EIGHTY EIGHT DAYS

CHAPTER 15. DON'T LET GO

*Author's note: This book is marked mature. This chapter contains mature language, mild violence, use of alcohol and references to sex and sexual assault. If you are easily triggered by this type of material, you may not wish to read this chapter. You must be 17 to read this book.

Cameron takes one look at me sitting there huddled up on the floor, half dressed, with my arms tightly wrapped around my legs drawn up to my chest and shouts out, "Oh my God! Chloe! What happened?"

He runs to my aid, scoops me up into his arms, and is instantly enraged. "I'm going to kill that son of a bitch!"

He cradles me there and tries his best to comfort me. He yells for Paige right outside the door for help. She quickly grabs a blanket off the bed and helps him wrap it around me. He then plops down beside me, leans his head against mine, and squeezes me tightly in his arms. His incoherent ramblings fill the room as he rocks me and wails out in agony over what's obviously happened to me.

"That motherfucker is going to pay for this! God damn it! I thought he was different, Chloe! I'm so sorry I wasn't here! Just wait until I get my hands on that motherfucker! He's going to fucking regret it!"

He jumps up, paces around the room and continues shouting, "Oh my God! I can't fucking believe this! What kind of fucking monster does this to a defenseless girl? Paige, come sit with my sister! I'll be right back!"

"Cameron, wait, no! Don't hurt him! He didn't...it wasn't Dylan...it was his friend!"

He races out the door before I can stop him, and Paige tries her best to settle me down in his absence.

Cameron runs through the house, frantically searching for Dylan. When he checks out front and sees him walking to his bike, he runs and tackles him. He punches him over and over and screams at him as they roll around in the yard, fighting. "Don't you ever put your fucking hands on my sister again, motherfucker!"

A few of Dylan's friends finally jump in and pull Cameron off of him.

"Hey man, I didn't touch her! She fucked my friend Mitch, and I broke up with her!"

"Chloe wouldn't do that! You're a fucking liar!"

"Oh yeah, go ask her!"

After he says that, he shoves Cameron aside and pushes his way through his friends. He jumps on his bike, kick starts it and takes off, speeding down the road and out of sight. Realizing his mistake, Cameron runs back inside to find Mitch.

When he finds out from a few others that Mitch has already left, he runs back to check on me. In all the commotion, a small crowd has gathered in the hallway outside the bedroom.

"Get the fuck out of my way!"

He barrels his way through the crowd, shouting at them as he makes his way through them to get to the door.

Before he goes in, he warns them all, "Anyone that knows Dylan's friend, Mitch, tell him Chloe's brother, Cameron, is looking for his ass!"

When he comes back into the bedroom, he's so worked up that all he can do is pace back and forth around the room and swing his arms around wildly, punching the air.

"This Mitch guy fucked with the wrong girl! I'm going to find him and when I do, I'm going to fuck him up!"

"Cameron, please calm down! He's not worth it! I don't want you getting into trouble!"

He kneels down beside me on the floor and looks into my eyes. "He's going to pay for hurting you, Chloe, and nobody is going to stop me!"

When Paige finally speaks up, we're both shocked at what she reveals to us. "Hey, it was all Bethany's idea. I overheard her on the phone with Mitch before the party. She asked him to try something with Chloe if they could get her drunk enough and away from Dylan. That's why they invited his friends to keep him occupied."