CHAPTER 192

ALEXANDER

“Who the hell is that?” Darlene whispered when her hazel eyes met mine and I inhaled sharply, feeling something hot press against my chest.

I felt her cold fingers press into my arm as we stepped out into the hallway, my heart hammering way too loudly in my chest when the sound of fists rapping frantically on the front door suddenly cut off.

“Mom? Dad? What the hell is going on here?” I growled, feeling the furrow in my brows deepen when I took in the cops that had gathered at the front door, Detective Bowler’s grinning face leading them as he marched right into our living room, swaggering with his hat tipped back, as though he owned the place.

The chills ran down my spine in torrents as my brow knotted over so much I was certain the dark lines had tangled.

“Oh, look who it is! Alexander, McKenzie Junior himself! Looking a tad hard on the eyes are you?”Detective Bowler drawled with a fake cheer so that I felt my lips curl as I watched the man swagger into the room, folding hi