Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 718

"Demi, Demi..."

I bolted out of the car and grabbed her, calling her name in panic.

No response. I tilted her face toward me, hoping for some sign of recognition, but when I saw her clearly, my breath hitched.

Her face was unrecognizable-swollen, bruised, her eyes barely open. There were gashes on her cheeks, and her lips? So busted they didn't even look human.

I didn't need a detailed story. I knew.

Hayden was rights I was too late.

"I'm calling the cops," I said, my voice shaky as fury and heartbreak churned inside me.

"No, don't..." Her hand weakly gripped my arm.

I froze, staring at her. She managed the smallest smile, but it was broken, jagged, like it hurt her more than it comforted me.

"Why?" My voice cracked.

"Because... I need evidence," she whispered, her tone faint but steady.

stood

anymore. Demi wasn't going to live as a victim, not when she could expose the monsters behind it all. Just like

closer and murmured, "We're going to the

in the car, then slid into the driver's seat, ready to peel out of there. But

hand trembled

slumped in the passenger seat, her eyes closed, her body limp like

Monsters.

this? This was

Lena and sped to the hospital like my life depended

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second I hit the brakes, they got

just like that, I was back in the cold

passed. Each one felt

light above the door flicked off, and Lena walked out.

The silence, combined with her expression, sent

is she?" I asked,

away. Instead, she nodded at a nurse behind her. The nurse stepped forward with a tray full of... things. Bloody, mangled things I couldn't

was seeing. "She has over a hundred wounds," Lena continued, her tone cold and sharp. "Her lower body is