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“She’s not a Hawthorne.” I slam my fist down on the table. If I’d known in the beginning who she was would I have gotten involved? I’d like to believe that I’d be smarter than that, but the truth is I was obsessed with her. It probably wouldn’t have made a damn bit of difference. “And I already told you I wasn’t aware Ivy was Alec’s sister.”
“Are you sure you’re not just blinded by your emotions?” he asks. “All of this could go away if you both just… moved on.”
I glare at the bastard. “If I hadn’t been arrested tonight we would have been exchanging vows. As far as I’m concerned that’s my wife you’re talking about.”
“I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings,” he says. “I’m just making sure you’re prepared for what might happen next.”
“It doesn’t matter what they try.” Ivy is my everything and I won’t let her slip through my fingers or give them the chance to marry her off to that creep. “She’s worth it.”
“This isn’t just some petty attempt to break you and that girl up. We’re talking up to twenty-five years of your life…” he clicks his fingers, “gone. If we can’t prove your innocence. Or at the very least Nicole’s guilt.”
The idea that I could spend that much time in prison… that Ivy might be separated from me anyway… It makes it impossible to breathe. I tug at the collar of my T-shirt. “I need your phone.”
“Okay.” He unlocks the device and holds it out for me so that I can punch in the number then holds it to my ear since I can’t with the cuffs.
I don’t dare to breathe while I wait for her to pick up. She doesn’t know Jason’s number so she might not.
“Rogue?”
“It’s me, baby.”
“Riot told me this is your lawyer’s number. Are you okay?”
“It’s pretty bad. A lot worse than I was expecting.” I try to keep my voice calm. I can’t change what I have to say, but I don’t want to freak her out anymore than I have to. “The guy is in bad shape. Someone got to him after our altercation. I’m being set up.”
“Oh my God. I can’t believe she’s doing this.”
I wish I could get up and pace. Instead I shift about on the chair. “I need you to listen carefully.”
She sniffles.
I fucking die inside because she sounds so sad. “I need you to find Marty.”
“Marty?”
“Ask her about Phoenix,” I say as calmly as I can manage, when it’s tearing me up that I can’t hold her.
“I-I don’t know her number.”
“I’ve got it,” Riot says in the background. Then she must switch me to speaker because he comes through loud and clear. “We’ll call Marty now.”
“Good. She’ll explain everything.” And hopefully, if she hasn’t already found proof that Nicole Hawthorne is an ice-cold killer, she’s well on her way. “And Ivy… whatever happens until I come home… I want you to know that I won’t ever regret loving you.”
“Rogue.” She whimpers.
Jason is giving me the hurry along since we need to be working on our defense. No doubt the detective will be back any minute. “I’ve got to go.”
Chapter Thirty-Four
Ivy
Breathein.Breatheout.
My footsteps eat up the living room while I listen to Marty’s recorded message.
“The police. They came and took him. Took Rogue.” My emotions are all over the place. They’re too big for my body. I can barely breathe and speak at the same time. “He told me to call you. He said to ask about Phoenix. Why aren’t you picking up your phone?”
“What the hell is Phoenix?” Riot asks as he stands next to a tall cart, pouring whisky into three glasses.
