Aaron And Claire Book Novels & Stories

“We were never very clear. I mean, we had the authorities’ accounts and eyewitnesses’ interviews, but it wasn’t the same as someone who was actually there.” Claire straightened her shoulders and sat up some. Apparently, she forgot herself for a moment, because she tucked her hair behind her ear. He was proud to see the revelation, though he realized his parents were both stricken at the sight. Claire must realized too, because she started to reach up to cover her face again, but he intercepted her hand as though he didn’t realize what she was doing, putting it in his on top of the table. “You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to.”

The truth was that Claire had taken Griff aback pretty much from the word go – from her happy chatting at the café, to the yet-unknown contents of the stolen backpack, to her closeness with Cole the MC member, to her shining gratitude for ‘Jack’ and ‘Mike’s’ help. Looking back on it now, it was almost like she hadn’t expected any help from them, like she couldn’t believe that she was actually receiving aid, and Griff wondered where and how she’d learned that she was on her own. She wasn’t the spoiled, cunning criminal-in-hiding that he’d expected, and the time had come for him to just go on and acknowledge that. The truth was that Claire Worthington’s story wasn’t the one that he thought he’