BRINLEY I glanced down at Brinley, scared that she would understand what we were saying, but she was too distracted by all the toys, trying to find her favorite to show me, to notice. “I am,” I said, and he looked horrified as he stepped back. “It wasn’t planned.” I wasn’t sure why he was so up
CALEB “Caleb, you can’t be here!” Lorna hissed, and I wrinkled my nose as she pushed her short hair over her shoulder. It felt right back over her ear, the ends of it not even touching her collarbone. It seemed to get shorter each time I saw her, and I hated it. She knew I despised short hair, yet
BAILEE I pulled on the sleeve of my shirt as I got out of the car. Security surrounded me as cameras flashed, and I pulled Brinley onto my hip, trying my best to hide my grimace of pain. Alex’s driver remained in the front seat at my insistence, but our guards had still opened the door for us and
BAILEE "Get out of my way!" I shouted, pushing past Keller. "Brinley!" My voice cracked as my fear consumed me. White noise buzzed in my head, drowning out the sound of Keller calling me back. A hand wrapped around my arm, but I dug my nails into it as I ripped it off. "BRINLEY!" I screamed,
CALEB “Daddy!” Brinley screamed when she saw me sitting in the car. I wanted to throttle Nathan when I saw how tightly he had been grabbing her arm as he hoisted her into the car. He had barely closed the door when my driver, Nathan’s brother, Seth, took off. “Easy, cousin. You wouldn’t want
Caleb “The fuck did you say to me?” I snapped loudly, wanting to be heard over Brinley’s obnoxious sobbing. It was too much, putting me on edge before Nathan had even started running his mouth. I almost wished I could call Kingston and ask him what he had done to make Nathan obedient and quiet wh
BAILEE Ben's arms tightened around me as I watched Alex speak into the phone. Both men were furious, but after they witnessed the police threaten to arrest me when I cornered their captain, they kept their calm. Only once did I see him wince and grab his leg when he first arrived, but he recovere
ALEXANDER “We have people in the area already. They will keep an eye out for anything suspicious.” Captain Cole said, and I lifted my wrist to glance at my watch. “We will have more coming in later to avoid it looking unusual.” It wasn’t even two. “Wouldn’t he have already set his trap?” I asked,