Estelle In Denver (In Denver Series Book 2) Read Free

Are you coming here?"
    "No, I don't want this shit around your kids. I'm going to Rhydian's so I won't be in today. I only have the running clothes on my back, I have to go shopping."
    "Well, you happen to be in luck because I don't have a private lesson until 4:30 pm. The Grandmas are coming over for snuggle time with the kids, so it's you and me. I will pick you up around nine. Sound like a plan?"
    "Yup, see you then! Hey, Kennedy, I want to say I love you."
    "Estelle, you are so loved! See you in a bit!"
    Heading to Easton's car, I see an SUV pull out in to the road and as it passes I yell "Hi Daddy!" and wave.
    He hates the word daddy. The first time I was raped by one of his associates, the man held me down and made me call him Daddy. He held my head so I couldn't look away from my father, who sat in a chair in the corner masturbating while he watched as the man pounded into my body. The more the man made me call him daddy, the faster my father's hand moved. Every time one of his associates raped me, he would watch and masturbate. He took a while, but it really wasn't too long before he joined in.
    When I get to Rhydian's I immediately feel like I need a shower. I'm sitting in a pair of his boxers and a shirt when he walks into the guest room.
    "You want to talk about it?"
    "No, not really," I reply, "I'm just tired." I yawn and stretch my body out
    "Stacy has jeans and stuff that you left over there from the last girl’s night out, she is bringing it over. I'm giving Kennedy my card and she is buying you clothes. It's not charity; I'm taking care of my girl's needs so let’s not have a forty-five minute debate about it." His blue eyes twinkle as the corner of his mouth twitches with a smile.
    "Alright, thank you, I appreciate it. My computer was destroyed, can I use yours? I also need the largest flash drive you have please."
    He makes his way to the den to get what I need. I pull my heart pendant from under my shirt and pull the bottom and the top apart.
    "Rhydian, I'm making you a copy of this flash drive. If anything happens to me, I need you to get it to Reed Sterling and Governor DeWitt."  I say with a blank expression on my face I’m trying to keep my emotions under control, but I can feel my heart start to beat a little faster. I am scared that Edwin will never pay for any of his crimes.
    "What's on it?" he asked hesitantly.
    I’m picking at my nail while the flash drive is copied, I can’t look at Rhydian because I don’t want to see his reaction when I answer his question. "It's nine years of my father and his business associates raping and torturing me. He liked to record it for blackmail, but mostly so he could watch it and jerk off when I was too beat up for him to use. I also wrote a statement naming everyone in the videos so it would be admissible in court under the dying declaration act. If he kills me, I want you to release the flash drive to the media. I will be dead, so I won't care who sees it."
    "Stop talking like that! He isn't going to get to you, princess!" Rhydian gently pulls my hands into his and kissed them.
    "Rhydian, the night he killed my mother, his men wrapped her in a blue tarp, they carried her body out like trash while I watched from the top of the staircase. He put that tarp in my room to let me know he was coming." Walking to the window I straighten my spine, the fear and nervousness are gone.
    "Princess, let me help you, we can face this together!"
    "You’re not understanding, Rhydian! He will kill me or I will kill him. I’m done being scared! When he comes I will be ready. Only one of us will still be breathing when this is over!" I finish the transferring the files, and get dressed in the clothes Stacy brought before waiting for Kennedy.
    "Hey, how are you holding up?” Kennedy asks while Rose, Rhydian's sister-in-law, gives me a sympathetic look.
    "To be honest, I'm stressed out and it has nothing to do with my psychotic father. I know this is the safest place for me,