ley

dice's face contorted, red blotches ris

ss. "Your husband? Don't make me laugh, Hailey! If you hadn't schemed your way into

ing smile. "What a tragedy that you missed your chan

ce started shaking, her nails digging into her palms

stepped forward until she had to

the one who chose to walk down the aisle with Angel. Since you married his teammate, stop

kled, looking ready to collapse. I knew that look by heart-h

ore. I turned on my heel and w

r me. Beckett pushed off the wall and s

that strange, complicated intensity I had never

u and your 'old friend' over there. Nobody else is going to p

w tigh

ing to defend her-and worse, that he was staring

ward the stairwell. The fire door banged shut, leaving ju

broke the silence, his voice rough

his eyes. "And I won't be until your

were right back a

s eyes and sucked

t seemed to have drained out of h

grandfather just had a heart attack. He

oll. Every single time I tried to end this, there

elevators. Just as I reached to press the down but

ht this afternoon. My heart skipped. Nob

and saw an unknown out-of-state numbe

ow dare you move back to New York and

through the cheap speaker, overflow

in my chest for the last forty-eight hours loosened,

ai

ide-or-die roommate through high school and

had been too ashamed to reach out, though I had updated my con

landed at JFK for a business trip! Where are

standing ten feet behind me, eyes locked on the burner phone and th

rs, dropping my voice. "I'm tied up at the hospital t

ended the call. Slipping the burner back into my bag, I felt like someone had finall

's chest. He stood less than a foot behind me, towering over my

one?" The question hung