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“Walter Connelly”

CHAPTER TWENTY

LIAM’S FIRST ARTICLE was due to hit the internet and—thanks to a sazine stands si another couple of weeks before he’d find out—possibly—his father’s reaction to what he’d done So out over Denver, i that Walter would read the article and understand that Liam would always have his back Understand that Lia the healthy thing and carving out a life for hi to help him

Most tined to the inevitable He was a man without a father

Gabrielle had called to tell hi with Donaldson earlier in the week Walter Connelly had been black the man into silence for years This was not a s

This was a rand jury ca to drop the bouessed he owed it to the old er at hi justice, which could sway a grand jury not to go in his favor

Better to hedge his bets To see if he could walk away scot-free before settling for a lesser charge and hanging his son

Gabi had called to tell hi his occasional trips downstairs for coffee, he hadn’t seen either one of the girls He and Gabi had talked about needing the family they’d formed

About not jeopardizing that

And yet the idea of her eventuallyhim more than the trouble with his father

Liaun work on the second article Had taken sos The man’s presence was al out for hi for Walter To Lian that Walter still cared in some fashion

As the ore on, his crazy awareness of Gabrielle did not wear off To the contrary, he foun

d hi to kiss her when he heard her voice on the phone But he knew that the reaction was probably inevitable at the moment Proximity And the fact that she and Marie and the residents were pretty ht now

He was free to go out To do whatever he wanted to do But that freedom wasn’t worth the possible backlash of another sware and twist his actions

Not while he was possibly facing a trial that could lead to a very long jail sentence