Page 94 of Give Me Forever Love

I’m a mom now.

This means everything to me, but it also means it’s no longer just me. I have someone to care for, to love and cherish. I have a piece of me on this earth, and I’m going to do everything I can to make her feel my love.

I will never be like Bethany Harrison, and I promised Rylee that sitting right there in bed.

“Let’s go,” I reply.

We exit the hospital, happily with bruises and a bandaged arm and a shoulder with a gunshot wound and sling.

But we have each other, we have Rylee, and life couldn’t be better.

We make it down the elevator, across the lobby, and out into the sliding glass doors. We walk to the truck that’s parked right out front, and as we near, I spot Harlow.

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Bryce

Kat stops in her tracks, and my eyes follow her line of vision. My blood starts to simmer at the sight before me.

The woman who tried to send me to prison stands beside an unmarked car, looking right at us. I don’t need this right now. “Go get in the truck,” I tell K.

She looks over at me, giving me a look that saysno.

“Please don’t argue with me on this one,” I ask her.

She exhales, but grabs the car seat Rylee girl is in from my hand and walks off. I feel bad for that, knowing she’s hurting and still sore, but I need to take care of this, and she’s already been stressed enough. Hell, we couldn’t leave because of the stress and shock I’d caused.

I’m so ready to talk to Danny about this mess, it’s driving me nuts. I called him once when I took a walk, but he didn’t answer. He returned my call late, and I didn’t want to take it because it would have looked suspicious to K.

I’m pretty sure I know what this is about. I was shot for fuck’s sake, and I haven’t spoken with a police officer yet. I’m pretty sure my brother has something to do with that, and I’m also pretty sure this woman does, too.

“You’ve got five minutes,” I say.

She slides her shades on top of her head. In black slacks and a tucked in white button-up blouse, she looks the part she plays.

She nods. “Do you remember what the guy looked like?”

“No,” I say.

She narrows her eyes.

“He had on a ski mask. Can I ask why the fuck you’re the one on this case?”

“Your brother requested it.”

I smirk and cross my arms. “And why would he do that?”

“Well, he wants to make sure the guy is caught, and I’m pretty good at doing that.”

I throw my head back and laugh because this is comical.

“Why would he target you and Kat?” she asks, sliding her hands into her slacks.

“I have no idea.”

“Really?” she asks. “So, it wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact you sold your club to Danny O’Brien?”

I shrug. “He’s just a guy who wanted to buy my club. I sold it to get away from that lifestyle. I have a family now, as you can see. Whatever else he’s into isn’t my business.”

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