a hot liquid that made me feel a little better.  “Oh,
that was good,” I said, closing my eyes and licking my lips.

I
didn’t realize how I must’ve look, like I was in ecstasy until I saw the man’s
eyes go dark with desire. He cleared his throat before spooning more soup into
my mouth.

Again,
I closed my eyes, savoring the soup. Food had never tasted so good when you’re
starving, cold, and frighten.

He
stood up and placed the soup bowl to my mouth and held it up so I can drink
straight from the bowl. I drank the soup, keeping my eyes on his dark ones. I
drank slowly, savoring the taste, letting the warm liquid work on getting back
my energy. I would need it to escape.

When
I was done, he took the bowl away and placed it on the table next to him.

Then
he surprised me by plopping down on my lap, his thick thighs on both sides of
mine, his bulging crotch facing mine and straddled me. He moved his face
towards mine and flicked out his long tongue to lick a corner of my mouth. “You
missed a spot,” he said.  He bent down to kiss my mouth, taking my lower lip
into his and sucking on it hungrily. “You taste just as good as you look,” he
said. “Keeping you alive might be worth it.”

*****

Nat,
Summer, Drew, Rachel, and Astor’s story continues in

Book
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