Switch of Fate 3 by Lisa Ladew & Grace Quillen

Author:Lisa Ladew & Grace Quillen [Ladew, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Heat Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21 - Stonewalling Riot

Gemma was just finishing an afternoon snack when she heard heavy footsteps coming up the stairs. She opened the door with a smile, hoping to see Riot, but was greeted by Flint carrying a half-dozen grocery bags instead. Gemma reached out. “Here, let me help.”

She took a couple of bags amid Flint’s protests and set them down on the counter. The big bear of a man looked sideways at her, almost guiltily, as he unloaded items into the refrigerator. Gemma took it for as long as she could before asking, “What, Flint? Why are you looking at me like that?”

One thing Gemma had learned about Flint, aside from the fact that he was just a basic good guy, was that once he decided to talk, he didn’t mince words. “You’re a really smart person.” Gemma smiled. But her face fell as he continued. “So why do you like Riot?”

Usually she would have gotten defensive on Riot’s behalf, but Gemma could tell Flint was sincerely worried. She shrugged. “We don’t see the same man, I guess.”

Flint huffed and rubbed at the scar on his neck. “I only see a cat.”

Gemma’s back straightened in anger. Flint held up his hands to head her off. “I get that you say he was a great guy in high school, but I don’t think he’s that guy anymore, Gemma. I’m sorry, but I don’t.”

She wasn’t backing down, but Gemma tried to keep her voice light. “Because he went to prison?”

Flint said nothing, just moved to the pantry and started filling the shelves with boxes and cans. Gemma watched his jaw work with unsaid words and her heart sank. There was more to it.

Taking a deep breath, Gemma tried to treat this like any other story, tried to set her feelings and presumptions aside and look objectively at the evidence. She caught Flint’s guilt-ridden eyes and asked the question she most needed answered. “What have you seen?”

Flint stiffened. “J told me not to tell anyone until we knew the whole story.”

Gemma spotted an angle, and she grinned at the big bear. “Who’s better for that job than me, Flint? Seriously.”

But he still wouldn’t budge. Shit, he’s not going to do it. He’s not going to tell me what he knows. Gemma looked Flint in the eye and all her cool detachment went out the window. She begged without a second thought. “Please, Flint. Help me figure him out.”

She swallowed, her throat so tight with desperation Gemma couldn’t say the rest. Couldn’t admit that she was falling in love with Riot all over again, and he was just as unavailable as he’d always been. And if it's all going to come crumbling down around me, I need it to be sooner rather than later. But she could see in Flint's eyes that he understood.

Five minutes later she was on her way, the address Flint had given her programmed in her phone, Flint’s side of the story in her head, and finding answers the only thing on her mind.

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