Revealing Us by lisa renee jones

Author:lisa renee jones [jones, lisa renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

person?”

I shake my head. “We were gone by the time Chantal told

me. I didn’t have the opportunity to ask questions.”

Chris doesn’t look happy. “I’ll go back to City Hall, Blake.

You just get on this and let me know what you ind out. So you

have nothing new on Rebecca?” he inishes.

“Nothing new.” Blake hesitates. “Ava’s sticking by her claim

of innocence.”

“You mean her claim of my guilt.” My tone is lat and I

drop my chin to my knees.

Chris spares Blake an answer. “Call me tomorrow with an

update.”

“Will do.” Blake adds, “It will work out, Sara.” Then the line

goes dead.

I can’t seem to make myself move. I let my lashes lower, and

my chin sink a little heavier onto my knees.

Chris doesn’t ofer me words of comfort, and I’m glad.

Somehow, he knows I’ve reached my limit with words. I just

need a moment of silence to calm a dark something brewing

inside me before it has a name. I just need . . . a minute.

Then his hands come down on the edge of the tub in front

of me. “Look at me, Sara.” His tone is pure dominance and

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authority, and it hits a button in me that snaps my gaze to his.

“Stop. No more.”

I blink. “What?”

“Fear is controlling you and it’s tearing you up inside. If you

think I’m going to sit by and watch you do that to yourself, you don’t know me as well as you need to.”

My rebuttal is instant. “I’m not. It’s not.”

“You are, and it is. Focus on what you can control. That’s

what I meant about limits, on the airplane. Know what you can

bend to your will, and don’t waste energy on what you can’t.

It’ll suck you dry, like it is right now.”

“We’re talking about pending murder charges, and—”

“There are no pending murder charges. The police are simply making a case against Ava that rules out her using you as a

defense later. And you’re here, where you don’t have to endure

that process like you would in San Francisco.”

My defensiveness bristles into high gear. “It’s not just the

murder charge. Most important, Ella is in trouble. I know she

is—just like I knew Rebecca was dead.” I choke on the last

word.

“And worry helps her how?”

I gape. He sounds so damn cold. “I can’t even believe you’re

saying this! I’m not going to stop worrying about Ella.”

He squats down in front of me, and I’m captured by his

commanding stare. “I’m not telling you not to worry. I’m tell-

ing you to face that worry, and then put it in the same box you

put your father and Michael. Because it’s no more worthy of

your heartache than they are.”

Those words punch me in the chest. Fear and denial have

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always been my poison. When I fear, I deny. But I can’t deny

anything that’s going on now, and I don’t know what to do

with that. Yes, my father and Michael are tucked inside a box,

but the lid is so freshly sealed that I’m not sure how I managed to do that.

“We’ll hire the

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