"I want to leave this place and I don't want you or Marco to follow . Because I want nothing to do with you anymore, Michael!" I angrily yelled at my dad. Marco decided to leave the room a few seconds ago, he figured that my dad and I needed so space.
"Where are you gonna go, Hailey-Jade?" My dad asked in concern.
"As far away from you as I can get." I rudely told him.
"No, I can't let you go back out there. It's too dangerous."
"And since when do you care about my safety? You didn't care to leave in LA, or when the outbreak happened, you didn't even care about the email I sent you, and you sure as hell don't care about now. Not that I expect you to." I pointedly stated.
"You're upset and I get that but you're not thinking straight, Hailey-Jade." My dad angrily told .
"No, I am thinking straight! For the first ti in my life I can finally see you for who and what you truly are. Boy was I wrong about you." I told him in disbelief.
"Don't burn this bridge, Hailey-Jade." He begged .
"You did that a long ti ago, Michael." I spat at him. "You did it the minute that Mom passed away! You burned this bridge, not ! Oliver was right about you." I cried while backing away from him.
"Hailey-Jade-" He tried but I imdiately cut him off.
"Get out." I hissed at him in anger and he carefully watched before quietly leaving the room I was in. I grabbed an empty vase from off my bedside table and angrily threw it against the wall.
Because screw my dad and everyone else who works for Marco.
I looked down at my arm and let out a heavy sigh before getting up from where I was sitting. This- wound- is just another reminder of how weak I am. It didn't take much for that rotter to overpower.
I an I was caught off guard and unard but I still should've been able to protect myself. I just got lucky this ti. If I wasn't immune to the NecroVirus, God knows what would've happened to . I probably wouldn't be sitting here right now.
Next ti, I might not be so lucky again. Even though I'm immune to the infection, I'm not invincible to the infected. I could easily get torn apart by a rotter.
I was completely defenseless, I an if Marco's n didn't remove that rotter from his office, it would've finished its job and killed .
I need to beco stronger, I need to be able to defend myself against an attacker, dead or alive.
I couldn't defend myself against Serene and her friends, Marco and his n, who dragged here against my will, and that rotter who almost tore off my arm.
I couldn't even help Ronan when he needed .
I squeezed my eyes shut, not wanting to think about what could've happened to him. Everyone assus that he's dead, that the rotters got to him.
But I just can't and won't believe it. He has to be out there sowhere, alive, escaped, wounded. Let him be anything but dead, please God.
Ronan can't be dead...
My eyelids suddenly started growing heavy, I frowned before placing a hand to my forehead. I got up from my bed and fell to my knees. I tried to get up again but my legs didn't want to work anymore.
The pill.
My dad gave a pill and I drank it without a question.
Why would my dad be giving sedatives or paralytic drugs?
***
I woke up to the sound of objects being moved above my head. "I'll keep Marco distracted. Get Hailey-Jade out of here as fast as you can. I'll keep in contact with you." I heard my dad whispering to soone.
I felt soone throwing over their shoulder and my eyes slowly flickered open. I recognized the white hoodie he was wearing, it had a cartoon astronaut on the back of it.
I let out a breath of relief before relaxing my body against him. I trust him with my life, rember?
"Run, Oliver!" I heard our dad yelling from behind us. I lifted my head and saw him watching us from a distance. Oliver started running and I kept watching our dad until he disappeared from our line of view.
The sun blinded my eyes so I instinctively squeezed them shut.
Shots started going off behind us as Oliver ran down an alley.
Then I saw an upside down Cooper, he lifted off of Oliver's shoulder with ease before carrying for the rest of the way.
"I thought you said she was heavy." Cooper told Oliver in disbelief and he just laughed at him. "Kid's as light as a feather." Cooper added making Oliver laugh even louder.
How can they be making jokes right now- when shots are being fired at us? And how the hell did they get here?
I was placed into the back of a car. I carefully opened my eyes and saw Ronan sitting in the backseat, holding a hand to his bandaged chest.
He pulled his bottom lip between his teeth before smiling at and I burst out into tears. I pulled him into a tight hug and he grunted in pain.
"Sorry." I softly uttered before pulling away from him and he clenched his jaw before pulling a shirt over his head.
"It's fine." He told in a gentle tone.
His eyes landed on my bandaged arm and he pulled his face in anger. "What happened to your arm, Hailey-Jade? Did they hurt you?" He asked and I shook my head at him.
"No, I got into an argunt with my dad. I threw a vase at the wall and the glass accidentally cut ." I lied through my teeth and Ronan frowned at before running a tired hand over his face.
"I'm fine." I added but he was still suspiciously watching . I rested my head on his shoulder and he pulled both of my legs over his lap. I placed a kiss on his neck before laying my head against his chest and he placed a lasting kiss on my forehead.
My safe haven. My life saver.
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