Dark Shadows (Gia Santella Crime Thrillers Book 11) by Kristi Belcamino

Author:Kristi Belcamino [Belcamino, Kristi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-28T16:00:00+00:00

11

Down on the patio, Conner stood and held up his glass. Everyone grew quiet. I couldn’t make out what he was saying, but I could tell he was making a speech, probably a toast to Lucas.

He stopped speaking and the rest of them raised their glasses and they all drank

Suddenly, Hannah leaped up and ran away, swiping at her face with her palms.

I knew how much she hurt. I’d lost men I’d loved. Bobby. James. And now Nico.

I was so grateful for the love I’d shared with these three men.

But I knew better than to ever expect something like that again.

Deep down inside, I’d always known my destiny was to be a lone wolf.

I swallowed a lump in my throat thinking about this.

Pulling on a hoodie and baggy sweatpants over my underwear, I headed downstairs to look for Hannah.

I found her in a small sunroom off the main living room. She was sitting on a velvet love seat in the near dark, staring out the windows at nothing. I quickly stepped inside and closed the door behind me, then made my way to an armchair I could make out in the dim light streaming in the windows from the patio lights outside.

“I lost my boyfriend when I was about your age,” I said and paused. She didn’t say anything, but the sound of her sniffling had ceased. “He was the love of my life. But I didn’t realize that until the day he was taken from me.”

“Oh,” she said in an emotionless voice.

“He was the only guy I ever imagined having kids with. But he was murdered right after I told him I loved him,” I said and paused again.

I wondered if she would say something about the word “murdered,” but she remained silent.

“And the hardest part of all was that his murder was my fault.”

“What?” She said the word in a strangled voice. Guess that got her attention.

“The killer was trying to punish me.”

“Oh,” she said again, back to that flat monotone.

I sat there in the silence, willing her to say something, anything. It worked.

“Was he a good boyfriend?” she said in a stuffed-up voice.

“In what way?”

“Did he treat you good? Was he faithful? Did he flirt with your friends?”

Her voice was angry now. It was probably good that she was upset, but I wasn’t sure.

“Yes. Yes. No.”

She clamped her lips together.

“How about you answer those same questions for me,” I said.

“No. No. Yes.”

“Hmmm,” I said.

“Right?”

“So you have mixed feelings about his death,” I said. “You cared for him. But he wasn’t necessarily the best boyfriend for you.”

“Bingo.”

I was a little surprised by this harsh side of her. It was as if the insecure, shrinking woman I’d seen the night before was gone.

“That makes his loss even tougher.”

She burst into tears.

I threw my arms around her and let her sob into my embrace.

We both jumped at the sound of the door opening.

It was Conner.

“Sorry,” he said in a gruff voice. “Sabine was looking for you, Hannah.”

She jumped up. “Where is she?”

“In her bedroom.

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