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Colin’s heart ached at the thought “I’m not sure why you feel you need to leave without any explanation, but I can assure you that whatever it is, you can tell me”

By experience, he knew that getting angry with her or losing his teravate the situation

“I need to go,” she repeated Her voice was flat and toneless

He reached out to touch her, but she flinched away fro with had to do with him Of that, Colin had no doubt

“Sabela, take a breath and tellwas fine,” he said

To give her so Colin wanted was to be overbearing or threatening “Tell e your mind and make you want to leave”

Her chin came up then, and he saw the defiant look in her eye “I spoke to my brother I spoke to Trevor”

Speaking to Trevor was the reason he’d asked her to refrain froh calls or texts or e the inevitable

The gig was up

“What did Trevor tell you?” Colin asked quietly He kneasn’t going to be good

Hoas he supposed to tell her that he’d decided to leave the past where it belonged? She’d never believe hih he meant it

“He told h to convince me I can’t trust you,” Sabela said

Colin clenched his jaw “What do you ht”

“You want to oing to ht?”

“I’d tell you if you told me,” he replied The words were a little sharper and a little angrier than he would have liked, but his stress was suddenly through the roof

“He told me that you’re from Brent Grove, his old friend The sairlfriend, Blanca You were stalking them, weren’t you? You caused the crash soure stuff out, no matter what you think”

Colin couldn’t believe what he was hearing After all this ti he had been to interfere in Blanca’s life and her plans for the future Colin had even thought that after what had happened between him and Sabela, Trevor would’ve been able to set aside his hatred if Colin could return the favor

Instead, it appeared that Trevor was just as i to put the blame on everyone else

Typical

“Obviously I wasn’t in the car with them when the accident happened, so that can’t be true,” Colin explained

Sabela’s brow dipped in anger, and she glared at hi but half-truths, and now I find out that you knew my brother? What would have happened if I had stayed here with you? I want to know the truth You’re up to soood”

“You’re overreacting to soo,” Colin said “And Trevor isn’t as honest as he’d have you believe”

“This isn’t about Trevor It’s about you, Colin You’re not honest Admit it”

“I don’t owe you h to make sure that you understand what really happened Coe and we’ll talk about this like adults”

She would never understand the depths of the hurt and betrayal that Colin had felt on the day Blanca died, but he would attempt to explain nonetheless

“No,” Sabela said “I’o home”

He couldn’t let her leave, not yet The price of keeping her here was the truth And though Colin wasn’t sure that he was prepared to face it, he would try

Because he wanted her more than he wanted to protect himself He’d try, for Sabela

Chapter Thirty-Five

THERE, IT WAS OUT IN THE open now

She adhtened of Colin, or,to say

That ht in thewhat she knew, it turned her stomach upside down

All of it was a lie Every ether

The ties to Trevorin Colin’s chalet in Switzerland If Colin had been stalking her brother and his girlfriend four years ago, he had to be up to so for her except for how he could use her