Mark
Horror gripped my stomach as I thought about what Sutton had said: ‘They came after me.’ The phrase rolled around in my mind over and over again as Sutton slept. The woman slept much like she lived, with reckless abandon. Even sprawled out with her mouth open, Sutton was beautiful.
CHAPTER 11Sutton“I’ve created a monster,” Nico chirped happily as we tore through boutique after boutique.Nico (Mark’s personal shopper) and I were getting alo
CHAPTER 12SuttonThe next morning, I turned to Mark as we were leaving the building and said, “I need just one second.”I could feel the heat of his gaze on my back as I mad
CHAPTER 13MarkMy lips twitched as I eyed a very keyed up Sutton. Her nostrils were slightly flaring, and her chest was heaving. I had no idea what the intrusion was about, but a part of me was happy that she was there. And I had no interest in analyzing how fucked up that was.
CHAPTER 14SuttonWhen I walked into the crowded restaurant, I knew not to look for Nico near the food. The man hardly ever ate, and when he did, it was a celery stick.I am still a litt
CHAPTER 15SuttonI turned and looked at my reflection in the mirror, “Nico, you are a lifesaver!”I heard a sharply inhaled breath from the open doorway and turned to see Ma
CHAPTER 16Sutton“Candice, explain to me one more time the collaborative project that we are working on with Dentex.”Candice smiled, her white teeth flashing against
CHAPTER 17MarkThere are few times in my life when I can remember being scared. There had been once when I was out with my parents. I couldn’t have been more than four or five because they were still trying to pretend that we were a happy family.
CHAPTER 18SuttonI raced through Central Park, feeling my heels sinking into the grass. He caught me in moments and yanked me back against his muscular chest. How could something so hard feel so right? My chest rose and fell rapidly with my ragged breathing. I was an idiot to think I could escape him.
CHAPTER 89Sutton“She hit him in the lung,” the pretty new deputy named Katie told me. “He didn’t even make it to the hospital. But we did get Margaret’s statement. She confessed to everything, including Forrest’s involvement.
CHAPTER 88SuttonThere are defining moments in each of our lives. Moments that you know no matter what happens afterward, that you will always remember. The smell of Knox’s cop car. The shiny floors of the police station. The sounds of a typewriter somewhe
CHAPTER 87Sutton“I had just turned up the radio and started to sing along,” Candice said in a gruff voice. Her body was bandaged and bruised, and she was awaiting x-rays to see what was broken. But she was okay, and that was all tha
CHAPTER 86SuttonTwo days later I came home from the grocery store to find Mark had returned. But he wasn’t alone.
CHAPTER 85Two Weeks Before… Half the world away in Italy.The private investigator sat impatiently waiting for the head honcho to call him in. He was tired from the long international flight, followed by the
CHAPTER 84The next day at our girls lunch out. I was sharing stories about Earl swiping the the sacramental wine from Father Montgomery.“How is Father Montgomery these days?” Natalie asked scooping up some ketchup with her fry.
CHAPTER 83SuttonThree hours later Evie’s temperature had gone up to a hundred and two degrees. Candice still hadn’t returned with my car and Mark was out of town for business. So my choices were drive Sadie’s death trap, or ca
CHAPTER 82SuttonHaving Sadie come work for us was a complete and utter godsend. Not only was she a natural with the girls, but she was as sweet and soft spoken as they came. Being younger in school than I was, I hadn’t had the chance to g
CHAPTER 81Sutton_ One month laterI thought I knew the definition of the word tired. It wasn’t as if I was a stranger to hard work. However, nothing could have prepared me for the twins. I felt like a zombie most days. A zombie with gigant