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Kinley sank into her chair "I don’t understand I knew the balance was bad, but I had no idea the account was so close to e promised he would write a check for a hundred thousand as a wedding present topresent or to cover your tracks?" Dominic paced as he talked

"What? No! It wasn’t to cover up anything It was the first part of the fifty ht Did he ask you to take out the funds?"

There was a tiood cop He’d be the best cop ever if she could help hi neverabout it I know this looks bad"

"This looks cri to do with this"

Was she telling the truth? Doht he’d become far too cynical because he saw lies everywhere Still, he had those checks She’d signed them She’d taken the money Maybe she’d had virtuous reasons Maybe not

Dominic felt a little wave of peace flow over hiht where he needed to be She didn’t know it yet, but he was her best bet to avoid both jail time and her own murder "Then don’t make me use this Work with me Let’s talk about your fiancé"

"I already tried, nored his friend "The feds haven’t been able to catch your fiancé, but I’ as she looked him over "What did you say your name was?"

"I’m Dominic Anthony" There was no reason to lie to her At the end of the day, she would be grateful he’d helped her And if her gratitude didn’t keep them out of the pen, then he would black at

"Are you any relation to Carrie Anthony?"

His gut turned a little Had that fucker been talking about her? "Yes She was er sister"

Those brown eyes turned sympathetic "I’o"

"Yes, she was" He let akilled her"

She should fully understand why he had chosen this path

"Is that what this is all about?" She stared at hi says she was a wonderful woman He has a portrait of her that he keeps in the house She was so beautiful"

Rage threatened to choke hi at a picture of his sister and re how easy it had been to take her money and her life

Kinley leaned forward, her hand al’s fault He tried to get her into rehab"

Do, he flipped the table over, sending everything crashing to the ground He was not going to listen to Jansen’s latest piece of ass tell hi addict "She never took a drug in her life He’s a greedy,prick Are you really this stupid?"

She raised her chin "You’re obviously very upset I’m sure you don’t want to believe--"

"He took out a two-ht with thecondo And teeks later, he moved histo put space between them "He didn’t kill her He couldn’t do that"

Doht He stood and hovered over her "Why would you say that? Because you can’t stand the thought that you fucked awhat he’s capable of and you hate being caught?"

"Dom?" Riley ventured, his voice tense "Down, boy I think you’re scaring her"

"I don’t think she’s scared enough"

"I’m pretty scared, but you should know that I won’t let you break ht look silly and you can call ainst the people I care for So if this is your best shot, Mr Anthony, you should know you’ve failed I believe you dummied up those records Or you stole theman, and I am so sorry that your sister is dead, but I won’t allow your need for revenge to ruin o or you should just take the revenge you so obviously need and , but she stared up at him with steady eyes "I mean, I would prefer that you kill o, and this would be a great way to get back at Greg if he loved ht, but he’s ood hostess and I can help hih society He’ll likely be upset, but I doubt he’llto kill her? She actually believed he would take the life of a woe his sister Suddenly, he couldn’t think of a single reason why she shouldn’t think he was a killer

Do to kill you"

"Then let o home"

He couldn’t do that He’d put theo through with his plans He had to prove Jansen’s guilt to her He had to break her down "No You’ll rest for a while Then we’re going to talk I know you won’t believe ood"

"You can’t keep me here forever"

He turned and started to walk out He needed to ready the big guns He’d hoped to spare her the worst of the knowledge, but she needed to understand exactly who she was trying to protect

It made him a bastard, but he had to destroy all of her illusions He wondered, just for the briefest ofher If she was as innocent as she seeht break her heart

Well, he was proof positive that a person could live without one