Fatal Scandal by Force Marie

Author:Force, Marie [Force, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781426898761
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2015-01-13T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Ensconced in his parents’ guest room with Christina, Gonzo was wide awake. He stood at the window and stared out at the light snowfall that had covered the yard. Alex would be excited to wake up to snow in the morning. Gonzo’s parents had insisted on setting up the portable crib in their room so they could get up with him in the morning.

“Sleep in,” they’d told him and Christina, knowing they were upset and afraid.

Sleep in. Right. How was he expected to sleep at all when he was so churned up over Lori’s death and the suspicion that had focused on him—and Christina. They’d both had motive, the opportunity and the desire to see Lori permanently removed from their son’s life, said one of the talking heads on cable news, which had gleefully picked up on the salacious stories coming from the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department.

Except neither he nor Christina would ever kill anyone, least of all the woman who’d given birth to Alex. Sure, he didn’t like her very much, but she’d given them good reason not to like her. Starting with the day they’d met Alex when he was a couple of months old and found out she hadn’t bothered to give his son a name.

Lori certainly hadn’t endeared herself to his family, friends and colleagues when she came to the hospital after he was shot to stake her claim on Alex. Thankfully, he’d anticipated that possibility and had taken legal steps to ensure she couldn’t take his son away from Christina and his parents if he were ever injured on the job.

Standing in front of the window, wearing only a pair of flannel pajama pants, he was cold, but he couldn’t bring himself to go back to bed, where he would only lie there and spin.

“Tommy,” Christina said, her voice sleepy and sweet.

“I’m here.”

“What’re you doing?”

“Looking at the snow.”

“Come back to bed.”

He’d rather stay up and pace all night, but that wouldn’t help anything, so he joined her in bed.

“You’re freezing! How long have you been up?”

“I don’t know. Awhile.”

She held out her arms to him, and he snuggled up to her.

Shivering, she said, “It’s like snuggling with a polar bear.”

“Sorry.”

“I’m not. I love snuggling with you, even when you’re freezing.”

She was trying to take his mind off his worries. He knew that, but it wasn’t working.

“You know what the worst part of all this is?” he asked.

“What?”

“All these years I’ve spent doing the right thing, chasing down criminals, taking scumbags off the street, earning promotions and commendations and getting shot in the neck and nearly dying not all that long ago. And it’s like none of that ever happened. They just automatically assume, because I’ve had a beef with her, that I must’ve killed her.”

“I know, baby.”

“They just throw my name out there like it makes no difference whatsoever that it’s untrue. That all the good stuff I’ve spent my whole career doing doesn’t matter.”

“Would you consider talking to Darren? He was good to you after the shooting.

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