The Captain's Placeholder: My Husband's Secret

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ve through the traffic with practiced ease, his left h

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g in the cup holder

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darted to it

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ction was i

ment was so fast, so jerky, that the SUV swerved slightly into the shoulder. Th

up and shoved it deep

his face. He was looking stra

sked. Her voice sounded

said. "Wr

" Kelsie said. "And you don't almost cras

nuckles were white. "It's a victim from a ca

im saved in your pe

quickly. Too quickly. "

ng," Kelsie

"Don't start this, Kelsie. Don't pl

tective to know when my

is voice filled the car, loud and angry. "

e unreasonable one. The prying wife who didn't

n as his transponder signaled them. They drove up the winding driveway to the la

like a for

door rumbled down behind them, blockin

ne. The silence return

elsie. His expression had softened. The anger was

st go inside. Eat something. Sle

owerful man who had once been her ent

ou," Kelsie said. "I don't

. She needed to get away from his sce

p to her at the door to the m

lsi

ill in his po

e screen lit up with

t it. His e

d the power

doing?" Kelsie

f the noise

. He put the dead pho

id, realizing the extent of what h

he said, opening the do