Chapter 443
Noah slowly approaches her, his jaw tight and anger burning in his eyes, “Where is my daughter p>
Brook spits blood onto the floor near his feet before smiling at him like a complete psychopath. “You’ll never find her p>
Something dangerous flashes across Noah’s face and he grabs her jaw roughly.
“I’ll ask you one more time, Brook… Where is she?” he says coldly.
Brook laughs bitterly through blood. “I won’t tell you shit p>
Noah’s grip tightens.
“I want that bitch to suffer,” Brook hisses before she smiles crazily at him. “And this… This is your punishment for choosing her over me p>
Behind me, I vaguely hear Juliette whisper something that sounds a lot like ‘What a psycho,’ but my attention is completely on Brook. She then turns her swollen gaze towards me and smiles.
“I hope that bastard baby is already dead p>
Everything inside me erupts again and before anyone can stop me, I lunge forward and punch her directly in the face. Brook groans loudly as blood sprays from her mouth before she starts laughing like a fucking maniac. I shiver as the evil sound crawls down my spine.
Police sirens suddenly echo outside moments later and within minutes, officers flood the house and take Brook away while she continues screaming hysterically.
“You’ll never find her! Never Sierra… He made sure of that!!” Her voice echoes long after she disappears outside.
The second it’s finally quiet again, Noah turns toward me, looking furious.
“How many fucking times are you going to act without thinking and put yourself in danger?” he snaps.
“As many times as it takes to find my daughter.” I immediately glare back at him before demanding, “How did you even know we were here p>
Before he can answer realization hits me and I slowly turn towards Lilly.
“You told him p>
Lilly shrugs unapologetically. “What was I supposed to do? You were determined to come out here without protection and we needed backup incase things went to shit p>
“I had everything under control,” I snap.
“That’s not the point,” Noah cuts in sharply. “The point is that once again you decided to do something reckless p>
I throw my hands up. “And if I hadn’t, we wouldn’t have found Brook p>
“You could’ve gotten killed p>
“But I didn’t p>
“That doesn’t matter p>
“It clearly matters because now we finally have Brook p>
Noah drags a frustrated hand down his face. “Sierra, do you understand what could’ve happened tonight p>
“Yes,” I snap. “And I still came anyway because I’m tired of sitting around waiting while my daughter is out there somewhere p>
Silence falls heavily between us. Noah stares at me for a long moment before finally exhaling in defeat before he grabs my hand.
“We’re going home.” He mutters.
Outside, he immediately starts issuing orders to his men, “One of you drive Miss Juliette home p>
Then he turns toward another. “And drive Lilly’s car p>
Lilly turns to the man and glares. “Touch my car and you’re dead p>
The man backs away, his hands up in surrender. When Lilly is sure no one is coming near her car, she turns to us just as Juliette laughs softly before hugging both Lilly and me goodbye.
“I have to admit,” she says cheerfully, “this is the most fun I’ve had in a while p>
I stare at her in disbelief, while Lilly looks equally disturbed, “Only you’d think this was fucking fun p>
Juliette grins. “We should definitely do this again p>
“You should get checked… You need serious help.” Lilly mutters.
A few minutes later, I’m seated quietly inside Noah’s car while he drives us back toward the city. Before putting my phone away, I quickly send one final message to the anonymous number.
[Thank you p>
The drive back is quiet. Exhaustion finally starts settling deep into my bones by the time we reach Lilly’s apartment. After muttering a tired goodnight to both Noah and Lilly, I head straight toward my room.
I barely even have the energy to shower properly before changing into pajamas and collapsing onto the bed.
A text from Adrian comes through a few minutes later, but I ignore it. I can’t deal with anything else tonight because everything inside me is fully drained.
I lay down, but despite how tired I am, sleep doesn’t come easily because my mind keeps replaying everything that happened tonight over and over again.
Even though she screamed that I’d never find Val, I can’t help but hope because Brook is now in custody and getting answers finally feels possible.
That thought comforts me enough that eventually my body starts relaxing into the mattress. My eyes slowly drift shut but just before sleep finally takes me, an image suddenly flashes across my mind.
I clearly see the eyes of the nurse who almost killed me months ago and then strangely Elena’s eyes flash through my mind next… what’s even stranger is how those two pairs of eyes look eerily similar.