KNOX (GRIM ROAD MC #4) BY MARTEEKA KARLAND – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Marteeka Karland
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Evelyn
Fire.
Smoke.
I clung to Luke and Aneshya, trying my best to shield them from the
chaos around us. We coughed as we tried to make our way down the hall,
but the smoke was so thick, it was pitch-black inside the cramped space.
“We’ve gotta get out of here!” Mr. Knoxville from across the hall
was the children’s grandfather. The man always looked out for us, even
when his son couldn’t. “Evelyn!”
“We’re over here!” I clutched my children close. We had a damp
bed sheet over the three of us, but it wouldn’t do much for long. The smoke
was getting thicker and there was no way a bed sheet was going to protect
us from fire. “I can’t find Danny! He was just here!” I coughed and coughed
as I sucked in a lungful of smoke with every breath. Luke tried to push me
down, but I resisted. I needed to get my family to safety and that included
Danny.
“Mommy, we need to go!” Aneshya sounded frantic, a round of
coughing taking her as well. Luke stopped shoving at me and blanketed his
sister, taking her to the floor.
“Crawl, Aneshya! Mom! Come on! Now!” Luke was only twelve,
but he was protective of both me and his sister. “Grandpa! Make Mom
follow us!” He tried to take charge and I knew he was right. But my longterm boyfriend and the kids’ father, Danny, had been beside me only a
moment before. I couldn’t just leave him.
Mr. Knoxville suddenly appeared in front of me. He was in his late
seventies, but the man was fit and strong as an ox. And protective as they
came. I thought it might be where Luke learned it from. If Danny had
inherited the trait from his father, he never showed it to me. Or the kids,
really. As evidenced by the fact that it was his father and son trying to take
care of me and Aneshya instead of Danny.
“Don’t worry about him, Evelyn.” Mr. Knoxville looked hard and
almost dangerous. When he looked like this, it made me want to do
anything he said without question. “He’s a grown man. You’ve got to get
the children out. Now!”
“But Danny –”
“Will be fine. Or he won’t. Your first priority — my first priority — is
you and the children.” I’d never heard Mr. Knoxville speak so harshly to
me. He was always the one to help me when Danny didn’t come home. Or
when Danny got mean. The kids were older, but I didn’t like leaving them
alone. Mr. Knoxville was always so sweet and kind. But then, this situation
didn’t call for sweet and kind. “Now get them and yourself out of here,
Evelyn! Now!”
Luke and Aneshya were crawling on the floor down the hallway of
our apartment building. Mr. Knoxville pushed me to my belly and urged me
to crawl after the kids. The smoke was more tolerable low to the ground but
still surrounding us. I choked with every breath. The fire was mostly behind
us, but it was spreading. I thought I could hear sirens off in the distance.
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