Making Home with You by Claire Raye

Author:Claire Raye [Raye, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Claire Raye
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Dinner is light and easy and mostly filled with talk about Beck and Kelsey’s upcoming wedding. It’s hard to believe it’s finally happening. After all the years and all the shit they’d been through, I’m not sure anyone expected them to finally get to this point, even if it’s exactly where they always should have been.

Beck reminds me of a final fitting we have for our suits, before telling the girls and Pop we’ll clean up so they can relax in front of the TV.

“So, I got a visit from a Detective Greenwood today,” Beck says as soon as we’re alone in the kitchen.

My head immediately starts pounding again, my body tensing as any sense of relaxation I was finally starting to feel instantly evaporates. “And?”

Beck stares across the kitchen island at me, his face unreadable. “And it seems this thing is getting pretty serious,” he states.

I shrug. “It’s not ideal, no.”

Beck shakes his head. “Do you think maybe you need to get yourself a lawyer?”

I start the water, squeezing some detergent into the sink so I can start washing dishes. “I don’t think it’s at that stage,” I reply, having no idea if that’s true. “What did he want to speak to you about?”

Beck stacks dishes beside the sink before grabbing a dishtowel and moving around to dry. “He asked me what I knew about Carla, about what had happened between you two that night at the party. Anything that had happened since.”

“And what did you tell him?” I ask, still not looking at my brother.

“I told him the truth, Finn,” he says, hand on my arm. I glance up and find Beck watching me, a hurt look on his face. “What the hell did you think I’d tell him?”

I let out a long exhale, suddenly completely exhausted. “Sorry,” I say, meeting my brother’s stare. “I didn’t mean to imply anything.”

“I know,” Beck says, squeezing my arm before letting go. “But I’m worried about you, about what this is doing to you.”

“I’ll be alright,” I say, rinsing a pot and handing it to him. “I’m sure it will all just blow over eventually,” I add, knowing that the chances of that happening are pretty much slim to none.

I might not know Carla that well, especially now, but I do know she’s pretty relentless when it comes to getting what she wants. Her behavior toward me is evidence enough of that, even when we were back in high school. A part of me wishes I could somehow go back in time and tell myself not to go into that bedroom with her that night, that it was only going to lead to trouble.

But I can’t, all I can do is try and deal with the situation now, all the while trying to limit the fall out and the impact on those around me.

“The detective asked me about you and Sarah too,” Beck says, surprising me. “Whether I thought that could be the reason for Carla suddenly making these accusations against you.

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