Chapter 74

GRACIE

“What did you do!” he screamed, his face contorted with raw fury.

The phone was flung from my hands before I could even utter a word to Hayden, it was sent flying against the nearest wall with a loud crash.

He backhanded her hard twice across the face, she fell gracelessly to the hard floor, a whimper escaping her lips.

The harsh mark of an ugly bruise was beginning to form below her left eye, there was blood stain running down her nostrils.

He kicked her repeatedly like a ragdoll, earning a loud scream from me.

“Stop it!”

I fought against the binds on my foot in futility.

He turned towards me in that moment, his lips curved in an evil snarl.

I couldn’t begin to fathom how cruel he could be, he could even do this to his own daughter, he would even do worse to me. But she fell into this situation all because of me. It was all because I had convinced her to help me.

“I made a mistake f…father, I shouldn’t have d…done i