1 - Fight for Me: Unbreakable by Hannah Martinez

Author:Hannah Martinez [Martinez, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Unbreakable#1
Publisher: Hannah Martinez
Published: 2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00

I WALK OUT OF THE STATION in a daze, not really seeing what’s around me. I squeeze my hands into tight fists and walk through the parking lot toward my car. Before I can get there, a wave of nausea hits me, and I bend toward the nearest bush to throw up my lunch. Violent heaves shudder through my body as hot tears slide over my cheeks.

“Oh God,” I gasp and rest my hands on my knees, so I don’t fall over. My mother is dead. She was murdered. Brutally. In cold blood. She’s gone, and I will never see her soft smile ever again. My son will never meet her. I truly have no other family left apart from Henry.

I straighten from my position and quickly wipe my face with my sleeve, just as a distressed voice reaches me, “Jennifer, are you all right?”

It’s Robert. He runs in my direction with a bottle of water in hand, then uncaps it and extends it to me with a worried expression on his face. “Here, dear, drink this.”

I nod in appreciation and take a small sip, so I don’t get sick again. My hand is still trembling slightly, but the initial shock is over for now.

“Rob, is everything all right there?” I hear being called from some distance behind me. It’s a voice I thought I would never hear again in my life. I stiffen and involuntarily squeeze the bottle I’m holding, making the water spill onto my palm. Before I can even think about it, I turn on my heel and there he is.

“Brody?” I mutter disbelievingly and swipe at my eyes, thinking I’m so wrecked that I’m starting to hallucinate.

The man who’s been haunting my dreams for the last three years freezes in place when his eyes jump from Robert to my face, and I see the confusion on his face before it gets whipped away and cold indifference sets in its place as he walks toward us.

His jaw is clenched when he says to Robert, “Sorry, I didn’t take your calls, man. I was on a job. You didn’t have to send your guys to get me. So, I hope it’s important.”

Brody glances toward me and then gives the detective a meaningful stare, like he’s angry at the man that I’m here. That’s not a reaction I would anticipate from him in a million years at seeing me again, and I try not to let it show on my face, but damn does that add salt to the wound in my already bleeding heart.

I open my mouth to address him but am cut off by Robert. “It is important. It’s about Wallace.”

I flinch a little in surprise when Brody hisses, “What the fuck? You know I’m done with this shit. I told you...”

“We found Marissa Wallace. She’s been murdered,” Robert says bluntly, but his eyes are tormented. I grimace and involuntarily squeeze the bottle again, which reminds me that I’m still holding it. Brody’s shocked gaze slams into me, regret written all over his face.

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