Guilty as Sin by Jami Alden

Author:Jami Alden [Alden, Jami]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction / Romance - Suspense, Fiction / Romance - General, General, Romance, Fiction / Romance - Erotica, Suspense, Erotica, Fiction
ISBN: 9781455520527
Google: eCt5pTxLKYQC
Amazon: 1455520527
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2013-07-29T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Shit,” Tommy said. The expression of horror on his face as he frantically looked around the parking lot would have been comical if she hadn’t been so hurt.

“I do what I can, okay? I’ve lived my life in the public eye, and I try to use that to help these families.”

“I know, Kate,” he said, his voice pitched low. “It was a low blow—”

But the sleepless nights, the pressure of the case—not to mention Tommy’s hot and cold routine—pushed her to a breaking point. “You think I enjoy getting emotionally involved with families, feeling their pain as they imagine what might be happening to their kids? Having to go on TV and calmly talk about it when the truth is worse than they ever imagined?”

Tommy wisely stayed silent.

Kate flung her arms up in the air. “Like it’s so fun for me, to go on national television and be reminded, every single time, that I’m the girl who left her brother alone the night he was kidnapped and murdered. And now I get to be the media whore who leaked information that got Madeline killed.” Like most men when confronted with a sobbing woman, Tommy looked pained, willing to do whatever it took to make it stop. He put his hands on her shoulders and gave her a squeeze. Impossibly, she felt herself start to calm at his touch. “Kate, I know how hard it is, to do what you do. You do good for these families, and none of what they say is true.”

Kate swallowed back another sob, guilt churning in her stomach as she admitted out loud what she barely liked to admit to herself. “No, some of it is true,” she said ruefully. “Part of the reason I do this is that I feel like if I keep showing the world how sorry I am, it will somehow erase the giant black mark on my permanent record.”

“You weren’t the only one there that night,” he pointed out, his voice gruff as his fingers tightened around her shoulders. “I—”

“No,” Kate cut him off sharply. “I was supposed to watch out for him. I should have known better. I should have done better. That night and after.” She sniffed one last time and shook her head, stepped out of his grip, trying not to notice how her arms felt suddenly cold. “I’m sorry,” she said, embarrassment surging as she pulled herself together. Of all the people to break down in front of. It could only be worse if she’d done it in front of the camera. “I shouldn’t have unloaded on you like that.”

“I get it,” he replied. He leaned closer, his expression grave. “We’re all under a lot of pressure. Sometimes you get a little crazy and do stupid things.”

She wondered if he was talking about what happened last night and felt her heart squeeze, her eyes sting with a new threat of tears at the thought. “We should get going,” she said briskly. “I just need to get a couple things from my car—”

“Mind if we take yours?” he asked, gesturing to her car.

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