Fearless by Elizabeth Dyer

Author:Elizabeth Dyer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2018-11-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Hope died a bitter death, and betrayal, like a sharp knife she should have seen coming, slipped between her ribs and took aim for her heart.

Cooper choked back the bitter tang of disappointment, both with herself, for being stupid enough to get her hopes up in the first place, and with the contents of the box.

She shoved away from the table on a curse, her eyes stinging, her fingernails biting into her palms.

“Cooper.” Will reached for her, but she walked away, putting the table between them.

She didn’t want him to touch her, soothe her, comfort her. It would be a lie, and temporary at best. And for once, because she was safe behind thick walls and steel doors, she wanted to indulge in the weakness of emotions she’d been beating back for months.

Disappointment. Exhaustion. Frustration.

And most of all the rising tide of faithlessness that threatened to drown her. How much longer could she do this? How many more questions would she have to find before she finally faced the reality that maybe there weren’t answers. Not for her. And not for Cole.

“I can’t keep doing this,” she whispered, the truth bland and boring and tasteless. Lies were sweeter, though they carried the tang of something manufactured and processed and false. God knew she’d grown accustomed to the flavor with every single one she’d told.

It’s not my fault.

No cost is too high.

I can save him.

“You can. You will. People like us?” Will said, his words firm and solid, comforting in their inability to yield or soften or compromise. “We don’t know how to quit. Even when we should. Even when it’s easier.”

She’d retreated so he couldn’t reach her. Couldn’t touch her. Couldn’t calm or comfort her.

She should have known better.

His voice stroked over her with the determination and strength of a steady palm down her back. She couldn’t ignore it. Or what came next. Because he was right. She couldn’t quit.

Even when she wanted to.

Cooper turned and came back to the box, eyeing the contents with disdain.

“I’m so fucking sick of surprises.”

Will cut a grin in half when she glared at him. “Fair enough. But let’s see what we’re dealing with.”

He pulled the two items out of the box—a large coin and a matte white business card with a phone number embossed in black across the front.

“Guess that’s why we need the phone,” he said, turning the card over in his palm.

“And the coin? What is it, anyway? A silver dollar?”

“Nope.” He flicked it off his thumb, let it turn end over end, then tossed it over.

Heavy, and thicker than an average coin, it was silver with a gold halo surrounding the center with script along the rim.

Limited Edition Ten Dollar Gaming Token Bellagio

“Las Vegas? Seriously?” Cooper asked, turning the coin over in her palm and inspecting the details for anything that might explain why the hell it should matter to her. “I thought they stopped using coins twenty years ago?”

“They did,” Will agreed, taking it back and running his thumb along the edge in a gesture that was distinctly familiar.

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