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gonna be comin’ over here with all of your safety precautions, I haven’t been able to sleep every time I think about it. And then you think you’re bein’ quiet rolling up here in that damn truck, waking me up every night.”
    “I’m sorry, Rox.” I scrubbed my hands over my face. “This is just drivin’ me nuts. I don’t trust that son of a bitch and I’m worried about you.”
    She came and sat down beside me, offering me a cup of tea. I shook my head, and laid back against the sofa.
    “I know you’re worried about me Bentley, and it’s real nice of you. But I can’t live my life in fear until somethin’ happens with this case.”
    “Then come stay with me,” I begged. “Please. I have a spare room. Or I can stay here. I’ll sleep on the sofa, I don’t even need a blanket.”
    She stared at me and smiled.
    “Tell you what, Bentley. You can sleep here on the sofa tonight. And we’ll figure out the rest in the morning, okay?”
    “Thank you, Roxy.” I pulled her in for a hug, and she only resisted a little before wrapping her arms around me and sighing.
    “Truth be told, it does make me feel a little better, just knowin’ you’re here. But don’t let that go to your head, Bentley.”
    I chuckled and squeezed her tighter. “Never, sweetheart.”
    ***
    The next evening, I showed up at Bits N Bobs with Roxy’s bags in the cab of my truck. She’d relented on staying with me until we figured out what was gonna’ happen with the whole court case, though she still deemed it totally unnecessary.
    I didn’t care though, and I’d been walking on air all day knowing I was finally gonna’ get a good night’s sleep now that she’d be safe.
    But when I went to open the door to the shop it was locked, and everything was dark inside. Panic seized me right away as I started jiggling the handle and banging on the glass callin’ out for Roxy.
    There wasn’t any answer from inside, and I sure as hell wasn’t gonna’ wait for the damn sheriff. I used my body to slam through the door, sending glass shattering everywhere.
    I stomped around the shop in full attack mode, ready to kill that son of a bitch. But when I didn’t see Roxy or Corey, the panic only worsened.
    I punched in her cell and started calling her over and over. It was going straight to voicemail. I ran back out to my truck and jumped in the cab, calling Sheriff Beaudry as I headed out to Corey’s parent’s house. I couldn’t think of any other place he’d have taken her.
    But when Sheriff Beaudry picked up and I started giving him frantic instructions, he cut me off.
    “Bentley, calm down,” his voice yelled through the phone. “She’s out at her mamas. We all are. There was an incident, you might wanna’ get on out here to see Rox.”
     
    I drove like a mad man all the way out to Sharon Hart’s house, thinkin’ the worst. Even though Sheriff Beaudry had told me on the phone that Roxy was okay, I was sure he was wrong somehow.
    When I pulled up in the drive and saw her standing there with tear stained cheeks, I started thankin’ every God there was.
    I jumped out and pulled her straight into my arms, holding her tight as I rocked her against me.
    “What happened, Rox?” I croaked out.
    “That piece of shit Robert done up my mama real good,” she sobbed. “They had to take her down to Lafayette to get her checked out, but I had to stay behind until Reagan got here.”
    I glanced across the yard and saw Reagan cryin’ too as she talked to one of the police.
    “Well she’s here now, Rox,” I told her. “C’mon I’ll take you both to go see your mama.”

 
     
    Chapter Ten
    Roxy
    I scrubbed my face in exhaustion while Bentley continued to rub my back in soothing circles with his palm.
    He hadn’t left my side as I sat at my mama’s hospital bed all night, waiting for the pain killers to wear off. I was grateful he was there to keep my head level, because I was real close to losin’ it altogether.
    Mama was awake now