LOGINHis volume grew and spittle rained with each phrase he spat."As it is, I’m not allowing you to make any more decisions.” Crimson moved upward filling his saggy neck like a cloth-absorbing dye and creeping onward toward his cheeks and ears.“Alton, calm down. Bryce didn’t mean…” Though Suzanna's wor
“Uncle Alt—”A heavy hand landed upon my shoulder. “Where do you think you’re going?”I turned, perspiration dotting my skin as my shoulder shuddered with Alton’s touch. Fighting the urge to flinch away, I nodded toward the lawn at the few people standing below and answered, “To talk to the guests o
AlexandriaPatrick’s eyes met mine before he looked at his watch. It was his silent plea, and he was right. I needed to leave; however, since Bryce had left Alton’s den, he hadn’t left my side. With each glass of champagne or tumbler of whiskey, his enthusiasm for our marriage grew.“I’m happy,” Mil
I shook my head. “I don’t know. Patrick didn’t know. Only that Charli had a plan.”Trust me. Her words came back as I once again paced, my shoes becoming covered by a fine layer of red dust. Trust—I’d asked that same thing of Charli many times. Now it was my turn. I fucking hated the wait. It was he
NoxMy shoes pounded the Georgia clay. Back and forth I paced, watching my phone: the time, Charli’s app, and Oren’s texts. The sky was dark, barely a sliver of moon lighting the expanse from the woods to the manor.“Are you sure she can find the way?” I asked Isaac.“It’s not difficult. You can see
“No. You’re also not a doctor. If I don’t have a gurney in less than three minutes, you’ll no longer be a night nurse at Magnolia Woods. ”If I hadn’t known that Deloris was watching his every move through the Magnolia Woods security feed, I may have been concerned. I wasn’t. My attention was focuse
I had to think about a plan, about the future. "In the meantime, what are you doing?" I asked, not allowing myself to think of Charli stuck in a place she loathed as much as she hated her childhood home."I went back to Magnolia Woods,” Deloris explained. “The staff was unusually uncooperative, but
He looked down at his tablet. "Your name again?"Motherfucker knew my name. Nevertheless, I kept my raging emotions in check. "Demetri, Lennox Demetri."His eyes opened wide in recognition. "Sir, she left a letter for you should you come by."I took a deep breath. "I haven't just come by. I'm here f
NoxOnly briefly did the slam of the shutting door echo in the waiting SUV as Isaac secured his seatbelt. Seconds later he spoke, "Sir, I have GPS that’ll take us directly to Miss Collins."There wasn’t any need to fill him in. He’d been with me since we took off for Savannah. He'd witnessed my tira
A stunned silence fell over the room. Alton had everyone’s undivided attention.“Alton, tell her the best part.”I turned toward Bryce and his self-assured expression. He didn't look like a concerned friend who'd recently learned of my mother's infirmity. Instead, he looked like a child about to rec







