Chapter 5
haded Har into the Lichen and formed on the water is the 1 made and in hont of the sink as I stood behind her and held her hand under the water. She was nothing be what I had thought me son’s wile would be like. I had experied something more like ha mother. But she was nothing like het. Hana was benutiful, not only on the outside, but the glimpses I had jpest vel het personally told me it was past as lemnly. I shouldn’t notion these things, I definitely shouldn’t imagine what she would look like naked in a bed or what sounds she would make as the penna undone undes my hands. But I was a bastard and that was mactly what I had fortaining about as I watched her leave to get the loveper’s phone number. The way her body Et inde mine as i beid her hand and tried to fronting the damage, made it and not act on the fantasion. In the middle of her palma piece of glas had punctured the skin,
કારોબા “Do you hain barriers and a first aid ka?” I asked her. It canar out almost as a whisper and I told myself I was trying to keep her calm. It has been a long time since I have seen a panic attack on the same scale as the one she had earlier. I had seen sate of my brothen in the marines have them, I had been clie to myself at times. Even though I was no expert, I made an educated guess
“Yes, in the bathmen I have a first aid kit, at should have a tweezer,” she told me.
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The night back, keep your hand under the woon.” I stopped reyself just before I placed on the top of her heal. It was had that I had called her nametness, here. I needed to get my set Kogether. She was half my age and sum’s wife, well ex–vike. But mill. Thunied into her bathroom to get what I needed. As the rest of the apartment, it looked hmury. It was decotated in wann colours and there were men planes in the windowlett men. I gobbed the list aid kit and walked back to the kitchen. Hama stood where I left for, she looked ehted and It guity for bergeng in, miking her had owning on worse 1 put the down on the outer beide the sink and rested pulling her into my arm. She was not mine to protect and care for. I reminded myself “Let take a look at that.” I told her and tried to be gentle in the pliced her hand in mize, Her trest in the made any heart thump. I took the tweets and looked at her. “Maybe you should look I suggested. She looked me in the eyes and nodded. She closed these beautiful blue eyes and before she could brace herself and few up, I pulled the glass from her hand and put a compress on the wound it left, pressing down with my than yes Des open and she looked at me and then at her hand.
“Thank you,” she said.
“My plasare. Now, Let’s sit down for a moment and let the bleeding slap. Then I can have a look at it again to make sure we got everything out,” I said.
| need to clean up,” she said. Her eyes fickened towards the livingroom and I was should start to
to spinal again.
“Hey, sectness, how about you sit down and he that glass of water you wanted and I make sure to pick up the broken glass.” I suggested and cursed at myself in my head for caling her by that nurse again. I just rolled off my tongue, in natural as anything
“I can’t let you do that,” she objected.
“It’s fine. I barged in here and upset you after you already had a visit from the detectives. It’s the least can do,“sited as guided her to the couch, making sure she stayed clear of the shattered glas “Se and keep pressure on the compress.” She sank down.
kept the glasses. When I came back, the sitting and looking down in her lap
“Thank you” I just gave her a smile and went to get her water. It took me a moment to fit where she kapt
“Here you go,” I said, handing her the glass of water
“Thank you” she said, taking the gloss. She took a sip and then held it with both hands, I started collecting the glass from the carpet. Something felt off. Sure, there were detectives that could be dark, but Danny would not allow his me to be forceful enough to drain Hare the way she seemed to be I didn’t think my visit would cause that kind of response either. There was more to thes story. I cornidered if it was my place to pressue her to tell me, but I had a bad feeling that all of this was due to Seton. So in a way it was my busines.
“I know Inked you this before, but are you sure
are you sure the detectives didn’t go overbond?” I asked as I put another piece of glass on the coffee table, I could see Hana tense up
“N–no, they were Box,” the said canned for a list time and determined its free from glass. I sat down next to her, a little closer than before. She didn’t shy away and I hated the sense
“There is something you’re not selling, peness. I can’t help you if you don’t tell me what the problem is,” I told bar and took her injured hand.
“Why would you help?” she asked. It was a reasonable question. I wouldn’t have offered my help usually, not for free and not without knowing what the issue was. But I told myself this was
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“I have a feeling this is all happening because of Simon. It’s not fan that you are left to cut the men,” I told her qui lifted the compress and studied her pain. I let my thanh ghde ar beet padri, tating Erpell I was towing for additurul giu qënies. I was telling myself a lot of fairy tales tonight.
“Even so. You yourself told me you’t close with hin” she said. 1 g
I glanced kay at her and also was watching me intendly, I shogged as I reached to the bandaid I had bought with me from the
“He is my son. I have some responsibility at him, I wasn’t there who grow up a mother and I spit up and I spent most of his child deployed all over the world. It’s partly my Lalt he gre up to be the person he is,” I told her and wondered if I had hit my head noisily. Since when did I open up to some Tke this!
That is honourable of you. But I don’t think there is much you can do.” She is tied and defeated I wanted to pull her into and praise that everything would be okay, that would protect hat. Okay, Tondly, neaded to tap down in that protective streak before I did something I would regret
“I don’t know, I own half of HopGar Security” I told her. She gave me a blank stare and I checked an I put the band all in place. “Look at me trying to imposes you and you have no sea what I’m talking about,” I teased. I was rewarded by a tentative smile. A silag Hana was even in dangos be my ones thoughts than a sad on. I knew I would be in trouble if I stayed. The inuit thing would be to make an excuse and how, Well, I wan lat may intelligence. “Me and my best friend on the higgest private security firms on the west coast.” I told her Fould have let go of her hand, ik was fundaged and dark. But it remained in my hand. “I can handle mani inable, so tell me and let uw help a She hestated, gruwel on the inside of her cheek, and then
“When the detectives were here, they asked if I knew a man called As,” he told me and I couldn’t stop the time of curses that scaped me. She looked a sharpe “You know
” de. He’s the leader of a local maha family, Big trouble, with connections to other organisations across the country and rumours say even in his motherland,” I told her. She paled and I couldn’t Name her “Did the detectives tell you Simon was involved with him anked. She shook her head.
“Not outright, but it was implied. And…” She stopped talking and closed her eyes.
“And what, petness?” 1 asked, gently rubbing my thumb over her hand.
