A vein in Eric’s forehead pulses. He grunts. “All right then,” he says and Maranda from his seat. “Box up your things you’re finished today,” he says stiffly. Usually an employee stays two weeks after quitting, but I don’t question Eric on this. I rise to my feet and hurry out the door before he c
Eric's POV I come through the sample to sign sheets that were left for me on my desk. They all suck. It’s only been a couple of weeks since Renee left, but the company is floundering. No one‘s designs compared to her. I swiped the papers off my desk. The sheets go flying. Just even looking at i
And before that when Debbie started becoming enraged at the soccer field with Nilo that’s when I first knew something was up. Debbie must feel a connective pool to me as well, something biological and her is calling out to me even she knows that I must be her father. That paternal test was wrong
Renee’s POV Eric places a steadying hand on my bouncing knee. He gives me a gentle smile and I try to return it, but I’m sure it looks forced. I look at Debbie. She has her headphones in and is typing away on her new phone that I got her. I wouldn’t normally get her one, but after two kidnappin
Renee’s POV I don’t turn back to look at Jasper. I can’t. I don’t look anywhere except at my feet. I watch as my left foot picks up, moves forward, steps down, and then the right foot do the same thing. It’s like I’m watching someone else walk, someone else is moving my body. I keep wondering i
“Sit down Deborah and put your seatbelt on,” I say sharply. I hear Debbie plop onto the seat and yank the belt over her. Eric gives me a look, I feel it but I can’t see it. I don’t bother to look. I keep my eyes trained on the window. Eventually Eric gets the hint that I’m not going to look at h
Renee’s POV I finally build up the courage and step outside the car. “Mom look! There’s a fountain,” Debbie shoots from the top of the driveway. She poises her body like the fish spouting water. I turn towards the trunk to get the luggage and see Eric already bent over shoveling out the suitcases
She’s probably plotting her revenge as we speak. We reach the top of the stairs and I stop to look around. The walls are barren except for the decorated paint molded into the wall. Theres no pictures or anything personal. Just like when I lived here there was nothing of mine hanging up and now I
“Congratulations, man.” Eric says this time pulling Jasper in for a bro-hug.Emily and I glance at one another with raised eyebrows and instantly can read each others expressions- not fated-mates, just best friends.“So,” Jasper says awkwardly. “Do you think you’d be my best man?” Jasper blurts out
Renee’s POV One Year Later The doorbell chimes and echoes throughout our tall white ceilings.“I’ll get it!” Debbie says while running to the foyer. She’s seven years old but is already a head taller than all her peers, her long shapely legs allow her to make vast strides and she’s out of the liv
I was just hoping it would all be later. Eric and I have been shielding her from the t.v and the news. When the time is right, we want to be the ones to give the full story not whatever dramatized way the media is spinning it.Eric helps me out of the rocking chair and we walk to the living room whe
Renee’s POV A couple days later, I’m discharged from the hospital. Eric, Debbie, myself, and Liam are home.I looked it up, Liam means protector which exactly what he was doing while I was held hostage. He was the reason Mark didn’t kill me. The name also means strong, and despite him being born pr
“Well I’m okay,” I tell him. He lets out a shaky breath and brings my hand up to his warm lips.“I love you,” he tells me.“I love you too,” I reply. Then I shift gears. “What about everyone else? Emily? Jasper? How are they?”Eric nods. “Everyone is okay. A broken arm and some cuts but nothing they
Renee’s POV I suck in a sharp breath of air as my life force hits me like a truck. My eyes whip open but I don’t see anything except blinding light. I snap my eyes shut and sink my head back into something squishy.I try to move my body into a protective stance and instantly regret it. Pain shoots
Renee’s POV Another harsh jab of pain takes my breath away. I clutch to Eric as I write in pain. He hugs me back, trying to steady my fall, but there isn’t much else he can do and he knows that.“I’ll take her pain away,” a member of Marks pack growls and approaches. Something inside Eric snaps, I
This time Andrew comes over and elbows the man in the lower back and then kicks his head so his teeth smash into the concrete floor.I’d feel more horrified if my own abdominal pain wasn’t taking me over. “You good?“ Andrew asks, blood pouring down from no known source somewhere at the top of his he
Renee’s POV All the color has drained from Marks face. On the other hand, Mias face darkens to a plum color. For a second I think her head might explode.“So,” Mark says snapping shut the laptop and sounding eerily calm. “We make a deal on the phone, you bring your passwords to hand over the cash