You’re a nice girl, Livia. Love is sacred. Hold onto it. I know a lot at my age. Everything else fails you—money, possessions, sex. But love never fails.
Debra AnastasiaPeace be with you, Livia,” he said. He leaned down to her ear as he hugged her. “Maybe you’re more than I thought you were.
Debra AnastasiaLivia felt her cheeks pink up like they’d been slapped. “We worked it out. She knows where things, um, go now.” Kill me.
Debra AnastasiaAs she left the church, shaking her head, she heard Cole saying Kyle’s name again and again. It was like he’d just discovered fire, and Kyle was the main ingredient.
Debra AnastasiaHey, Dad, if I needed to check someone’s background, would you be able to do that for me?”
“That’s a little unethical, Liv.” John smoothed his mustache. “Is this about a boy?”
Livia cringed. “Yeah, it is.”
“Then absolutely. I’d be happy to.
Cole grabbed a fistful of his own hair. “Beckett, I met the most amazing girl this morning. I can’t think straight.
Debra AnastasiaBeckett, you’re doing this for people who don’t even know you’re protecting them. We’re in the shade here. I can do this. Let me do this. I can’t stand by and watch.”
Beckett thought for a moment, saying nothing. Blake had taken the beating like a pro. Too good to be his first time.
Every night after that, Blake would show up and stand next to Beckett, head down, hands still.
Debra AnastasiaThere were a lot of illegal, deadly things stored in Beckett’s car, but the only thing he kept hidden was the CD he now pulled out from under the driver’s seat. He slipped it in the player and turned on the power, letting the classical music sweep over him like a cool breeze. It was the soundtrack of his boys. The music that saved them. Blake’s music.
Debra AnastasiaShe’s braver than she needs to be,” he continued. “Maybe, just maybe, she could be the one.
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