Until Us by Carmen Rosales

Author:Carmen Rosales [Rosales, Carmen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Erotic Quill Publishing LLC
Published: 2024-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

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AURA

Five Years Later

Staring out the floor-to-ceiling window in New York City overlooking the skyline, I focus on the blue sky, feeling motionless, speechless, heartbroken, and lost. The pain in my soul breaks me in half repeatedly.

“Mommy? We are high up, aren’t we? I can see the cars from up here.”

“Yes, baby,” I croak, trying to swallow the lump in my throat. I can hardly speak, but I can’t cry in front of LJ.

The door opens, and a man in a tailored gray suit walks in with armed security and a police officer. The armed security guard holds a large box with an electronic lock and places it in front of me on the lacquered wood desk.

“My sincere condolences, Mrs. Turner. Your husband was a great man.” I look up, and tears blur my vision when I give the man a slight nod.

Lane died a month ago on the track. A rear tire that was too hot was blown, causing him to lose control. He crashed into a wall at one hundred eighty miles an hour. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He told me he would be home later that day but never made it.

LJ makes engine noises as he races his cars on the floor. LJ reminds me so much of his father. I miss him so much it hurts.

The man motions for everyone to turn around when I enter Lane’s code. It was the day I met him for the first time. The beeping noise makes a sound with a loud click, and the top opens. Inside is Lane’s journal and a flash drive with all his builds. A large sealed yellow envelope, only to be opened upon his death.

I leave the journal and the flash drive inside because they are valuable. He secured it with armed security to make sure it didn’t get in the wrong hands. I leave it and close the box, letting it secure the lock in place. Lane always warned me to be careful that the information he had inside was worth a lot of money to certain people. They could harm LJ or me to get to it.

I take a deep breath and open the envelope. I pull out a handwritten letter from Lane.

To my wife,

I love addressing you as my wife. I feel honored calling you that. You have given me more than I could have ever asked for. You have given me love, a beautiful son, and my legacy. You have made me the happiest man on earth. To have a gorgeous wife to call my own. Every day I work and build the next car and the next. All for our future. I told you once that my greatest love was building the next car and making it the fastest. I lied. My greatest love is you. It was always you. I fell in love with you the first time I laid eyes on you. I couldn’t get you out of my head. When you walked past my shop that night, I knew it was fate.

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