Every Broken Part (Series)

Chapter Thirty-Three.

G R A I Z E N

I need to get this damn girl out of my head.

Each second I spend with her, I let a little more of her in.

It scares the shit out of me.

I cursed as I took a swig from a bottle of vodka. Why did I have to meet this girl? I should've never saved her and her excuse of a brother that day. I should've let it happen, let her brother get beaten. My chest tightened as I replayed the image of her frail body being thrown against a wall. I was almost seeing red as I remember the sound her body made when it collided with the cement.

Jesus. I can't escape her. I will never be able to escape this girl for as long as I live. She's like a damn tattoo that I will never be able to remove. I continued to sip from the bottle, letting it burn as it slid down my throat. I slowly found myself making my way to the hospital.

I have to see him.

None of this shit would've happened if it weren't for him.

I tripped as I typed in the code to his hospital room, not even bothering to close the door behind me. I finished off the bottle in my hands, letting it smash into pieces onto the floor behind me.

"I hope you never wake up."

I taunted my brother as I approached his hospital bed. Jax was out cold, not hearing a single word I was saying.

"I hope you rot in hell, where you belong!" I held onto the end of his hospital bed with my fists, screaming into his face. "Our parents didn't deserve to die! Especially by the hands of their own son! You shouldn't get to live! You're the reason for all my pain! You sick bastard! You destroyed everything!"

I collapsed onto the wall behind me, as my fists hit the hard floor. I closed my eyes, wanting everything to disappear.

"Graizen?"

This is a joke.

I felt her soft hands encase mine as I opened my eyes. I violently pulled my hands away, backing away from her. Devin had bags under his eyes, as she stared at me in fear. My eyes landed on the open hospital door as I cursed to myself.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same thing." Her eyes formed into slits as she took in my appearance.

"Shut the door when you leave."

She didn't move as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"I heard the things you were screaming to him."

Shit, of course she did. Leave it to her to stick her nose where it doesn't belong. I rolled my eyes, as I let sarcastic laughter run through me. She flinched as I quickly stood up from the floor, approaching her.

"You don't scare me." Devin sternly said, remaining in the same place.

"I'd bet otherwise."

My expression didn't change as I eyed the girl. I could easily take her in my arms at this moment, pressing my mouth against hers. Heat filled me at the mere thought. But, I didn't.

"I know what it's like to lose everything, Graizen."

I shook my head as my sadistic laughter filled the room. I can't believe her. She wants to bond over dead parents? This isn't happening. I began to walk away, having no intention of speaking to her again.

"You were the one to find them, weren't you?"

I stopped in place, as I closed my eyes. The image of my parents' murder was imbedded into my brain. She was playing with fire and she knew it. I heard her fall footsteps approach me as her hand rested itself onto my shoulder. I didn't move, as my shoulder warmed at the contact.

"It's okay to let someone in, Graizen."

I let out a shaky breath as her arm made its way to my chest. She wrapped her other arm around me, as she held my entire body to hers. Her head rested against my back as my hands remained at my sides.

I was not turning around to face her. I'm not giving in.

"Let me in."

Those three words were pulling at my walls, threatening to destroy them. My entire body felt like it was colliding with fire as she held onto me. The longer we stood there, the more my walls came crashing down. I cursed as I pulled away from her. I immediately felt loss are her arms disappeared from me, leaving my body as cold as it was before.

"You don't know what the hell you're talking about."

Those were the last words I said to her before I stalked off, leaving her alone in the hospital room.