Twice in a Lifetime (Carina) by Scott Kierney

Author:Scott, Kierney [Scott, Kierney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472018199
Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Limited
Published: 2013-08-28T22:00:00+00:00

Liam sighed. He ran a hand through his hair. “Of course I was protecting you. I loved you, Sarah. He was putting you in danger. What kind of man would I be if I let him do that? Do you want me to say I am sorry? Because I will. I am sorry about how everything turned out. But I am not sorry for what I did.”

She gasped at the audacity of his logic. He didn’t get it. He never would, and it was time that she stopped pretending he was someone he wasn’t. “If you loved me you wouldn’t have turned Sam in. Even if you had given up on him, I hadn’t. And you knowingly and wilfully hurt someone I love. You don’t do that to someone you care about.”

Liam pinched the bridge of his nose with his fingers. She could feel frustration radiating off him. “Damn it, Sarah, I was trying to take care of you. And Sam. You were in over your head. He needed help and I thought a short sharp shock was the wake-up call he needed. You were too soft and too young to deal with him. The problem was bigger than all of us.”

She shook her head. “I don’t know why you did it. But it wasn’t for me. And it sure as hell wasn’t for Sam. I never give up on people, you know that. But guess what, Liam—I am officially giving up on you. I don’t love you. I don’t even like you any more. I hate you. I actually hate you.”

His gaze went to the table. He shook his head. He looked as defeated as she felt.

“That’s fine, but you need to get the facts straight about this narrative you have playing in your head. Yes, I grassed Sam up, but you know what, I was eighteen and I thought I was doing the right thing. We were all in way over our heads. He had a fucking gun, Sarah. He was dealing heroin. I thought he was going to get you both killed. I tried talking to you about getting him help but you were so sure you had everything under control. I thought it was the only chance to save both of you. So, yeah, I fucked up. But it’s not like I had a whole lot of choices available to me at the time.”

“I did have it under control. He was going to start methadone, the next day, Liam,” she shouted. A woman at the table next to them turned and glared at them, but she didn’t care. Let people stare.

“He has had years to get clean and you have had years to help him and yet here he is, in Dubai, facing drugs charges. You didn’t have it under control then, and you don’t have it under control now.”

His words were a slap on an already bruised face. “I hate you.”

“You already said that.”

“Well, it bears repeating. You are a controlling, arrogant asshole. How dare

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