Something Right (Exile Ink Book 2) by Skylar Hill

Author:Skylar Hill [Hill, Skylar]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Cam

Cam scanned the restaurant, looking for a tousled head of blond hair. When she spotted him, she waved and headed across the restaurant floor to him.

“Russ!” she said as a tall, Viking-like man rose from his seat, reaching down to hug her.

“It’s so good to see you,” he said as they sat down.

The waitress came by, but Russ waved her off. “It’s going to be awhile before we order,” he said, slipping her a bill. “For holding up your table,” he said with a twinkle in his eye that made her flush.

He turned back to Cam, smiling.

She smiled back, but she couldn’t hold it, now that she was looking at him. Her old friend’s face fell with concerned immediately. “Cam, what’s wrong?” he asked.

“I’m so sorry,” she said. “I haven’t called you or Annie in ages. And now I’m just gonna unload this all on you.”

“Stop that,” Russ ordered gently. “You introduced me to Annie. I wouldn’t have my wife if it weren’t for you. You get to unload anything on me. Tell me what’s happened.”

Without a word, Cam reached into her purse and pulled out the letter, pushing it across the table to him. He unfolded it, scanning the words, his eyes widening.

“Shit,” he said.

Cam nodded. “He must’ve cut a deal,” she said.

“Did you talk to a lawyer?” Russ asked.

She shook her head. She knew she needed to, but the cost of it was not going to help things. Her Etsy store was doing well, especially since she’d started doing little calligraphy prints of inspirational sayings, but she wouldn’t start seeing clients again until Exile Ink opened.

“Okay, you need to talk to a lawyer,” Russ said. “And then you need to buy a gun.”

“Russ…” she hissed.

“I’m serious, Cam,” he said, his blue eyes dark and worried.

She sighed, because she knew he was. He was the self-defense expert, after all.

Russ Weston had helped put her and Evie back together when they moved to Portland. He was a security expert who ran his firm out of a building in the Pearl. He also gave free self-defense workshops for women, which is how Cam had met him. She had brought Evie to one of them, hoping it would give her some confidence.

Her little sister was a different girl back then. A world away from the bright, cheerful, chatty young woman she was now. The old Evie had flinched at shadows and loud noises, cringed away from all men, especially older, physically intimidating ones. She rarely went through a night without waking up, screaming from the nightmares. Therapy helped a lot, but Russ’s workshops were also a vital part of Evie—and Cam’s—recovery.

Russ had helped rebuild Evie’s trust in men, bit by bit. He was naturally warm and incredibly empathetic and respectful with the women he worked with, a total teddy bear in a warrior’s body. After Evie and Cam had gone to a few of his workshops, he’d invited both of them to participate in one of his private self-defense classes, specifically designed for women who had survived abuse.

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