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Becca was sobbing on the other end of the phone call. She
sounded shattered and broken. “I’ve been trying to call you, Bells. However,
Jimmy, he would take my phone away,” she cried. “It’s bad, Bella. So bad! I
need help! Please!”
“Okay,” I said, cuddling next to Edward. “Where are you?
We’ll come get you.”
“I’m hiding in a gas station near my apartment,” she
sniffled. “In the bathroom. Jimmy, after he…”
“Did he rape you, Becca?” I asked, becoming enraged.
“No! He just likes to use me as a punching bag,” Becca
answered quietly. “Anyhow, after he has his rages, he crashes. I grabbed my
phone, a coat and my purse, leaving him on the couch. This was the first time I
haven’t lost consciousness.”
“Which gas station?” I asked, hopping up from the couch. I
darted into the bedroom and pulled on a pair of yoga pants, one of Edward’s
sweatshirts and my sneakers.
“Circle K,” she replied. “Bells, please hurry! I can’t let
him find me. If he does, I don’t know if I’ll…”
“We’ll be there,” I said as I hung up. Edward was dressed in
a pair of jeans and standing shirtless.
“The number that kept calling me was
Becca.”
“I gathered that from your conversation. Is everything
okay?” Edward asked.
“No. Jimmy likes to use his fists to prove a point,” I
snarled. “He’s been beating the shit out of her. She’s hiding in a gas station
near her apartment while Jimmy is sleeping off his rage.”
“That sounds so familiar,” Edward muttered. “When Alice was
in that relationship with James, he would go off on her and then crash after he
beat her to a bloody pulp.”
“Could Becca’s Jimmy be Alice’s James?” I asked, tossing my
hair up into a messy bun.
“He’s been released. Alice got a notice from her attorney,”
Edward frowned, looking for a shirt. “But he’s on probation. He has to stay in
Chicago.”
“He could have gotten approval to finish his probation here,” I said.
Harborview Medical Center
Dr. Daniel Parker, AKA Dr. McCutie
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