Things Get Steamy

I let go of a breath that I did not know that I was holding. I could see worry behind his eyes, a mix of other emotions.

But worry stood out more than the others.

“So…so that means that your family did steal the gold from Fallon’s family. Everything she said that they did is…true?” I asked, my heart thumping in my chest.

He licked his lips and then nodded slowly. “Yes, Linda. But this is as much as I would like to talk about this. This is all you need to know that I’m being truthful to you.”

I stared at him for a few seconds longer before speaking, “But if this is true, then why would you do nothing?”

“F*ck, Linda, I told you that I won’t be able to talk about this in-depth,” he said, his eyes pleading. “Please…can we please drop this?” He was basically begging me.

I had already signed Fallon’s contract. And even if there wouldn’t have been a contract, I was a human with a conscience, of course, I was not going to turn a blind eye to all of this.

Yes, I was now a Kingston and that mea