When Knight Falls by Nikki Rose

Author:Nikki Rose [Rose, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2020-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

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Anthony came through the door just before I was heading off to bed. “You’re home!” I ran and jumped into his arms and he caught me in a tight hug.

“Hey, I told you I wouldn’t be gone long this time.”

“You can’t blame me for worrying.”

“No, I can’t. But I’m home now.” Anthony’s smile didn’t reach his eyes.

“I take it the director told you what happened today?”

Anthony just nodded before plopping down on the couch.

“I’m so sorry, Anthony.”

I sat beside him and hugged him tight. He pulled me closer to his side, holding me to him. He took a deep breath and I could tell he was reining in his emotions.

“I’m sorry you had to go through all that today without me.”

“Dante was there and he helped me through the interrogation.”

“Good.” Anthony gave me a little squeeze and I rested my head on his shoulder.

“Are you okay? You and Jess were together so long that I know this can’t be easy.”

“I wasn’t in love with her. Hell, I didn’t even like her half the time, but she was the mother of my child. I did love her in my own way. After all, she gave me Belle.”

I nodded. “Did you know she was into drugs?”

“I’d suspected it. Damn, I just can’t believe this. How am I supposed to tell Belle her mother is dead?”

“We’ll figure something out. I’ll be there if you want me to, or I can give you two space. Whatever you think is best.”

“I want you there. I think it will help Belle.”

I hugged Anthony tight. “I can’t imagine how hard this must be.”

“I’m fine. I’m just worried about Belle and how she’s going to deal with all this. I think we should do something fun with her before we tell her, give her a nice day before so much in her life changes. Maybe we can even have my mom and dad there with us for extra support.”

“I think that sounds nice. We could take her to the zoo? She’s been talking about it ever since they started studying new animals at school. She really wants to see the giraffes.”

“Yeah, the zoo sounds good.” Anthony slid back down under the covers and took me with him. “They ruled it a homicide,” he said more to himself than to me. “I’m going to have to look into things. You know I can’t just leave it up to the police if Jess really was murdered. I have the resources they don’t and I have to know what happened.”

“I know. I understand. Just be careful.” I snuggled up against him and we fell asleep in a tangle of limbs.

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