Dancing With Redemption (Barre To Bar Book 5) by Summer Cooper

Author:Summer Cooper [Cooper, Summer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lovy Books
Published: 2022-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

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Roxie

The pain had receded, but the memories of that night were still too fresh. It had completely shaken Roxie that she’d set a trap for herself like that. That crazy bitch hadn’t had to do anything. Roxie, certain in her fierce independence and capabilities, had made herself a prize that could not be resisted, and that had shaken her belief in everything she thought she knew about herself.

They were all still in the Bennet children’s mansion, but Roxie was in her own room this time. She shared that room with Lily most nights, unwilling to let the child sleep in her own room. It wasn’t fair to Lily since Roxie often woke up from nightmares, but she did all she could to keep from waking her daughter. Lily didn’t know exactly what had happened, none of them had been quite willing to explain it in detail to the little girl, but she knew her mother had been in an accident and was recovering.

Roxie didn’t keep Lily in her room at night for moral support though, she kept her there to make sure she was safe. That crazy bitch, Celeste, Roxie now knew her name was, had threatened Lily next. And even though she’d seen the hole in the back of the woman’s head, even though Lincoln reassured her every day that the woman was nothing but ashes now, Roxie woke up every night reaching for Lily.

It was another morning in New York. Later in the day, Lincoln was taking Lily, Aunt Katie, and Roxie back to Myrtle Beach, but for now, Roxie had a meeting to get through. She looked at the faded bruises beneath her eye, the faint line of one of the splits in her lip, and decided makeup wasn’t worth bothering with.

She was about to meet a stranger. A distant cousin, but still a stranger. And apparently one of the reasons Celeste was so damned crazy. The child of Celeste’s dead husband and the woman who’d turned his head was on the way to visit her. They had more in common than that since Celeste had admitted to trying to kill Marie too.

Roxie had spoken with her on the phone but hadn’t met her yet.

“I think this is the one you wanted.” June came into Roxie’s room without a knock, the formality unnecessary between the two friends, especially when the door was already open. In her hands, June carried a box without a name, just a symbol.

The symbol didn’t matter. What was inside did. “Let me see?”

Roxie smiled at her friend and took the box once June had removed the gold lid. Inside was a wig, a blonde wig, a chin-length bob that was out of character for Roxie. It was girlish though, and fun. Something that Roxie needed more of, especially while her hair grew back, and her scalp recovered. It would be a long time before she could do anything but let her hair grow, and what had already started to creep out of her

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