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She snuggled into hied there “When a little toddler looks at you with all the love in the world and wants only one thing”
“What’s that?”
“You”
Sos unexplored between thehtly until she was lying on her back again, and he placed his hand on her belly “You need to tell ht? I need you clear and open, always up front”
She sed against the sudden emotions that rose up within her “Have you ever known hts?”
He didn’t answer her question; he si wrong, tell s I don’t want to fuck this up Promise me you’ll be honest Always”
Sudden tears welled in her eyes “That’s an easy proht tremble She understood Today had rattled her too But this felt like even more, like a line had been crossed today, and he couldn’t uncross it anyers through his “I’ll be honest Promise”
“Good,” he whispered, gathering her in his arainst the hard lines of his body “Go back to sleep I’ll stay here until you do”
And there, in the tightness of his hold, she began to believe that
By the tiot back to the station, his mood had soured He’d wanted to stay in bed with Kinsley, ease her worries and his, not deal with the reality that the reason Kinsley had been attacked was because of someone in his town Especially if that person was Bernie, a hts at Bernie’s club Mostly because when he’d looked for women to war, he hadn’t wanted to shove it in Kinsley’s face, not when he knew she had feelings for him
As he headed down the hallway toward the interrogation room, the station was quiet around hi, Stoney Creek was a ghost town The bar rush had already gone home to sleep off the booze, and Main Street had been empty when Rhett had parked his truck in the station’s lot
He skipped the door to the interrogation roo a shoulder against the wall, arh the tay ation room
“Good You’re here,” Boone said, picking up his phone and firing off a text
Asher glanced at his phone, receiving Boone’s text, then flipped it over, setting it next to the file folder on the table
“All right, Bernie,” Asher said “I know you’re curious about e brought you in here today”