nna
I asked as the car t
said, looking out the window
u can't go there. My
hey are," Beck
because a moment later his hand
if he could anchor me to something solid before the storm hit. It wasn't until I
I grew up in. I could already hear sh
the smell of stale beer
n the hallway. When she
sing her hand. "You ruined everythin
r. He didn't twist it; he just
her," Cole
the kitchen. He stopped when h
d. "The cripple? You brough
pple" was once the most
ard, closer to me, close enough that his shoulder brushed my a
lat and cold as a blade laid on ice. "But you'll watch how you s
fe, I watched him swallow whatever he'd been about
id, my voice shaking but l
lion," Be
ilent. My fathe
ha
dollars," Beckett said, his voice bored, as if he were d
gasped, her anger inst
document fro
ts and a restraining order. The payments will be managed by a blind trust. You violate the
e million? He said he wa
ispered to him. "That's m
ust slightly, just for me. "It's an a
the document. He snatched
ed out. "You'
ancial agreement Cole held. "You were always un
mother signe
of paper without a second of hesitation. Something inside me snapped.
lected t
," Beckett
said, turning his wheelchair.
k. I got into the car, and for the first time in
rchief. I hadn't realized
when I looked up, he was already watching me, that unreadable expres
better,
it?" I
emembered from the rink years ago. His thumb brushed once, absently
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