Heaven Sent (9 page)

“Ev, tell them to come in here.

What are they doing?”

She yells for them to return. They

come through the bedroom door and they

both looked pissed. I notice that each of

them run their hands through their hair

when they are frustrated and the image

sticks with me. Their mannerisms are

almost identical right now.

“There is no way you are EVER

coming back here. You are moving in

with me,” Talon demands Eaven. There

is no room for discussion. I look down

because I know that I’m soon to be on

my own. She is getting married and

should move in with him. I just wish it

was better timing.

“Talon, I can’t leave Ivy.”

“Then she moves in too. I’m not

leaving you here next door to a fucking

rapist, Ev. He has been living there and

has photos of her. The asshole built a

shrine of shit he probably jacks off to.

Neither one of you are coming back here

again so get your shit together. We are

done here.”

I look at Taron’s reaction as his

brother suggests I move in. His face

seems a little pale. I can tell this is way

too much for him to process.

~Eight~

Taron

There is no way in hell I’m

leaving her. That mother fucker has

naked photos of her in the shower and

changing in her room. He is a psycho

bastard and I won’t leave her here to

deal with this fucker without me. I need

to do this correctly or I will scare her

off. I’m trying to process the best way to

calm her into staying at our house. Or

better yet, going with me on tour.

“You can stay with us.” That

came out short and to the point.

“I’ll find a new roommate soon.

I’ll only stay until then.” She doesn’t

look happy about the situation, but I

don’t care. I didn’t get to see everything,

but from what I can tell Dylan has been

in her apartment numerous times. I lost

it when I saw a picture of her naked in

the shower. Then I reached for the

perfume bottle that was near his bed. I

slowly inhaled it hoping it wasn’t hers,

but it was. I know her smell. I dream of

her scent and could never mistake it. I

probably ruined any chance of the police

getting fingerprints off of the bottle, but I

don’t give a shit. My mind was all over

the place with the images he had of

her.

“The house is secure now, but I

think they should come with us on tour.”

I throw the idea out there hoping Talon

will take my lead.

“We have classes and we can’t

just pack up and leave.” Eaven needs to

get on board here. She is so dependable

and I need her to be a free spirit right

now.

“Drop the classes and enroll in

online classes. You can’t stay here by

yourselves.” I’m quick on my feet with a

solution.

“Either do that or I’m canceling

the tour because I won’t be able to

concentrate if I’m worrying about you

the entire time.” Talon knows how to

get to Eaven. He walks right up to her

and pulls her close, face to face. Shit if

they were any closer, he would be inside

of her. “It will be fun. We can see all of

the different locations’ together and I

won’t complain about spending every

night with you.” Talon is good at getting

what he wants.

That is usually me. I feel like if I

try too hard, I will scare her off since

she pulled the friend card this morning.

If I don’t try at all she won’t think I want

her to come. She wants to be friends, so

I will go with that for now. I know if

she goes on tour with me, I will get her

to cave again. Right now she needs a

friend anyway. She has a lot to deal

with, and I’m not that big of an asshole.

“Yea it’ll be fun, Ivy. We can go

and humiliate these two the whole time.

We can moan back at them when they

have sex, and bang on the walls when Ev

is about to finish him off.”

She finally smiles. It’s a small

one, but it’s a smile. I have my work cut

out for me. I want my feisty girl back. I

could kill Dylan for taking her away

from

me. Maybe they will find him

while we are gone and he will rot in hell

for the rest of his worthless life.

“Maybe it would be good to get

away from here, Ivy. We could see the

things we would have missed out on.

We could SHOP!”

It’s a done deal now that I have

Eaven up for the idea.

“You know I’m always up for

anything, but I need to talk to Taron

first.”

“Yea, yea. He is going to be a

perfect gentleman and all of that. We are

going and we will live it up the entire

time! Ivy, think of the pictures we can

take!”

The police take our statement and

we end up back at the police station to

give more details. I’m outraged that Ivy

has to relive this scene over and over.

They make her verify that each of the

photos were hers. They let me stay with

her as she begins the humiliating display

of proof that he is as psycho as I felt he

was when I entered his apartment. The

police tell us that he has been in the

apartment next to Ivy’s for the last

couple of weeks. They bring in the

evidence and begin to show Ivy items

that belong to her.

I watch Ivy deplete with every

photo. I watch as the last little bit of

strength in my girl flows out in the tears

running down her face. I silently vow to

her that I will take care of her as my lips

press to her temple in my attempt to

remind her that she isn’t alone.

The police finally finish with the

evidence and we make our way out of

the hell around us. I stop her once we

get to the truck. She hasn’t lifted her

head since I came back for her. I wrap

my arms around her and she doesn’t push

me away. Her body has no fight left and

she completely leans on me to hold her

upright.

