Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai

Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai

Author:Alisha Rai
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-11-28T05:00:00+00:00


An undefinable swell of emotion filled Jackson’s chest. Whenever John had done an interview after Sam’s death, he’d been careful to stress that Sam had been the powerhouse behind the store, that without him, they wouldn’t have thought big enough or grand enough to create the empire they did.

Jackson had sat next to John, wide eyed, while the man had told him the exact same thing, but these words directly from his grandfather, had always left him in awe, hammering home the measure of the man whose blood ran through his veins.

Harsh, proud, realistic.

All qualities Sam must have had to have to create a successful empire in an overcrowded market.

Nothing’s over until you quit. He’d been six in John’s kitchen when the man had first passed on Sam’s favorite saying, then laughed, telling Jackson Sam had been considered quite the rebel in his family for being so headstrong and ruthless in his attitude.

Jackson turned the page, and something fell into his hands. A piece of paper this time. It looked like it had been read and read often, was almost as delicate as the paper in the journals.

He opened the paper and smoothed it out, but the handwriting here wasn’t his grandfather’s. It took him until the third or fourth sentence before recognition struck him.

His gaze flew to the bottom of the page and he inhaled sharply at Paul’s signature.

He should put it away. This wasn’t his to read.

But he couldn’t. He braced his hand on the bed and bent his head.

Dear Grandpa John,

I may have given up the right to call you grandpa by now—but it felt odd to address this letter as Mr. or only John, so bear with me. I’m not trying to soften you up.

I’ll keep this short. I was the one who set the fire at the C&O. I was angry and furious. I blamed you for my father’s death, and my mother’s grief. I blamed Nicholas for Livvy’s pain. And finally, maybe mostly, I blamed all of you for taking the business away from me. The C&O was mine, and I felt robbed.

This isn’t meant to be an explanation, or even an excuse. I have no excuse for what I did. I have even less of an excuse for what I did after that fire.

When I realized there was a witness who had mistaken me for my brother, I convinced Jackson to keep quiet and allow them to arrest him. I assured him I would get him out quickly, that the charges were false. I manipulated him. The hows and whys aren’t important, but rest assured, it happened. And I knew he would do what I asked, because beyond anything, Jackson was a sweet kid with a heart bigger than his body.

It is pure dumb luck that witness recanted his story and Jackson’s attorney—an attorney my aunt and sister got for him, because I was too blinded by panic and anger to even do that much—got him off. Or maybe it’s not luck. If you were the one who persuaded that witness to recant, I thank you.



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