Corrupt Justice by Stephanie St. Klaire

Author:Stephanie St. Klaire [St. Klaire, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub

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“Dammit,” Killion said to himself as he left the gym in Watermark Tower, staring at his phone screen checking all the security feeds. “It’s like you know I’m chasing you.”

He’d spent the better part of an hour searching the building for Rainy and the babies, seeing her in various spots on the cameras, only to get there and find she’s already gone. It was the ultimate game of hide-and-seek, only the one hiding didn’t even know she was playing. The elevator pinged, and he was about to get on when he caught a motion alert in another part of the floor he was already on. He let the elevator go and watched as the feed loaded on his screen, and he had a live view of what he was looking for. His family.

“Gotcha.” He tucked the phone away and headed to the other side of the floor he was on and straight into the atrium.

The atrium was best described as a multi-story indoor garden complete with multiple water features and a small playground for the families in the building to enjoy. The walls were mostly glass with views of an outdoor park and the waterfront but only those inside could see out. No one could see in. The space was massive and maze like, he hunted everywhere for her.

When he rounded the last corner, taking him back to where he started, he saw her. She’d taken a seat on a wood bench tucked under some wax leaf-looking tree with intertwined branches canopying above her sprinkled with drapes of tiny bell-like flowers that somehow grew inside their enormous greenhouse-like space. Rainy had the stroller parked next to her while she stared outside and watched the world go by.

It broke him to see her in such a way. After all she’d been through, she had to feel trapped. Imprisoned. Kept. For all he knew, it was triggering her in ways none of them could fully recognize or understand. But alas, it was for her safety and that of their children. Killion leaned on a tree trunk and took her in. The occasional smile for the babies or subtle rocking of the stroller to comfort them –– it all impressed him. Despite her setbacks, albeit temporary, she’d stepped into the role of motherhood effortlessly.

It was as though she’d been born to be their mother, and he was in awe because it didn’t come so easily to him. Despite the endless research and buying anything and everything recommended by anyone, qualified or not, to make parenting easier… it wasn’t. At least not for Killion. It was the most challenging thing he’d ever done. Sure, he had about an hour to prepare for fatherhood, but even with all the help while still in the NICU, he floundered. It was quickly made clear to him that he was embarking on a two-person job, and he wouldn’t be captain of the team.

Rainy praised him for bringing the babies to her daily at the hospital, then the rehab center, after the twins were released from the hospital.

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