Closer Than You Think
“He handed the officers copies of Combs’s mugshot and then took a stroll around the front and sides of the hotel.
Cheap thrill. Forbidden fruit. Was that what she thought of herself? Maybe. Then again, maybe she’d simply been trying to forget the terror of the last few weeks. Of the last few hours. Maybe she just wanted someone to hold her. That wasn’t so wrong, was it?
You would have been using him. You know it. And so did he.
Faith sighed, knowing it was true. She’d gotten swept up in the mome...nt. Tried to be the siren she most definitely was not. He could have taken me up on it. But he hadn’t.
Part of her was relieved. Part was frustrated. But mostly, she felt ashamed. Novak’s sister had sworn that he was a good man, and Faith had seen him demonstrate that so many times over the last few hours. She’d seen it just now. Because even though he’d refused, he’d been tempted. At least there’s that.
Novak appeared in the SUV’s side mirror, having cleared the hotel perimeter.MoreLess
Cheap thrill. Forbidden fruit. Was that what she thought of herself? Maybe. Then again, maybe she’d simply been trying to forget the terror of the last few weeks. Of the last few hours. Maybe she just wanted someone to hold her. That wasn’t so wrong, was it?
You would have been using him. You know it. And so did he.
Faith sighed, knowing it was true. She’d gotten swept up in the mome...nt. Tried to be the siren she most definitely was not. He could have taken me up on it. But he hadn’t.
Part of her was relieved. Part was frustrated. But mostly, she felt ashamed. Novak’s sister had sworn that he was a good man, and Faith had seen him demonstrate that so many times over the last few hours. She’d seen it just now. Because even though he’d refused, he’d been tempted. At least there’s that.
Novak appeared in the SUV’s side mirror, having cleared the hotel perimeter.MoreLess
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