โCongratulations, man.โ Eric says this time pulling Jasper in for a bro-hug.Emily and I glance at one another with raised eyebrows and instantly can read each others expressions- not fated-mates, just best friends.โSo,โ Jasper says awkwardly. โDo you think youโd be my best man?โ Jasper blurts out
Reneeโs POV One Year Later The doorbell chimes and echoes throughout our tall white ceilings.โIโll get it!โ Debbie says while running to the foyer. Sheโs seven years old but is already a head taller than all her peers, her long shapely legs allow her to make vast strides and sheโs out of the liv
I was just hoping it would all be later. Eric and I have been shielding her from the t.v and the news. When the time is right, we want to be the ones to give the full story not whatever dramatized way the media is spinning it.Eric helps me out of the rocking chair and we walk to the living room whe
Reneeโs POV A couple days later, Iโm discharged from the hospital. Eric, Debbie, myself, and Liam are home.I looked it up, Liam means protector which exactly what he was doing while I was held hostage. He was the reason Mark didnโt kill me. The name also means strong, and despite him being born pr
โWell Iโm okay,โ I tell him. He lets out a shaky breath and brings my hand up to his warm lips.โI love you,โ he tells me.โI love you too,โ I reply. Then I shift gears. โWhat about everyone else? Emily? Jasper? How are they?โEric nods. โEveryone is okay. A broken arm and some cuts but nothing they
Reneeโs POV I suck in a sharp breath of air as my life force hits me like a truck. My eyes whip open but I donโt see anything except blinding light. I snap my eyes shut and sink my head back into something squishy.I try to move my body into a protective stance and instantly regret it. Pain shoots