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I didn’t agree in this case.
I hadn’t begun to conceive, let alone come to terms with, Alma having any involvement whatsoever.
How could she?
When I’d arrived back in New York, I’d have said she was my closest friend. More than that . . . we were sisters. Of course I recognized her shortcomings. I had plenty of my own too.
But this . . . violence . . . it was shocking.
How had Kane endured her for so long?
A voice in my head said it should bother me he’d been married to her. Was technically still married to her.
I couldn’t find it in me to care.
When I thought of his past, it was a black hole except for our one blip in time when we’d met.
It was the future that gave me hope.
I couldn’t get over how tender and loving he was. How he’d set aside his own well-being for Penelope’s and mine.
At my age it was silly, but I had this need to wear his ring. To make that symbol mean something deeper.
I wanted to be his wife.
I laughed at myself.
What a fast turnaround you’ve made, JoJo.
I was certifiable.
Penelope would tell me to chase my feelings. To go for whatever I wanted without holding back.
It was impossible to look at her and not think of Kane.
Maybe these feelings weren’t really all that new. I’d had twenty-one years of thinking about him on a daily basis.
Those feelings just weren’t what I thought they were.
My hate had turned to love.
It happened so fast I had whiplash. Though what else would I expect from Kane?
He tore through my defenses. He’d proven me wrong about him at every turn.
I never had a chance to resist him.
I didn’t want to.
My cheeks heated.
We’d made love.
Guilt that we’d been sharing something so beautiful at the same time Penelope had been going through something so horrific swirled through me.
Had she had time to realize what was happening?
Had she been scared?
