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They’re all violet
The exact bluish-purple hue of my eyes
Few people know about my natural eye color Only one person in Miami knows Flutters stir inside my chest as I pull out the small card tucked within The words are simple, the request clear:
Your secrets are safe with ive me a chance--Cain
I had wondered if Cain noticed that my eyes were not truly brown that day at ain, he is a guy and uys don’t notice basic details like eye color Cain obviously had, but he never uttered a word
Please give me a chance"I wish I could," I whisper, that painful luers rub the velvety petals
If I wait any longer, Ginger will be at my door for coffee
I have to leave now
I shut the door of h the ure out that I’ ate and toat a dealership fifteen minutes away after I pull allwheel, I take a fewfor the last ti around this very parking lot only three weeks ago Glancing down at the flowers on er side, which I can’t bear to abandon, I feel the hot tears begin streaht decision I do
And yet each step is taking every ounce of willpower that I have
Chapter twenty-one
CAIN
"Ronald Sullivan Forty-two No wife, no kids Assault charge back in ’95 that was dropped Suspected of selling narcotics but hasn’t been nailed with anything I’ll fax through his picture so you can validate it I have his address, too, if you want it He lives in an apartet yourself into? "As always, you’re invaluable, John"
"And you are single-handedly funding my retirement villa in Tahiti Just don’t tell the witches of Eastwick" I have to pull h
"I have no reason to talk to your ex-wives, John Unless it’s about how big of a shhter sounds asrolls off John’s sturdy back "Is this all about the girl?"
With a sigh, I er filled me in on what happened on Monday--the call from a "father" on Charlie’s second phone, who I know couldn’t be her father because her father is in jail and onlycollect calls these days--I sent her home early to check up on Charlie Then I reviewed the surveillance video of VIP room two
There’s no doubt in uy was The way she strolled into the room, arm-in-arm with hi about the interaction screamed familiarity When I watched his hand reach up under her skirt, my jaw cracked from the tension in my face When I saw hi breath