Vow of Justice (Blue Justice Book #4) by Lynette Eason

Author:Lynette Eason [Eason, Lynette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense, United States Federal Bureau of Investigation—­Fiction, Protective custody—­Fiction, Murder—­Investigation—­Fiction, Man-­woman relationships—­Fiction, Police—Fiction, FIC042060, FIC042040, FIC027110
ISBN: 9781493417711
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2019-08-06T05:00:00+00:00

16

Linc went still. “What?”

“My brother. My older brother, who was supposed to protect me and my little sister no matter what. Instead, he killed my dad and my sister, and essentially my mother, who wound up committing suicide four weeks after I came home from the hospital because she couldn’t live with what had happened. And, of course, he tried to kill me.” Tears shimmered for a brief moment before they were gone. “I went into the foster care system and actually had a fairly good experience. My foster dad was a cop, the mom a special education teacher. I was there for two years. We exchange Christmas cards, but that’s about it.”

He had no words. The silence stretched. She rose to pace.

“And you don’t know why he did this,” he finally said, forcing the words through his tight throat.

Allie shook her head. “I’ve thought about it. Endlessly. I wondered if he’d suffered something like a psychotic break or had some kind of brain issue. Like an aneurysm or something. Anything but that he chose to do what he did. But, after tonight, I think he did. He made the choice to kill his family and apparently holds no regrets for doing so.”

“I’m sorry, Allie.”

“So am I, but he said some things that make me think I’m a little closer to figuring out his motives.”

“How so?”

“Gregori said my father was a liar, but . . .” Frustration tightened her jaw.

“But what?”

“I already knew that and so did Gregori.”

“So you need to know which lie it was he told your brother that would send him over the edge into such a rage that he wanted to wipe out his entire family.”

Her breath hitched and her eyes flashed, but she nodded. “Yes.”

“What was your brother’s relationship with your father?”

She grimaced. “They were never very close, but it’s not like they hated each other.” She paused. “My father wasn’t around much and he wasn’t affectionate. He did seem to favor me and my sister over our brother—at least when he wasn’t yelling at us or slapping us around.”

He winced. “Was it obvious?”

She sighed. “I don’t know. Does it matter?”

“It might. Come on, Allie, you’re going to have to look at this objectively. Put your personal feelings aside and try to focus on this as just another case.”

She blinked. “That’s what I’ve been doing ever since I graduated from the academy and was handed my badge. And believe it or not, for the most part, I was actually able to do it. To compartmentalize, so to speak. And then I saw his picture with Nevsky and it brought everything back. Tenfold. Part of me really thought he was dead and I had almost come to accept that. But . . .” She blew out a breath.

“That picture changed things.”

“Changed everything. Now my emotions are all over the place.” She swallowed. “I . . .”

“Talk to me. Please, trust me.” He raked a hand through his hair. “You owe me that at least.”

Her jaw dropped. “I owe you?”

“Okay, maybe owe is a bad choice of words, but you .

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