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“The whole time I was spewing my wrath, he had this insipid expression on his face. Like he was humoring my bad mood. I swear that in that moment, if I’d had a weapon, I would have used it on him. He waited patiently for me to stop yelling, which also annoyed me. And in a completely calm and totally rational tone, he said that with my parents being gone, we could be together. He would take care of me. He loved me. That it was better that my parents were gone. They stood in the way of our happiness. Of course, he was insane.
“It was in that very moment that I realized the cat-and-mouse existence I lived would never end. My life would forever be on the run. But what else could I do? I moved away from him. He followed me shouting all manner of crazy plans he had created for our future. I sped up my steps. He stayed on my heels. I ran. And he chased after me. Because that’s what he did.
“He pursued me across the length of the cemetery, yelling at me the whole way. He screamed that my parents wouldn’t stand in the way of the two of us anymore. So in a panicked moment of utter despair, when I saw a busy roadway up ahead of me, I decided to end it all.
“I was out of my head with grief and hopelessness. I just wanted it to all be over. I wanted my pain to go away. So I ran into a busy street. I stepped right in front of a panel truck. In that moment, I wanted to die.
“But the truck saw me at the last second, twisted his wheel sharply to miss me, and mowed Kevin down instead. He was right on my tail, and died instantly. I didn’t even realize he’d been hit at first.
“I stood there in the middle of the road crying forlornly because the truck hadn’t killed me so as to put me out of my misery. The police took me to the station for questioning. They held me for a few hours. The truck driver had told them Kevin was chasing me, but he didn’t see him in time. Once the police learned about our extensive history, they let me go. And suddenly, it was all over. The running, the chasing, the moving was done. The endless terror of Kevin finding me yet again was done. But unfortunately, not only was I all alone, the guilt I developed was devastating. I felt like not only had I caused my parents’ deaths, I’d caused his death, too.
“And then I didn’t believe he was really dead. I was afraid that it was an elaborate hoax. I got the detective handling the case to take me to the morgue to view his body late one night. I had to make sure he was really gone. And it worked a little. But while I felt overwhelming relief that it was finally over, the guilt remained.
“After settling my parents’ estate, there was a little bit of money left over. I moved—again—to another new place, started a new life, and I spent the next five years completely alone.”
She stopped talking, sobbed a little at the memory of her parents, and then splashed warm water on her face, rubbing her eyes with her fingertips to ease the ache.
“I’m sorry that happened to you.” Nathan shifted in the water. “But thanks for telling us.”
She shrugged. “I should thank you two for letting me get it all out. I’ve never been able to confide in anyone. I feel like a tremendous weight has just been lifted off of my shoulders.”
She closed her eyes and let the joy of unburdening herself soak into her bones. She felt so good. She wished she’d done this sooner. Maybe she wouldn’t have lost the last several years to solitude.
Suzanna’s mind shifted to other things. Gabriel’s naked, wet body was pressed along her side. She nuzzled his neck, suddenly wanting to be even closer. She cupped a hand across his cheek, pressing a kiss to his jawline. The prickly feel of a day’s growth of whiskers tingled her lips.
Her hand dropped to his chest, to his belly, to his cock. Her fingers folded around his substantial erection jutting up partway from the level of sudsy water. He hardened quickly in her hand as she stroked him.
He didn’t stop her. He didn’t say a word, just let her touch him. Nathan also watched them. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed his cock also swelled, grew, and broke through the water’s bubble-strewn surface with an impressive erection of his own.
After the mad rush of words that emptied her soul and released the carnage of her past, came a feeling that she wanted something new to fill the void. She wanted new memories. She wanted to feel good. She wanted to trust. She wanted a new life. She wanted these men.
