THE STAIN: CONTRACT WIFE FOR THE COLD BILLIONAIRE.

burned in

dwriting,Through the hote

hammering,Room dark except for the glow of Paris thro

e in his voice, "She is been her

him "Why did yo

Messy,"Because you finally slept, For 3 hours

Ethan, she took a p

ke she was 5 years old with a monster under the bed. "She w

hts and something that was only him. "I keep seeing her," Lia admitted,Voice

her face, . "You would not

is your sister, She knows yo

Then I learn how she

a vow,then he stood up,Shir

you going?

Thompson found a lead,abandoned warehouse by the Sein

the door,Lia had put on Jeans,Hoodie

oming,"

ned, Eyes

get to fight ghosts alone anymore,not after

econd,then he sighed,defeated,"Fi

r hand found hi

on," she

frowned

e hospital, with my mom I used to leave t

the wall,Flipped every switch

?" he sa

dded "B

ter dripping somewhere in the da

r open,gun in his han

have a lot of things," Ethan said wit

in the corners,all smashed. But on the fa

YOURS,SHE WA

er name,her handwriting

ned on the gun "She

for what?"

le,Papers scattered,Ph

n watching t

In the hospital Sleeping and a note in Ava's wr

han's arm went around her ins

bluffing Mom's safe,I moved he

She is sick, Ethan Sick in the head She thinks if

ed back just enough to see her face "Not Ever do y

yes found no lie "O

teps above them

behind him gun u

voice Laughing "Took yo

ove,not the same Ava from the bridge, This one look

called down "Falling in lov

the gun "Come down

ears while you mourned me,You did not

a step "Because he is listening now," she s

ped to her,Hate,

hissed,"Yo

,You chose to jump You chose

twisted. "

r now. "You can not guilt him into l

little girl again,the one Ethan describ

She pulled something fr

Ava said "If I can not ha

essed a

ion sound from below, Du

down,Covered her body with his

!" Lia

eight pinned her to the concrete,Pr

rang in Lia's ears Dust ev

n her ear: "Lia?

eeding from a cut on his temple,

she coughed

olled off her,Pulled her

hed her toward the

move. "Not

choed from abo

screamed,Ava fell with it, dis

houted,he moved

ked him back "She tried

eaving, For one second Lia saw the b

to her,Face bl

sister," h

grabbed his face, Forced him to loo

. "You," he said,Si

ard the door as si

e warehouse groa

ospital again, But

d ribs,he sat on the bed, shirt

him.,Would not l

se left

beep of machines,J

as half in his lap on the narrow bed,

"When that floor blew I thought... God, Lia." "I am sorry," he said "

im look at her "Stop apologizing for su

s "Are you scared of me? O

f a life without you, Of quiet rooms and

d in,Kissed her Slow, Careful ar

ecause he was hurt and

, The other tangled in her hair, H

hest,Over the bandages,feeli

whispered aga

ithout breaking the kiss and flipped

dark,no m

o her neck, Just below her ea

name was a prayer. "You hav

whispered, fin

ace between them, His body caged hers on the n

ie,Warm on her skin,Like he wa

mouth, Her head tip

ough to see her eyes "Say stop a

who chose her over his own sist

e whispere

hers again, hands in her hair,

breathing. His hands in her hair. He

g came

bed,Cold sheets,h

e called out

e came from the bath

d in a sheet,Walked

sink,Shirt on,tie in

ng the TV on t

S SISTER ALIVE. AVA RIVERS SURVIVE

a Walking out of the hospital Ri

d "She was there Last

ie with sharp, angry movements "She was th

,Text from unknown nu

ed,after Sheets around her wai

cute,She looks happy,S

care she was naked,She grabbed E

he pulled Lia into his arms

of my sight," he sai d"Not

nst his chest Bu

window, across the street, o

f light,Ca

e was w

time, it w