Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 57240 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 286(@200wpm)___ 229(@250wpm)___ 191(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 57240 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 286(@200wpm)___ 229(@250wpm)___ 191(@300wpm)
Now that the pain of loss is well behind me, now that I have him back and no one can ever take him from me again, it was easier for me to let his son in, something I never imagined I could do.
We never talk about Dee, I refuse to even acknowledge her existence and I don’t much care how horrible a person that makes me. But his son, I introduce into conversation at least once a day.
That’s my way of letting him know I want to share those memories with him. That it’s okay for him to love the memory of his son and he didn’t have to put him away forever because he thinks it might be too much for me.
Dinner was quiet this evening with no reporters outside trying to get a look in. We were even able to sit at the little bistro table in the alcove window off the kitchen. I have no idea what it was meant to be when the house was built, but I find it cozy and just perfect for the two of us.
Here is where we discuss our day over dinner and a glass of wine. Where he holds my hand like he’s afraid I’d disappear if he didn’t.
“Are you okay?” He was unusually quiet tonight and I wasn’t sure it was all due to the earlier confrontation. He’d seemed a bit edgy ever since picking me up, but I’d written it off as stress from all the hoopla with the case.
It seemed a day didn’t go by that some new little tidbit didn’t come to light, that shifted the tide. In the beginning everyone was under the assumption that this Rogers guy had been eliminating the bad guys because he’d grown tired of them winning. But as time went by, and the D.A. brought more of his case to court, it was looking more and more like he was just a dirty cop who was trying to get rid of anyone who could finger him.
Of course I knew the truth since Nick had shared it with me that first night. But I wasn’t allowed to discuss it, since at the time no one outside the precinct knew that truth.
Now that the case had started in a courtroom packed with reporters from all over the state, all the gory details were coming to the forefront and people were choosing sides. The mayor and commissioner had been implicated and that had only made for more drama.
Nick never says much about it and I don’t push. I get all my information from the newspapers same as everyone else. But I knew it couldn’t be easy for him. These were people he’d trusted and they’d betrayed him in the worst way.
“I’m fine sweetheart, just want this all to be over.” He squeezed my hand and got up to clear the table. I finished my wine and waited for him to tell me what was on his mind. I knew it was only a matter of time before he opened up.
We’d made lots of promises to each other this time around, both of us committed to not making the same stupid mistakes we’d made as kids. Not much had changed with age.
I was still known to blow up at the slightest provocation, and he was still over protective and bossy. Since we were crazy about each other, we had no choice but to put up with each other’s short comings.
SAVAGE
I should’ve knocked that asshole’s head off his block and be done with it. This is the only part of the whole deal I hadn’t foreseen. Fucking bottom-feeding reporters.
Things were coming along perfectly. All the things I’d put in place were doing exactly what I needed them to and Rogers, the mayor and the commissioner were wrapped up nice and tight.
The day Simms and Rawlins went after Rogers’ safety deposit box they were in for a shock. So was he. He had no idea that I’d planted shit in there and it hadn’t been easy either.
Once again I’d used my badge and some trickery to gain access. Inside were taped conversations between the mayor and Rossi as well as the commissioner and Rossi.
It looked like Rogers was planning to blackmail them poor sap. He did have some stuff in there to use against them and a few others in case he ever found himself in a bind. Only now it was being used against him as well.
Everything I had planned was coming together perfectly. In fact I couldn’t have done it better if I was still on the case. But some asshole, and I was pretty sure who, had started spreading rumors.
I hadn’t even given any thought to Dee’s family in all this. I hadn’t had much to do with them when she was alive and that didn’t change after her death.