“Let me in, Ivy. I will be here for

you.” I talk into her hair as I lean down

t o completely surround her. I wish I

could pull some of the hurt from her.

She slowly wraps her arms around

my waist and I feel her squeeze just

slightly. This is enough communication

for me to know she is still in there. I

still have a chance to build this girl up

and help her survive this nightmare.

I hold her until she pulls away

from me. She climbs into my truck and

slides all the way over to the door on the

other side. I know she is using it to help

hold her up and I wish she would let me

hold her. I drive us back to my house

and allow her the silence she needs.

We spend the afternoon tying up

loose ends. I get my phone fixed and

Talon and I both tell the head of security

that the girls need constant protection so

they can provide more security on tour.

He seems irritated when I grab the phone

and demand security after Talon had

already said everything. I just want to

make sure he knows that I’m not messing

around with this. I will drop the gig in a

second if I think they don’t have it

covered.

Eaven calls her parents to let them

know the situation. They drive in for the

evening. As soon as Eaven’s little sister

shows up she attaches herself to Talon. I

try to get her to warm up to me. “Hey

kid.”

She looks at me like I’m a freak. I

can’t help but smile because her facial

expression says everything. She doesn’t

want me to invade in on her Talon time.

I decide to leave that one alone for now.

I make my way back to Ivy and the

people she considers family.

I have nothing but respect for

Eaven’s parents. They took in Ivy just

like she is one of their own. They look

devastated when Ivy tells them about the

attack. It only gets worse when we tell

them what the police found in the

apartment this afternoon.

I sit close to her the entire time she

fights to get the words out. I hold her

hand when her words begin and by the

time its over, I’ve wrapped her back up

in my arms. I can’t stand the fact that she

is hurting. I swear I’ll kill him if he

comes near her again.

I look over at Eaven’s dad and I

see his face scowling at me. I don’t

know if it’s because of the situation or

the fact that she is finding comfort in my

arms. I lock my eyes with his trying to

prove that I won’t back away. He

eventually averts his eyes when Ivy

breaks my hold and sits up straight in her

chair.

“It will be good for me to go on

tour. It will give you time to work with

the police to find Dylan.” She stands

and begins to hug each of them goodbye.

“I’m so tired. I want to go to bed

early and I still need to pack. I love you

both.” She doesn’t even wait for them to

leave before she is down the hall and in

my bedroom. Luckily Eaven takes over

entertaining her parent’s when I start to

move Ivy’s things into the house.

I purposely put all of her things in

my bedroom. There really isn’t

anywhere else to put them. This is a

three-bedroom house, and besides that

it’s just logical. She will be with me

anyway.

I help her get all of her boxes and

bags organized. She doesn’t unpack

anything. She just moves some of it into

suitcases for the tour and the rest of it is

neatly stacked in the corner.

Her phone rings and she turns

away from me to answer it after looking

at the screen.

“Hey, Aiden.”

“I’m packing to leave. Ev and I

are going on tour with the guys.” That’s

right, she is coming with me, cowboy.

“Yea. I will keep in touch.”

“Thank

you

so

much

for

everything. I really owe you…” She is

obviously interrupted by him. This guy

is always sweeping in. I will not let her

need him again.

“Ok. Deal. I promise.”

I work hard to brush off the

irritation that his call caused. I need to

remember that he saved her that night.

No matter how much I hate him, I am

glad he was there to help her.

I move in behind her after she

tosses her phone on the bed. I let my

hand run down her arm and her body

stiffens at the contact.

“Ivy, please don’t pull away from

me. Let me help you. I want to be here

for you.” I seriously hate that bastard for

hurting her like he did. He has taken

away her confidence. She looks empty

and lonely. No matter what I say, she

looks lonely.

“I promise we will find him. We

will make sure he pays for what he did

to you,” I say into her forehead as I

stamp multiple kisses trying to reassure

her. She bows her head further into my

chest and I feel her relax a fraction. She

isn’t completely melting into my arms,

but this is progress. I can work with

this.

I don’t miss the fact that I am here

comforting a woman. This is usually not

my thing, yet there is nothing that could

pull me from her in this moment. I want

to absorb all of her hurt and take her

back to how she was before he stole

everything away from her.

“Thank you.” She speaks softly

into my chest. I pull her away from me

so I can look into her eyes. I want her to

understand what she means to me.

“You have to know that I’m here

for you and there is no place I’d rather

be. You don’t need to thank me. I’m

yours.” I lean in until we are face-to-

face, eyes to eyes, lips to lips. She

watches through her gorgeous blue eyes

until I turn slightly to let our lips touch.

She closes her eyes and inhales deeply.