Touch of Betrayal, a
“I asked the empty basement, “how could you have done this?” The tremor in my voice was humiliating. Good thing Pierce had hustled my grandfather and Harlan outside, ’cause I definitely did not want any of them to find the slightest weakness in me. They’d form a posse to lock me up someplace safe. The protection thing was a serious flaw in the male psyche, and annoying. Oh, was it annoying.
Pierce came up behind me, startled me, and my temper flashed. “Why aren’t you calling Adam to take care of this? It’s his job to deal with dead bodies, and you—I—we need to give law enforcement statements about what happened here. You killed a man, Pierce. No matter that it was to keep Harlan, Aukele, and me safe. You still killed him.”
“Yeah. I did. I’ll tell Adam about it, but the body is gonna stay with my people until we don’t have any more questions. Wanted him alive, but whatever he had to say wasn’t worth Harlan’s life.”
I blinked, stunned to utter silence. It was probably the most informatio...n Pierce had ever shared with me about his…activities.MoreLess
Pierce came up behind me, startled me, and my temper flashed. “Why aren’t you calling Adam to take care of this? It’s his job to deal with dead bodies, and you—I—we need to give law enforcement statements about what happened here. You killed a man, Pierce. No matter that it was to keep Harlan, Aukele, and me safe. You still killed him.”
“Yeah. I did. I’ll tell Adam about it, but the body is gonna stay with my people until we don’t have any more questions. Wanted him alive, but whatever he had to say wasn’t worth Harlan’s life.”
I blinked, stunned to utter silence. It was probably the most informatio...n Pierce had ever shared with me about his…activities.MoreLess
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