The Hart Brothers Series Box Set (Including the bonus book Sabin: A Seven Novel): Freeing Her, Freeing Him, Kestrel, The Fall and Rise of Kade Hart, Sabin: A Seven Novel by A.M. Hargrove

Author:A.M. Hargrove [Hargrove, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-22T04:00:00+00:00

Nineteen — Carter

When Gabby asks me for a tour, I want to shout, “Hell, no. Let Kestrel do it!” But I can’t do that. Of course I give her the tour. And when we leave the room, I know what’s about to happen. So I take her straight up to the second floor and start with the master bedroom. When we get to Ells’ room, she asks all kinds of questions about her, and I don’t hold back at all. We move from room to room, space to space, and when we’ve left nothing unturned, she asks to see the carriage house. I lead her out the back door and to my little nest.

Once inside, she finally breaks the ice of silence.

“Don’t hurt him.”

That’s it. Nothing else.

“What?”

“Kestrel. Whatever you do, don’t hurt him. Because if you do, I’ll do everything in my power to destroy you.”

Good thing there’s a chair right behind me. My legs go numb as my ass hits it with a poof. Wow! She didn’t hold back one iota. It takes me a while to formulate a response, but I do.

“I get it. I do. You love him. He’s a brother to you.”

“No. You don’t get it. He’s been to hell and back.”

I stop her and hold up my hand. “Before you say another word, you at least owe me a chance to explain myself. As a practicing psychiatrist, I would think you could see the merit in that.”

She nods, once.

“Kestrel has told me everything. About his father. His horrid life as a young boy. I know what he’s been through. We’ve discussed all of this. My goal is not to hurt him. It was never my intention to get involved with him.”

“Then why did you?”

“Why did you get involved with your husband?”

“That’s none of your business.”

“Neither is it your business why Kestrel and I got involved. But I’ll tell you this much. I have great respect for him and I will not, under any circumstance, allow anyone to hurt him, including you.”

“Me? Why would I hurt him?”

“By overprotecting him and not allowing him to live on his own and discover things for himself. He’s a grown man and a highly intelligent one. He can choose to have a relationship with whomever he wants.”

“Kestrel doesn’t have relationships.”

“Maybe you don’t know him as well as you think, because he’s in one now.”

Then a smile spreads across her face. “That’s all I needed to hear.”

“What?” I’m incredulous.

“That you consider what’s going on between the two of you a relationship. That it isn’t one sided.”

“Seriously?”

“Yes. Like I said, I don’t ever want him hurt. And if this were just a one-sided thing, then you and I would have a big problem. But it obviously isn’t. You bared your claws and I like that.”

“You’re a strange woman, Gabby.”

“Nah, I only care about those two guys out there. More than I can tell you. So, tell me about you.”

I rub the back of my neck. “We don’t have enough time. I need days to tell you about my shit.

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