CHAPTER TWELVE

“Where have you been?” Hailey bolts off the sofa at the sound of the door opening and flies into Roy’s arms, “I was worried sick that something happened to you.”

Roy smiles shakily at his family and hugs Hailey tighter, “I’m so sorry for how I treated you after you had baby. It was so insensitive. I didn’t understand how it felt…what you were going through.”

Hailey’s face clouds and she pulls away from Roy, “I don’t want to talk about that.”

Liam sends him a puzzled look as he strolls into the room with Hailey. “Where did you get the tie, Roy?’

Twin red spots appear on his face and he looks away, “my boss, Mr. Flake wanted me to dress up properly so he gave him his spare tie.”

That was a lie. He took the tie he saw on the seat of Bryan’s Limo, to cover the marks he knew would be on his neck in order to avoid suspicion from Liam.

Hailey rolls her eyes, “What exactly is their problem at Anderson fucking Inc.?”

Roy shrugs and takes a slice from the leftover pizza on the ottoman. “I