Hard Justice (Cobra Elite Book 3) by Clare Pamela

Author:Clare, Pamela [Clare, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781733525169
Publisher: www.pamelaclare.com
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

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“It gets dark so early here.” Elizabeth watched the city roll past her window, the sun almost set, and it wasn’t yet four in the afternoon.

“We make up for that in summer when the sun doesn’t set until about ten p.m.”

“That must be nice.”

“That’s new.” Quinn looked out the windshield at an ultramodern glass building. “I barely recognize some of these streets.”

“When were you last here?”

“That would have been when I helped Jack and Ava move into their house about five years ago. Afore that, I came for their wedding.”

He’d said his father was an alcoholic, but he hadn’t mentioned his mother or anyone else. “Do you have family here?”

The moment the question was out, she regretted asking.

His expression darkened. “I dinnae know.”

“You don’t know?” That wasn’t the answer she’d expected.

“My da died about six months after I joined the army, and my mother… I’ve no’ seen her since I was fourteen. She left, took my little sister, Paige. I’ve never tried to find them.” His voice was calm, but he was gripping the steering wheel so hard that his knuckles were white. “I dreamed about it last night—the night she left.”

So that’s what his nightmare had been about.

Elizabeth rested her hand on his shoulder, her heart hurting for him. “I’m sorry.”

“Dinnae bother yourself. I found my true family in the army—and with Cobra.”

Jack had been a part of that family—and now he was gone.

But it was clear that Quinn didn’t want to talk about his family or his bad dream. It wasn’t her business anyway. Having sex with him didn’t entitle her to his life history. Still, what he’d told her raised more questions than it answered.

How could any mother walk out on her own child? Why had she taken his sister but left Quinn with his father? Had she been an alcoholic, too? How had he turned out to be such a caring man without a good male role model or a relationship with his mother?

No wonder he’d joined a gang—and the military. Everyone needed to have someone they trusted, someone who believed in them, somewhere they belonged.

Elizabeth’s life had been so ordinary and almost idyllic by contrast. She’d grown up in the suburbs with two younger sisters, Sarah and Julia, a mother who was a teacher, and a father who was an urban planner and worked for the city government. Her parents were still together. Her sisters were both married, and Sarah had a two-year-old daughter. They lived scattered around the country but stayed in touch and got together for Christmas every year.

What would it have been like to grow up without that stability and support?

“You can quit psychoanalyzin’ me.” Quinn glanced over at her, a grin on his lips. “Aye, I know that’s what you’re doin’. I dinnae fault you for it. You cannae help it.”

“Actually, I was thinking how lucky I was growing up. We don’t get to choose how we come into this world—or who our parents are.”

“Aye, that’s for damned sure.”

“Somehow, despite your rough start, you became the incredible man you are.

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