ley
dice's face contorted, red blotches ris
ss. "Your husband? Don't make me laugh, Hailey! If you hadn't schemed your way into
ing smile. "What a tragedy that you missed your chan
ce started shaking, her nails digging into her palms
stepped forward until she had to
the one who chose to walk down the aisle with Angel. Since you married his teammate, stop
kled, looking ready to collapse. I knew that look by heart-h
ore. I turned on my heel and w
r me. Beckett pushed off the wall and s
that strange, complicated intensity I had never
u and your 'old friend' over there. Nobody else is going to p
w tigh
ing to defend her-and worse, that he was staring
ward the stairwell. The fire door banged shut, leaving ju
broke the silence, his voice rough
his eyes. "And I won't be until your
were right back a
s eyes and sucked
t seemed to have drained out of h
grandfather just had a heart attack. He
oll. Every single time I tried to end this, there
elevators. Just as I reached to press the down but
ht this afternoon. My heart skipped. Nob
and saw an unknown out-of-state numbe
ow dare you move back to New York and
through the cheap speaker, overflow
in my chest for the last forty-eight hours loosened,
ai
ide-or-die roommate through high school and
had been too ashamed to reach out, though I had updated my con
landed at JFK for a business trip! Where are
standing ten feet behind me, eyes locked on the burner phone and th
rs, dropping my voice. "I'm tied up at the hospital t
ended the call. Slipping the burner back into my bag, I felt like someone had finall
's chest. He stood less than a foot behind me, towering over my
one?" The question hung
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