Nash Security Solutions by Lola Silverman

Author:Lola Silverman [Silverman, Lola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Analise shoved her stuff into her bag. She cursed the fact that she still had things back at Ralston’s place. Her rucksack was there with her clothes. She didn’t own enough things to possibly consider leaving it behind no matter how badly she wanted to avoid the place.

The surveillance truck was blessedly empty. She could not have endured being grilled by Wrath or Carson about her intentions. They were friends—sort of, but she had never felt comfortable enough with either of them to consider them confidantes.

The squeak of the door behind her caused Analise to whirl around and take up a defensive position. When she saw that it was Ava, she didn’t drop her hands. As far as she was concerned, it was highly possible that she would need to fight her way out. She kept one hand up and groped for her bag with the other. She slung the carry strap over her shoulder and prepared for—well, she could not have said what would happen.

“What do you want?” Analise growled. She shoved a piece of tangled hair behind her ear. Everything was just such a mess. She was a mess. It was too much. Didn’t the woman get that?

Ava held up her hands as though she were approaching a wild animal. “I wanted to say again that I’m sorry for what my son did, but I think you’re misunderstanding his reasons.” Ava pressed her lips together for a brief moment. “At least I hope you’re misunderstanding them.”

“Of course you would!” Analise fumed. “He’s your son! You want to believe the best about him. I’m glad of that. I really am, because his father is a shit. But I cannot imagine what purpose there would be for Ralston kissing up to Daddy Dearest. He claims to hate the man one second and then changes his tune the next? Why? And why add Chelsea into the bargain?” Analise could not believe she was getting into it with Ava about her son’s motives. This conversation was ridiculous. “I’m sorry, but I think you might be wrong about him. I’m starting to think that he really wants Daddy’s approval. And let me tell you from experience that winning that could cost someone their soul.”

“What happened to you?” Ava asked suddenly. She took a step back and put her hands on her hips. “You are so incredibly bitter about families. You let some things slip when we were talking at Frankie’s, but I can’t figure you out.”

“I was a marine,” Analise said defensively. “That wasn’t what my parents wanted. I left that horrible fate of marriage to the preacher’s boy behind, but I could never shake their expectations. Until he died, my father maintained that I was acting unnatural. He did not believe that women belonged in the military unless they were nurses.”

“So, a sexist, then,” Ava guessed.

“In a manner of speaking, I guess he was,” Analise admitted. “But my mother is still alive and still nagging me about popping out some grandkids.

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