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Inside, he’s a beautifully sensitive soul who cares about me more than he will ever say out loud I pray that I haven’t already ruined that soul A soul that has to survive long enough for our kids to groith a father after I’one from their lives

I hear a keycard enter the door, and en as I wait for Langston to open the door

The door opens like he’s pushing the weight of the world away He steps through and slams all outside forces out until it’s just the two of us re else vanishes

Langston enters alone, which doesn’t surprise me I want to ask what he did with Maxwell Did he kill him?

It doesn’t matter I trust him

Why?

I shouldn’t

He’s a monster

A killer

But he’s my killer And now he’s my husband There are plenty of voe couldn’t speak to each other because ouldn’t keep the I plan on doing for as long as we are married

My gut told ston’s gut If it told him to kill Maxwell, then so be it We’ll find Corbin and the kid he kidnapped with or without Maxwell

Langston has a predatory gleaed out ofwaves, and I’ve been itching to drink soht better of it I want to be coht

I throw his look back, pinning him with my stare as I take in his thickto

The atston’s in it The air is war storm

He walks toward ed