The Crooked Cop: A Broken Hearts of Bridgeport Novel - Book Two by Alice T Boone

Author:Alice T Boone [Boone, Alice T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2020-06-18T16:00:00+00:00

I wasn’t sure I’d ever really experienced a loss in my life. Not before that moment. Not before I’d seen my heart torn out of my chest, left bloodied in that tiny apartment. When I’d lost Jay, some part of me knew it wasn’t forever. When Mom left us, there was some part of me that knew I never needed her in the first place. When Dad and I moved from house to house, I knew the friends I lost weren’t really my friends at all— not if distance could separate us. I would tell Jay later that it hurt so badly because I’d never lost anything before. The truth was I’d never lost anything I loved.

Those sketches were my oldest friends, the dark truths I hid from the rest of the world. Those pieces knew me in a way that I didn’t even know myself. They were living, breathing beings to me. They were real, tangible evidence that I was alive, that I’d existed, that I’d done something with my life. To have that ripped away was like losing half of my heart, and I wasn’t sure there was a way someone like Jay could ever understand that. Not really.

I sucked in a deep breath through my mouth, my nose too clogged to be of any use. At Jay’s pleading voice, I let out another jagged breath and continued the process. I didn’t realize the way his name tumbled from my lips until my hearing finally returned to normal— it took me even longer to recognize the pathetic tones as my own voice.

“Baby, it’s alright. I’m going to handle this. It’s going to be—”

“They ruined my— everything’s—”

When I took in another sharp breath, Jay cooed in my ear. “It’s alright.”

“It’s not alright,” I sobbed. “They were everything to me! I’m not— I’m nothing now.” The confession felt like bile. A cough came from my chest, and I felt Jay rub my back again. “It’s not alright.”

“You’ll sketch more.”

“I worked so…”

“I know.”

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