“Lee!” Ben called out to me, his hands on my arms. He turned me slowly, “there he is.”
I felt my legs give under me when I saw him. That chained, withered, b****y body on the ground could not be my Ash. He just couldn’t!
Ben held me tight against him, “He’s not dead but I can’t let you go to him. We’ll have to wait for Billy and Joe.”
“Why?” I cried.
“He has been starved and bled for weeks. He’ll kill you.”
I tried to fight out of his hold. “I just can’t leave him there!”
“My thoughts exactly,” Baku’s voice sailed into the room. I felt Ben’s hold tighten around me. “It’s nice to see you again Merilee.”
I just stood there and stared at him. All I wanted to do was kill him for what he’d done to Ash.
“I was very shocked to learn you were alive. You are a very lucky girl.”
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