Tell Me No Lies by Shirley Wine

Author:Shirley Wine
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Escape Publishing
Published: 2016-01-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Keir lost all grasp of the situation as he stared at the trembling, ashen-faced woman in his arms. He heard Logan say to Victoria, ‘I’ll drive you. Don’t panic. Connor will be okay.’

‘How can you say that? You don’t know.’ She rounded on him.

‘Connor?’ Keir struggled with confusion.

Victoria’s anguish jolted him harder than a fist in the solar plexus. Victoria has another lover? He recoiled in denial.

Did she lie to me?

Anger and betrayal seeped under his skin. He had trusted her and honestly believed she was different. ‘Who in hell is Connor?’

Logan gripped his arm. ‘Not now, Keir.’

Jealousy ripped through Keir, but before he could demand an explanation his father took charge.

‘You go and get the car, Logan.’ Caine caught Victoria’s hand, shaking it gently. ‘Which hospital? Waikato?’

‘Yes. Please hurry, Connor might die.’

Keir watched Logan sprint for the door and shook his head to clear his befuddled senses.

‘Keir, help Victoria out to the car.’

Caine’s urgency was contagious and Keir instinctively obeyed the curt order as he struggled to make sense of the situation.

He glanced at the woman in his arms. It was obvious that whoever the hell this Connor was, he clearly meant a good deal to Victoria.

And a few miserable hours ago she was warm and giving in my arms.

Boulders of bitterness filled his gut as he was forced to consider how much he knew about this woman. Had he made yet another mistake? Was Victoria like every other woman he knew, a liar looking out for her own interests?

When will I learn that no woman is trustworthy?

Torn by conflicting emotions, Keir supported Victoria and followed his father.

In the corridor, Muriel cornered them. ‘Where are you going?’

Keir watched his father dislodge his stepmother’s hand from his arm. ‘Victoria needs to get to the hospital.’

‘Who cares? Put her in a taxi.’ Muriel’s lips curled in a sneer.

Keir clenched his hand into a fist.

Logan laid a hand on Muriel’s arm, clearly distressed. ‘Mother, please don’t. Tori’s my friend.’

Muriel rounded on Logan. ‘You need friends like that promiscuous little slut like you need a hole in the head. She lays it out for your stepbrother.’

Victoria trembled in Keir’s arms and he itched to shut Muriel’s vicious mouth once and for all.

‘Logan, get the car.’ Caine’s command sliced through air thick with tension. ‘And Muriel, shut the hell up.’

Keir glanced from his father to Muriel, and he had the peculiar sensation of walking on quicksand. He’d never heard his father speak to his stepmother like this, and God knows Caine had just cause.

‘How dare you?’ Muriel hissed.

‘My son and Victoria are more important than your petty gripes. Give my apologies to our guests. I’m sure they’ll understand.’

Muriel turned to Keir and Victoria, but once again his father stepped between them and his wife.

‘One more word, Muriel,’ Caine said very softly, ‘and I’ll blow all of your dirty secrets clean out of the water. Understand?’

The threat was effective.

Muriel clamped her mouth shut and went po-faced as she levelled a venomous look at Caine before she turned and walked away.

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