Broken Ties (Prequel to The Mentalist Series) Page 15

because of me…

  But I wouldn’t let anything happen to Nora, I just couldn’t. I was going to do whatever I could to keep her safe, now and always. An image of Mrs Steelton flashed in my head and I cringed. Maybe I shouldn’t have been too quick to judge my father when it came to his obsession.

  “No one is ever going to hurt you again, Nora. I promise.” It wasn’t the answer to the question she’d asked but it was what I had to offer as I nuzzled her neck and inhaled her familiar fresh scent. I would have done anything to preserve the perfection of that moment as she raised her head to look into my eyes.

  “Why do I believe you when you make promises I know you can’t possibly keep?”

  Because I meant to keep every sworn declaration I made to her. The only truth I couldn’t reveal to her was the real reason we couldn’t be together. Dad said it was something we could never do; he said people like her would never understand, would never even believe our kind existed. But Nora wasn’t like everyone else. I could sense it in my gut. And my gut never lied.

  Maybe, one day, I’d find the courage to tell her the truth.

  Maybe.

  “Let’s go find that cab.”

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