Blind Trust by Laura Scott

Author:Laura Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-03-06T17:13:00+00:00

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Eva collapsed on the sofa, her mind reeling with everything that had taken place over the past six hours. Losing Mikey, finding Mikey, calling Pete, kissing Finn.

She’d been caught off guard by Finn’s kiss, especially the sweet way he’d asked her permission. No man had ever done that before. What was even more shocking was that Finn had initiated their kiss despite knowing about her retinitis pigmentosa. She’d been honest with him when she’d informed him of what her diagnosis meant—that she’d be declared legally blind in a few years.

Didn’t he realize the impact it would have on her life?

Or was it possible the kiss didn’t mean as much to him as it had to her? Maybe this was how he treated all the women in his life. What had that other cop said? Something about the Gallagher charm striking again? It wasn’t a stretch to believe that Finn was a “date ’em and dump ’em” kind of guy.

Her cheeks burned with embarrassment, and she covered them with the palms of her hands. Finn might have initiated the kiss because he was accustomed to kissing women, but she’d been a willing participant, agreeing to the kiss and then losing herself in his embrace.

That it meant more to her than it likely had to him shouldn’t be a surprise. What man would willingly sign up for dating a woman who’d end up blind? Rafe, the man who’d claimed to love her, had quickly moved on after learning the truth.

Exhaustion weighed her down, but Eva knew she wouldn’t be able to rest until Finn was back. How was that for being messed up? The man she shouldn’t have kissed was the only man who made her feel safe. Reed Branson, who was keeping watch, was probably a fine cop, but she didn’t know him.

Not the way she knew Finn, and believed that the K-9 cop and his partner, Abernathy, would put their lives on the line for her and the little boy sleeping upstairs.

As if on cue, Mikey began to cry. “Mommy. Mommy!”

His shriek had her rushing upstairs. She’d left a night-light on for him and could see he was sitting upright in bed, tears streaking down his face. She knelt on the mattress and pulled him close. “Shh, Mikey, it’s okay. You’re safe. I’m here. We’re all safe.”

“The bad man is here.” He sobbed, a wild look in his eyes. “We have to hide. The bad man is here.”

The words were eerily similar to the day Mikey had been playing with the dinosaurs, claiming the bad man was real because his mommy said so.

Was this a nightmare from the recent events? Or something that had happened in the past?

“Mikey, I’m here, and I love you. You’re safe. Officer Finn will be here soon with Abernathy. You love Abe, don’t you?”

Mikey nodded, and he repeated, “We have to hide from the bad man. Hurry!”

Eva cuddled him close and chose her words carefully. “Why, Mikey? Because Mommy said so?”

The little boy nodded.

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