Page 119 of Sweet Sin

A panic attack…

If Giancarlo was panicking at the site of me, at my questions, then he does know something.

He knows where Savannah is.

And he will tell me.

And he will tell me tonight.

My phone buzzes with a text from Leif.

Got it. On my way.

Good.

Between the two of us, we should be able to figure out where Savannah is.

Once I’m able to talk to Giancarlo again, he will answer me. He will answer me without panicking again.

Because the text I sent held a code.

You know what to do.

It means he needs to arrive armed.

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SAVANNAH

I leave the hospital willingly, walking by Miles’s side.

His gun is back in his holster.

I could easily escape. Run away screaming.

He wouldn’t dare stop me, and he wouldn’t dare shoot me at this little hospital.

But I don’t. I walk with him, keeping a noncommittal look on my face, even though inside I’m sobbing. Big racking sobs, knowing I’ll never see Falcon Bellamy again.

But another part of me feels at peace.

Because now I know what love is, and I know that it sometimes involves sacrifice.

Falcon will not go back to prison. Not on my watch. I believe he’s innocent of the crime he confessed to, and though he may not be innocent in Abel’s death, he was simply protecting me and protecting himself, which he had every legal right to do.

But because he’s an ex-con, the DA may not see it that way.

Miles can fix it.

My father can fix it.

Whatever is going on right now with Miles—why he needs me now more than ever—has something to do with my father and grandfather. I feel it in my bones.

I will find out what it is.

It means I have to marry Miles, sleep with him, probably be forcefully violated by him, and I will do it. I will find out what’s going on with my family, what role I’m playing.

And somehow, someway… I will try to get back to Falcon.

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