Only a Millionaire_A Sinclair Novella by J. S. Scott

Author:J. S. Scott [Scott, J. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503954304
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

BROOKE

I wasn’t sure how long I’d unloaded my sorrow onto Liam’s shoulder, but it felt good to cry. I hadn’t really bawled over my friends for months. Even though I’d sorted my way through their pointless deaths, I wasn’t quite healed from the trauma of what had happened at the bank that day.

“Jesus, baby! I’m so damn sorry,” Liam said with his mouth against my hair.

I nodded and pulled back so I could see his face. “They were my friends.”

He kissed my forehead. “I know.” He paused before he asked, “Did they catch him?”

“They did. He was already known to law enforcement, so it wasn’t all that difficult for them to find him. I testified as the lone witness, and the video had been running. He was easily visible on the tapes, and the police had all kinds of supporting evidence. He’ll never get out of prison.”

“That had to have been a rough time for you,” he said as he rocked my body gently. “You couldn’t get over it because you had to testify.”

“After the trial, it was a media circus,” I told him. “Reporters wanted my story as the sole survivor. And I wasn’t ready to talk. I hadn’t mourned my friends. I hadn’t made sense out of everything. I felt like I was walking around in a trance, Liam, and I had every reporter from every major network outside my door. They were even hounding my family. I had to get away.”

“I take it they stopped,” Liam said flatly.

“They finally gave up and went on to the next, more current story. We figured they would eventually. But Noah and Evan were worried, so they swore me to silence on who I was and what had happened. Both of them just wanted to give me some time.”

He stroked my hair. “I’m glad they did.”

“Even though I had to lie?”

“I don’t give a shit if you had to lie to every person in Amesport. It was about your safety and your sanity, Brooke. Nothing is more important than that.”

My heart warmed at his words, and then it squeezed hard in my chest. Liam was so damn strong, but he still hurt for me. I could feel it.

“Amesport gave me an escape,” I shared. “So did you. I’ll always be grateful for that. I healed here. Maybe I’m not completely together, but I’m over the hard part, I think. And the reporters have been uninterested for the last month or two. The coast is clear at home.”

His face was grim. “Are you sure you’re over it?”

“I have nightmares occasionally, but I refuse to let a criminal change the way I live my life. I can’t see boogeymen where there are none. My friends wouldn’t have wanted that. They aren’t going to live their lives, so I feel like, in some way, I need to do it for them.”

“Do you want to go back to your job?” he asked in an unhappy voice.

I shook my head. “Not the bank. I can’t go back there.

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