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I lost her this night, filled with blood, death, and revenge. A night that let her escape to freedom while it cost me my own. The Riders owned me now. Payment was due. Rafe was coming to collect his prize, and I would hand myself over. Convicted. Sentenced. Condemned. I’d serve my time.
The price for Rae’s safety . . .
And I gladly paid it, without regret.
In the silence that followed I fell to my knees, fists clenched to my sides, and was unable to stand up under the weight of my despair.
Part Two
“Maybe sometimes love
Needs a second chance . . .
Because it wasn’t quite ready
The first time around.
Falling apart can make you realize
How much you need
To fall back together.”
~ Unknown
Five years later . . .
Chapter 31
“Jennie!”
What a generic sounding Barbie doll name and if it wasn’t bad enough the damn detective gave me the worst sounding hick name ever created. Jennie Rae Thornton. Seriously?
Alright, so he was pissed that I insisted on using my real name as my new middle name, but I had to keep some part of my identity. I wasn’t losing freaking everything. My mother and sister were enough, not to mention my best friend Haley and all of the guys.
One guy in particular.
Detective Sims and I argued for hours over whether I could use Rae, but in the end, I won.
Kind of.
Look at my name. The victory was short lived.
Bastard.
“Jennie, don’t you hear me calling you?”
“Yeah Kat,” I answered with a fake plastic smile, turning away from the television that scrolled local news across the bottom, bored with the headlines and not bothering to read, “I’m sorry, just a bit tired tonight.”
I was tired all right but it had nothing to do with work and everything to do with my sorry ass name, my pathetic job, and my new life – none of which existed five years ago.
A small sigh escaped my lips.
All of this shit was getting old.
“If you want to head on home I’m nearly done cleaning up the last of the tables.”
“You sure? It’s pretty late to leave alone.”
