To Protect His Own (New York State Trooper Series Book 5) by Talty Jen

Author:Talty, Jen [Talty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: romatic suspense, troopers, law enforcement, secret baby
Publisher: Jupiter Press
Published: 2017-03-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“WE NEED TO TALK,” Kenzie said as soon as she and Ethan entered the master bedroom. Jake would be back soon and she knew, considering the day’s events, he was going to ask his father for the truth and she wanted to make sure Ethan was not only up for the task, but would follow through.

“You sound serious.”

“I am.” She waited for him to get comfortable in his bed while she sat in the chair next to it. Tears welled in her eyes. Just a week ago, one would never have known Ethan was dying. Now she worried this poisoning was going to take him before the cancer ever would have. “Jake is going to ask you to tell him the truth about your affair, or lack thereof. I need you to tell him the truth.”

“It’s not the right time.”

“If you don’t tell him today, I will.”

“I’m not ready,” Ethan said. “Besides, we can’t change the past.”

“And we don’t have the right to rewrite it either.”

“I’m not doing that.” Ethan coughed a few times before he took a slow slip of water.

Abruptly, she stood and paced at the end of the bed. “The fact he knows you’re keeping something from him is hurting him.”

“You’re showing.”

She looked down at her hand over her small mound. “Don’t change the subject.”

“I said I’d tell him.” Ethan’s voice was still weak, but she felt his resolve in the way the words hung in the air. “But it’s not something you just blurt out randomly.”

“That’s ridiculous.” She glared at him. “And cowardly.”

“Call it whatever you want. But this isn’t going to be easy for him to hear. I’d rather he despise me, then destroy what he remembers of his mother. She’s not here anymore and even she, when she wasn’t on a manic rampage, didn’t want him to know. It’s bad enough he found out she killed herself, but telling him that it was her who had the affair and that affair resulted in a child and—”

“What the fuck?” Jake’s voice boomed, ricocheting off the walls. He stood at the doorway. His face white with shock. She took a few tentative steps toward him and laced her fingers around his bicep.

“Don't touch me,” he growled. “What kind of lies are you spinning now, old man?”

“They aren’t lies,” she said. “You wanted the truth. Now you have to accept it.”

“Kenzie,” Ethan said. “Why don’t you give us a moment?”

“No,” Jake said. “She stays. Start talking.” Jake leaned against the far wall, arms crossed at his chest.

“I think I should leave.”

“I need you to stay, okay?” Jake asked with a pleading tone.

She nodded, glancing between the two men, wanting to bolt as fast as she could. This was not a conversation she wanted to be privy to, but Jake wasn’t going to let her go. She wasn’t sure if it was for moral support, or to bash her for keeping the truth from him, yet again. She leaned against the dresser, closer to the door.

“I don’t know where to begin,” Ethan said.

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