March 2024

CHAPTER 46 Red RosesJoyI woke up to a beautiful Sunday morning. I sat up on my bed and stretched my hands above my head.After the doctor came out to tell us Abigail was stable, we all heaved a sigh of relief and decided to head home, except for Nicole. She opted to stay with Abigail […]

CHAPTER 45 St. Elizabeth’sJoyBefore entering the backseat of his car, Liam kissed me on the cheek and whispered, “Thank you. If I wasn’t so concerned about Abigail, I would have vomited the steak we had earlier.Cristos and I climbed into his Range Rover and sped off following the black BMW drivingahead of us.“Virtue, what’s going

CHAPTER 44 The ViewLiamThe cold wind was blowing, making Virtue wrap her cashmere sweater tightly around herself.Oh, how I wanted to wrap myself around her naked body and touch every inch of her…“Welcome to my humble abode,” 1 exclaimed merrily, gesturing at my two guests to follow me inside. “This is the entry hall. Everything

CHAPTER 43 Up to Prairie’s PeakJoyAfter getting our building permits, yesterday went by quickly. We met up with Big Man Lou and his team at a small warehouse in Bismarck. He was a capo who worked under Cristos and was in charge of handling Cristos’ team while he was away.“We found a lead on the

CHAPTER 42 Tug of WarLiamHangovers. One reason why I rarely drank to get drunk, but last night I wanted to forget about the past, my obligations, my responsibilities and this gnawing feeling I would have to do something inexplicably deplorable, if not, be at the commanding end of it. It didn’t matter. All fingers would

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CHAPTER 40 A StirNoahI made Virtue cry. It wasn’t my intention, but I didn’t want her near my mother.981%Last night, I pretended to be drunk when we left the pub. My arm was around Virtue’s shoulders with my hand dangling in front of her as she and Chip helped me outside. I even felt myself

CHAPTER 39 Divide and ConquerJoyI figured it would take about five minutes for Xavier to get to the storefront from his office. Five minutes is usually just a blip on the radar, but when you are with distasteful company, five minutes feels like an eternity.As my blue eyes locked with the man’s twi nkling gray

CHAPTER 38 BreakfastJoyI pushed the uncomfortable exchange I had with Noah to the back of my mind and drove to Lisa’s office to sign my lease papers. I was surprised to find her already there before office hours, fresh, fashionable and perky.After signing the papers, I invited Lisa for coffee. She politely declined saying she

CHAPTER 37 Bugs and Mrs. JensenJoyI heard Jack call out to me, but I ignored him and hurriedly walked away. I was in need of some fresh air. The Undersheriff had horrible breath.Before Cristos left my house last night, he gave me a small black case identical to the one Sebastian gave me and asked