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Chapter 23 Rory's Pov
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2026-06-17 21:34:18
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Icing The Heart Chapter 29 Jaxon’s Pov
After a moment, Agent Bennett pointed toward one of the photographs and spoke with a detective tone, "Amelia attended six different events involving Rory."I stared hard. Then stared again as if trying to understand.The evidence was undeniable. The dates stretched across several years.Long before Rory and I met. Long before professional hockey. Long before any of this."Why?" I asked.The question came out sharper than intended.Agent Bennett looked frustrated.For once, she didn't have an answer."We don't know."Rory continued studying the photographs. Something about her expression changed. Very slightly.Then she picked up one particular image. "Wait."Every head turned toward her. She slid the photograph across the table. Toward me.My stomach tightened immediately.The image showed Rory's father standing outside a small arena.Amelia stood beside him. There was nothing unusual there.Then I noticed the third person. The person was a woman. She had dark hair, a warm smile and o
Icing The Heart Chapter 28 Jaxon’s Pov
Sleep never came.The federal apartment was quiet, secure, and probably safer than any place Rory and I had been in weeks and yet my mind refused to settle.The city stretched beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows in a sea of lights. Barges drifted slowly along the Hudson. Traffic crawled across distant bridges. Somewhere below, thousands of people were ending ordinary days and preparing for ordinary tomorrows.Ordinary felt like a luxury.I stood alone in the kitchen shortly after three in the morning, staring into a mug of coffee that had long since gone cold.The name kept replaying in my head.Amelia Kane-Callahan.My sister's name. Rory's surname.Connected.Somehow.How in hell was that possible?The archive had never contained coincidences. Every file Richard Kane created had purpose. Every note. Every contingency. Every hidden recording.Which meant my father had deliberately written that name.The implication refused to leave me alone.A soft sound drew my attention just then a
Icing The Heart Chapter 27 Rory's Pov
The meeting continued for another hour.By the end of it, nobody seemed particularly happy.Federal protection remained necessary.Public disappearance remained impossible.Victor remained missing.The archive remained incomplete.Everything was complicated. Totally complicated. Exactly as expected.Eventually, Agent Bennett dismissed everyone. Well, everyone except me and Jaxon.That detail immediately caught my attention.The room emptied gradually.Marcus left first.Several agents escorted him toward another interview room.Lena disappeared into a conference call involving attorneys, federal prosecutors and what sounded like a deeply unfortunate television producer.My mother lingered for longer. Watching us. Observing. Thinking. The familiar habit irritated me even as I wondered what was going on in her mind. Finally she approached us and knowing her, I braced instinctively.The reaction wasn't subtle at all. Evelyn noticed how I had reacted. Of course she noticed. She noticed
Icing The Heart Chapter 26 Rory's Pov
The entire room seemed to be waiting for my reaction.Federal agents. Investigators. Lawyers.A kidnapped public relations director who had apparently escaped her own abduction through sheer force of annoyance.My future child's father.All of them were watching me.Expecting something. Agreement perhaps.Acceptance. Gratitude. They were just expecting something profound.But I did not give them something profound.Instead, I laughed in response and the sound echoed through the operations room. It was a long, disbelieving laugh that grew stronger the more I thought about what Agent Bennett had just said.Federal protective custody.Of course, it was federal protective custody.Why stop at conspiracy, murder, corporate corruption, genetic experimentation, media scandals, pregnancy leaks and billionaires behaving badly when we could add witness protection to the list?The universe had clearly committed itself to excess.Agent Bennett remained perfectly calm as he spoke. "I understand th
Icing The Heart Chapter 25 Jaxon’s Pov
An hour later we sat inside a federal operations center in Lower Manhattan.The transition felt surreal.One moment we were trapped inside Rory's apartment.The next we were moving through secured hallways filled with agents, analysts, attorneys and investigators.Television screens covered entire walls. Case files occupied every available surface. Phones rang constantly. People moved with purpose.The atmosphere reminded me of a championship game.Controlled chaos.Everybody racing toward the same objective.The difference was that hockey games usually involved fewer federal crimes.Lena sat at the center of the room. Looking exactly like Lena. No visible panic. No visible trauma. No visible indication she'd recently been kidnapped.She wore a navy blazer. Perfect makeup. Perfect posture.The only clue that something had happened was a small bruise near her wrist.When Rory entered, Lena immediately stood.Something softened in her expression. A rare occurrence. "You're okay."The st
Icing The Heart Chapter 24 Jaxon’s Pov
The room exploded into motion.Agent Cole was already speaking into his radio.Marcus grabbed his phone.My mother looked like someone had drained every drop of blood from her body.Rory sat perfectly still.That terrified me more than everyone else's reaction combined.Fear usually looked dramatic in movies.Screaming. Crying. Panic. It was really very dramatic and loud. Real fear looked very different on the other hand. Real fear looked like Rory Callahan staring at her phone while her entire body went completely motionless.The message remained on the screen.The child belongs to me now.Six words. Six fucking words. Six words powerful enough to transform an already catastrophic situation into something infinitely worse.I crossed the room immediately. My hand found Rory's shoulder.Warm. Solid. Real.For a second, she didn't react. Then she blinked. Slowly.Like someone returning from very far away. "Rory."Her eyes lifted and met mine.The fear in them nearly brought me to my
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