Every Day (The Brush Of Love Series, #2) by Lexy Timms

Author:Lexy Timms
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: coming of age, overcoming, women's fiction, drugs, fake girlfriend, fake boss, big beautiful woman, big beautiful women, fiction, cancer, love and life, contemporary romance, new adult, romance, billionaire, Alpha male romance, Alpha Bad Boy, bad boy, hot doctors, hot romance, hot and steamy, famous actor, happily ever after, true love, billionaire romance, billionaire romance, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, new, bbw, romance billionaire series, bad boy obsession, contemporary romance, women's humorous fiction, strong women, saga, romantic suspence, romantic suspense, action romance, holiday romance
Publisher: Dark Shadow Publishing
Published: 2017-11-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Bryan

Despite the pain and the hatred and the destruction, my heart was strangely calm. Hailey was sobbing in front of me, her face in her hands while I simply sat back in my seat. I finally knew what happened to my brother from beginning to end, the entire story. I allowed her words to sink in as I silently watched her shoulders shake. In all reality, Hailey was sitting in the exact same position I was. She was holding onto guilt for a situation that took place with a man she’d come to know, respect, and love.

“I believe you,” I said.

My eyes went from the wall to her, and the moment she raised her reddened gaze, I felt my guilt overtake my entire system. The way she was looking at me, it was like she was searching for my forgiveness. She felt as if she was a murderer finally confessing her crimes to the family she’d hurt, except none of that was true, not a damn word of it.

“I believe everything you’ve told me,” I said.

“You do?” she asked.

“Yes.”

“Even the-the part about how I tried?” she asked.

“Especially that part.”

She sat there, her eyes confused while they danced all along my body. I could tell she was trying to read me and figure out what in the world had changed. All this time I’d spent hating her was under the premise that she was a liar, a manipulator. Someone who used me to get what they wanted. I figured she’d used me to heal herself or to build her gallery for cheap or to simply quell her lonely presence, but none of that was true.

She had been searching for relief from John’s death like I was.

“It’s shocking to me that my brother was clean, but I believe you. That argument we had a couple months before his death, it was over him moving back and moving in with me. I had no idea that he felt—”

I swallowed hard and tossed my gaze back over her shoulder. I had no idea my brother felt like he had disappointed me. Had I realized he’d felt so ashamed, I would’ve moved to him in a heartbeat. I would’ve supported his art and done anything and everything I could’ve to help get it off the ground.

“John and I never fought, and he never raised his voice. So, when it happened, I assumed he was using again. I would’ve never dreamed he yelled at me because he felt ashamed,” I said.

“Your brother loved you so much,” Hailey said, sniffling.

“I know,” I said. “I know he did. Look, all I ever wanted to know was what happened to my brother. When it came to light you knew and kept it from me, I was infuriated. It was like you were holding back my healing, holding back my relief. I started thinking you enjoyed seeing me in pain. Seeing me sad. Seeing me hurt. Like I was one of your charity cases, but you would only be useful if I was sad or angry.

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