Page 185 of On The Rocks

“I know. Just letting you know I’m going to.”

She rested her head on my shoulder. “I’ll probably say yes.”

I laughed. “Good to know.”

Epilogue

Lennon

Itipped my head up to the stream in the shower. My whole body hurt and my head felt like I’d been skewered with a piece of rebar.

But I wouldn’t tell him that.

I’d taken three Advil, and I prayed that it would be enough to get me through the day.

It was over.

Irene had been arrested, and the charges were likely to stick.

Even if it meant she was put away in a hospital where she could get help. That part scared me a little. She was far too smart within the scary-crazy. I had to believe that she’d stay locked away for a damn long time. Griffin deserved peace.

Hell, every one of those guys in Reversal of Fortune deserved peace.

The glass door opened, and Griffin closed us into the steam. “You doing okay?”

His hand slipped around my waist to draw me back against him. My eyes filled and the stupid tears I’d been fighting pushed up again.

“Hey.” He turned me into his arms. “Hey, it’s okay.”

“I know.”

My teeth chattered with the need to let out the sobs locked in my chest.

He slid his fingers into my hair and pressed my cheek to his chest. The soothing beat of his heart didn’t help the sob.

“Let go, baby.”

“I’m afraid it won’t stop.”

“You’ll feel better.”

“How would you know?”

“Men cry too.”

I laughed and it was just enough to unlock the sob.

He wrapped his arms around me until even the water couldn’t slip between us. He tucked me under his chin and held on through the torrent. I cried for what Griffin went through. What we did together. Even for all the years I’d spent alone protecting myself.

That I’d almost lost him last night.

I slipped my arms around his back, digging my fingers into his shoulders as the rage and the fear rolled out of me.

He didn’t let go.

Not even for a second.

When it finally passed, I tipped my head under the water again. It had run lukewarm, and it felt good on my hot face.

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