Finn Beckett by MJ Fields

Author:MJ Fields [Fields, MJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MJ Fields
Published: 2015-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

As I brush through her hair, it’s hard not to think about the fucking video of her being stabbed in the abdomen and hit in the back of the head so hard she fell to the ground face first.

I don’t know how she survived it. It is unbelievable that she pushed herself up off the pavement, let alone to her feet, and tried to get to her home’s security gate, until he turned around and noticed, striking her again with much more force.

Sonya is so strong, stronger than I ever was.

I look at her in the mirror as I brush her hair. The color she chose is her natural shade—deep brown and beautiful.

“I think that’s good,” she says, stopping me.

“What’s next?”

“The sexy part—the cap and wrap.”

I try to keep the mood light; seems to be what she wants. I will give it to her. Hell, I would give her anything.

“There you go again. Wrapping shit.”

She smiles and giggles.

So fucking happy.

“I like that smile, Sonya.”

She looks in the mirror and nods. “Me, too.” Then she looks up at me. “I like yours better.”

“I like the color.”

“You haven’t even seen it yet,” she says as she looks at me in the mirror, then grabs some Saran Wrap-looking thing and puts it in her head. “I like yours better.”

“Oh, shit, I hoped you’d notice.” I tug at the back of the plastic wrap now on her head. “How long do I get to look at this?”

“Twenty minutes.”

“Twenty minutes, and you decided at nine o’clock at night that this would be what, a great time to change your look?” I ask, taking her hand and pulling her toward the door behind me.

“No.” She looks at me as if questioning her response.

“Why the look?”

“I don’t know what you want me to say.”

I cringe inwardly. “Whatever you want.”

“You don’t want to talk about the past. I respect that,” she says as she sits down on the edge of the bed.

“I appreciate that, but if you need to, go ahead. I just don’t want to revisit mine.”

I look around, not knowing if I should sit or stand. Fuck, I am no good at this shit.

She senses it and pats the spot next to her. “I just want me back. It’s been almost five years, and—” She stops again.

“Go on,” I tell her as I sit.

“I hid for a long time. Then this opportunity came up, and I had to force myself to make a decision to either stay behind the safety of the gate or step outside of it.”

“I don’t understand,” I say honestly.

“Well, everything changed,” she says, blowing out a breath. I don’t know if it’s in frustration or an internal release. “I was sixteen, my mother was in jail, and I had no one. As a result, the State sent me to a home for a week until my aunt came forward and offered to take care of me.” She stops and looks at me. “I stayed with the White family.”

“Sally and Robert White?” I ask, thinking there is no way I could be right.

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