Hours to Arrive by Stephanie Flynn

Author:Stephanie Flynn [Flynn, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781952372032
Publisher: Small Fish Publishing
Published: 2020-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Hey big brother,

You were right. Thanks for the kick in the pants. My ass is still sore though. I'm going away to find the man I love. Wish me luck. Oh, and I quit if you hadn't figured that out. Maybe Kiko will fill in until you can find a temp. Thank you for all your help and support over the years. You are my only family and I love you. I hope you find your own happiness as well.

Forever your sis,

Meatball

Mathew jumped to his feet. "Where did she go? What did she tell you?"

"She is here—"

"Where?" Mathew craned his neck around and ran to her bedroom. It was just as she'd left it.

"In a different time," Kiko finished.

He froze and pivoted on his heels. "You mean she went back in time?"

Kiko nodded.

Mathew ran his hands through his hair. His anger flared again. "I've been waiting weeks to hear from her. You knew this. You promised to go with me to the police station to file a missing person's report, but you knew all along where she was. Why didn't you just tell me?"

She waited for him to stop pacing the floor. He grabbed a beer from her fridge without asking and slammed it down. Then a second. Finally, he sat still. He dropped into a seat next to her and stared into her dark eyes.

"I needed you to save Verity," she explained. "Then I needed you to care about her enough."

"Enough for what?"

"Enough to go back and save her again."

"What?"

"You need to find Verity. Jaime Perez still seeks her. And now you know that April is married, safe, and happy."

She was married? April McCall was...Mathew's thoughts trailed off as the pieces clicked together. The truth of Jaime Perez's target, of Verity's praise…"Is she April Hartley now?"

Kiko nodded.

Mathew remembered what Verity had said about April Hartley: She saved the town of Bridgeport, saved Sam's life, saved Lloyd's life, and the townspeople revered her. I want shoes like hers. He crashed back against the couch. His sister was a celebrity and a hero.

He remembered the scars on Verity's delicate flesh were from a whipping. April had showed up a couple weeks ago with the same wounding, and he'd driven her to the emergency room. He remembered his sister resembled Verity. He knew them both well enough not to see it, but to a stranger, sure. Jaime Perez was responsible for them both.

A fire erupted inside Mathew, a mind-shifting, life-altering rage. It consumed him, despite the alcohol coursing through his veins. Jaime Perez was just like Dad—whipping innocent girls for his own sadistic enjoyment. Dad had claimed it was punishment, but that was bullshit. Dad had enjoyed every second, especially when Mathew stood up to him and landed his own ass in the hospital for it.

Twice.

Dad hadn't visited him at the hospital, because he had enjoyed it. After that, April begged Mathew to stop helping because the wounding on her was much less than Mathew's punishment for interfering.

Mathew's mind overlaid his father's face over that sinister curly-haired short man with the pistols threatening him and Verity.

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