A Rush to Violence by Christopher Smith

Author:Christopher Smith [Smith, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fifth Avenue Production, Inc.
Published: 2012-06-02T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

When Sam Ireland came to Camille Miller’s apartment, he was all business, which was a relief to her. She didn’t want to discuss their past. She just wanted to deal with the present and fix it before it was too late.

Over the course of ten minutes, she debriefed him on the situation, leaving out nothing, including the part where Emma asked whether Sam was her father.

That was a mistake. That’s when it got personal.

“Did you tell her?”

“I didn’t.”

“Do you have a photograph of her? If we’re going to search for her, I’ll need to know what my daughter looks like.”

They went into Emma’s bedroom and she showed him the photo of Emma and her grandfather that Emma kept on her desk. Sam looked at her for a long moment but he didn’t say anything. He didn’t have to. Watching him, Camille could tell that he wasn’t just committing her face to memory. He also was trying to see traces of himself in her, which were there.

Like her father, Emma possessed high cheekbones and smooth olive skin that appeared almost as if it was without pores. Her eyes mirrored his in that they were the color of chestnuts, only not quite as dark or as hard. They had the same thick lashes, which could not be attributed to any member of the Miller family. It was all him.

“She’s beautiful,” he said.

“If we’re lucky enough to find her, you two will meet.”

“If she’s as bright as you say she is, she’ll also see the similarities.”

“I understand that.”

“But you’re not happy about it.”

“It’s not that I’m not happy.”

“Then what is it?”

“It’s that I don’t want her to get hurt. She recently lost her grandfather. He meant the world to her. Now, she’s about to meet her father. Do you know how huge that will be for her? How many questions she’ll have for you? How much she’s going to want to get to know you? But what if you also disappear from her life? Once, you had the chance to choose us, but you didn’t. When I got pregnant and told you I was getting out, you pretty much wished me the best and went on your own way. You washed your hands of us, Sam. I know you well enough to know that you could do that again. That kind of emotional turmoil isn’t something I want for my daughter.”

“Neither do I. We were kids back then, Camille. We thought we could change the world. I think we each see things differently now.”

“Do you? You’re still in it, Sam. Correct me if I’m wrong, but you haven’t left that I know of.”

“I only provide weaponry to those who need it. That’s the extent of it. I haven’t accepted a contract in eight years.”

“Why?”

“I knew I could help in better ways.”

“So you continue to take risks. You’re illegally selling guns and God knows what else to an underground market that could turn against you at any point. And you’re doing it in

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