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Love, Home, Hurt

Chapter 7

"Webb put the gun down," Harm pleaded. "Remember, she's your wife. If you really love her you will let her go."

"Webb, I can't believe that you think that you can talk Mac into running away from me," Clay said. "She's my wife. She married me."

"Clay, if you kill her you're only hurting yourself," Harm said.

"Really," Clay said. "I thought that you loved her too."

Clay tightened his grip around Sarah and Harm saw the petrified look in her eyes.

"Webb, just let her go," Harm pleaded. "Can't you see that she is terrified?"

"That's the whole point," Clay said. "I'm not going to let her go until she promises to come home with me."

"Let her tell you how she feels," Harm insisted. "Go ahead Mac tell him."

Mac had a scared look in her eyes and tears where threatening to fall from her eyes. She took a deep breath and began to speak. "Clay, I'm not coming home for you! I don't feel safe in the house with you. I'm leaving you and I'm bringing you up on charges of spousal abuse."

"You bitch," Clay said and he threw Mac against the kitchen cabinet leaving punctures on her arms and forehead. "You made a vow to stay loyal to me."

Mac tears began to fall but she didn't make a sound. She rolled over in time to see Clay draw out a gun and aim it at her head. In her field of peripheral vision she saw Harm running towards Clay as he grasped the trigger and fired.

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