Chapter 42

Beau

Once I arrive at the abandoned building, I rush inside. My heart racing harder with every step. I’m praying it’s not too late. I can't imagine my life without Delilah. The guilt of causing her death would ruin me. I pray I won't have to face such an existence. I kick open the first door I come across. The man in the room jumps up from the couch as the door falls off its hinges.

"What the fuck!" He shouts, the joint he’d been smoking tumbling to the ground. The whole place reeks of weed, I could smell it even before I walked in.

I don't care to give him a second glance, instead scanning the whole room for Delilah. I don't have to search long. The blood trail coming from the room's right side is enough to tell me where she is.

The man who’d been sitting on the couch walks toward me. "Who the fuck are you?" he growls, but I don't answer and push him out of the way.

Dropping to the floor, I take Delilah’s head in my lap once I get to h