Broken Ties (The Broken Series Book 2) by Nana Malone & M. Malone

Author:Nana Malone & M. Malone [Malone, Nana & Malone, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Malone Squared
Published: 2023-04-10T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Jessica

I stood at the periphery of the room, watching as everyone moved with purpose. Noah was on the warpath, his phone to his ear while simultaneously looking over Matthias’s shoulder. Jonas and Oskar were conferring about something in somber tones across the room, both with expressions of grave worry.

It reminded me of the way things were the previous year when Lucia had been the one in hot water. Noah would have probably locked her in the penthouse back then if he could have gotten away with it. They’d still been fighting the inevitable back then, but I was sure she wouldn’t have minded being locked away with Noah too much.

My eyes swung to where Lucia was sitting alone on the couch. We had gone into the kitchen to make tea, but once we’d come back, the tea sat on the side table, forgotten as she stared into space. Every few moments, her fingers would twitch as if searching for the baby that should have been in her arms.

I shuddered. I wanted to go to her, hug her and tell her it would all be okay. That was what I should have been doing as her best friend. But I couldn’t seem to get my feet to move.

What right did I have to comfort her? It was my fault her daughter was missing.

“It’s not your fault.” Jonas’s voice interrupted my thoughts.

I nodded because I knew that was what he expected, not because I agreed.

Jonas swore softly when I met his gaze. “You’re crying. Come here, baby.”

I walked into his embrace and buried my face into his shirt. He smelled like amber, something slightly smoky, and… home. I wasn’t sure when it had happened exactly, but Jonas had become my safe place.

“It’s rare that you cry,” Jonas whispered. “I don’t like it. I wish I could take the pain away.”

I smiled tremulously. “No one can take this away. Not until Isabella is back where she belongs.”

Inside, my mind was a muddle of guilt, confusion, and anger. What was David doing? It was like looking at a puzzle that had half the pieces missing. In the beginning, I’d assumed this whole thing was about showing me he was still around and could show up whenever he wanted. It was about control. David had always been so jealous and controlling, terrorizing me as I went about my life fit the profile of his previous methods perfectly.

But this? Taking an innocent child? This was something else entirely.

“We’re pulling up security and traffic cams in the area to see if we can catch where Katie was going or if she met up with anyone.” Jonas glanced over his shoulder to where Matthias was talking to Noah. “There’s nowhere she can hide in this city. Noah has too many contacts.”

I closed my eyes. “She’s not the one I’m worried about.”

Jonas sighed. “You still think it was Chamaeleon.”

I shrugged. There was no use insisting when the evidence seemed so flimsy. It was more a gut feeling than anything else.

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