Two (Count to Ten Book 2) by Jane Blythe

Author:Jane Blythe [Blythe, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bear Spots Publications
Published: 2016-07-25T16:00:00+00:00

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10:30 A.M.

“You’re almost late. Again.”

“But I'm not,” Ryan snapped at his partner. Lifting his wrist to show her his watch, “In fact I'm right on time.”

She sighed, “How did it go?” Paige asked.

“Not well,” Ryan replied, glaring at her.

“She still won't talk to you?”

“No,” he said through gritted teeth. He was angry. Furious, might be a better word. Ryan had wanted to yell at Sofia that she was being unreasonable. Unfair. She wasn’t close with her father. In fact, he was pretty sure she only loved him in a ‘he’s my father so I have to’ sort of way. She couldn’t be this upset about the judge being arrested. And even if she was, it was hardly his fault. He was only doing his job. He had wanted to yell at Sofia that she wasn’t being fair, but he hadn't. He’d held it in. Bitten his tongue.

He hadn't been able to speak openly with her, and that was bothering him. He did believe that Sofia would get over her anger at him. She was in shock which, given everything she was going through right now, was completely understandable. But if he and Sofia were going to have a real relationship, then they would have to be honest with each other. He wanted a real relationship. One like his parents had. One like his younger brother had. He wanted the real thing. And he thought he might have found it with Sofia. But if he couldn’t bring himself to talk openly with her then they would never be able to have it. Sofia was right. He was afraid of her. Afraid of hurting her. And he knew why. He was going to have to finally deal with what had happened with Katrina so he could move forward.

“She’ll get over it, just give her a little time for all of this to sink in,” Paige comforted.

He shook his head, “No, I don’t think she will. I made her cry.” The picture of Sofia fleeing him for her front door, barely able to stand, crying hysterically, was haunting him.

Paige gave his shoulder a reassuring pat. “She really will get over it. Right now the best thing you can do for her is catch this guy.”

“Sofia said that,” he murmured.

“She’s right, this is your priority right now, you have the whole rest of your life to fix things up with Sofia.”

“Ryan, Paige.”

They turned as one toward Belinda, who was waving at them from the door of the conference room. Ryan trudged past the messy desks that cluttered the dingy space, as he walked through the door his gaze was drawn immediately to the photos lining the top of the bulletin board. Sofia’s mother, brothers, sisters-in-law. All dead. Sobering, he couldn’t let Sofia end up like the rest of her family.

“Okay,” Belinda began wearily, dropping down into a seat at the table. “Anything from last night’s crime scene?”

Shrugging fitfully, “The usual,” Stephanie replied. “I'm sure the only fingerprints we’ve collected are from the Everette family and employees.

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