For the Love of Flowers by Kelsey Hodge

Author:Kelsey Hodge [Hodge, Kelsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17 - Lorenzo

I jump out of my skin when I hear the key in the lock.

Who the fuck is that?

I realize the only other person with a key is Wyatt, but he hadn’t said he was coming back tonight. He said he was getting a new cell for me, so he must be bringing that to me. When I look up from my position on the couch, I see he’s carrying his bags. Suddenly, I’m running to him and jumping into his arms. He drops his bags to catch me. Slamming my lips against his in a kiss, it takes a split second for the shock to disappear before he’s kissing me back. I can’t believe he’s here.

“Miss me?” He chuckles as he lowers me to my feet.

“Sorry,” I say, blushing. “I was so happy to see you home with your bags. Are you here to stay?”

“Yes. We both must work on trusting each again other. After what you did, I knew I couldn’t stay away,” he tells me.

I can’t believe he’s standing here in front of me. What he’s saying is right, but I never lost my trust in him. It was me who lied, not him. He was honest with me from the very beginning, so it’s only his trust in me that needs to be worked on. I’ll make sure that he’ll never have reason to doubt me again.

“I promise to never lie to you again… unless of course, it’s those little white ones,” I say jokingly. “How else do I keep birthday or Christmas presents a surprise from you?” When he finally figures out my joke, he laughs at me.

“Oh my God,” he says, shaking his head, “you think you’re so funny.”

“Yep. It comes from living with you all these years.” I smile so hard when he pulls me into another hug, it soon hurts my cheeks. I don’t care. Wyatt is home with me.

Everything is right with the world again until he says, “We need to talk for a second.” Inside my head, I groan, but when I see Wyatt staring at me, I realize I must have done it aloud.

“Talk? What else do we have to talk about?” I ask. Racking my brain, I try to figure out what else we must talk about, but nothing comes to mind.

“Marco.” That’s the last name I expected to hear.

“Let’s sit.” He takes hold of my hand and leads me to the couch.

I ask, “What about Marco?”

“He came into the station today to file a missing person report. The sergeant on duty recognized you in a photo Marco had brought with him and contacted me. Liam and I went to the front desk, but I sent Liam over to talk to him. I hid so he couldn’t see me. Just in case your family ever wanted to make amends.”

“Nice thought, but I very much doubt it,” I say. “What did Liam find out?”

“The basics. Liam said he would look into it and took his contact information.”

“Didn’t

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