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I knew instantly what Ethan was talking about and ould co news at the time

“Eric intercepted a guy who’d e He…he had a bomb strapped to his chest Eric tackled hi deal”

“I remember that,” Ronan said softly “It was all over the news”

Ethan nodded “Everybody called him a hero And he was,” Ethan murmured “He saved a lot of lives that day No one…no one knehat he was really like” I saw Ethan dash at his eyes Even though he’d only mentioned the one violent episode, I knew he’d left countless more out

“The press was how I found out he was married…to a wos started to o out in public with ht I confronted him about it and told hio well for

“I found out his as actually his second wife His first had died about a year after Eric uess His second as na deal A lawyer for the White House or so They’d been hter froe”

“Lucy,” Ronan murmured

Ethan nodded “She told e Lucy’s dad died of a heart attack when she was nine I guess Patricia ell-off – fa After I found out about Patricia, Eric would talk a lot about how she never let his he said about her…” Ethan shook his head

“Do you think he was abusing her too?” I asked

Ethan glanced at me and shook his head “I don’t think so Lucy said he never laid a hand on her They fought a lot, but for some reason, Eric never went after her like he did me”

Yeah, because Eric had had Ethan to use as a punching bag I had no doubt the fucker had taken every violent thought he’d had about his powerful wife and vented it on Ethan instead A glance at Ronan told