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“Both, dipshit. I might be your family, but I’m also a woman, and she deserves my support too.”
“Fine. So, what do I do?”
“Well, do you know if she has any friends she’d go to?”
“No, she has nobody.”
“That breaks my heart.”
“She was always all about Eric and worked two jobs to keep her head above water.”
“Well, let’s start with Hudson Carmichael then.”
My lip curls as I think of the man who had his arms around my wife.
* * *
I bargepast his assistant and throw open the door to Hudson’s office, half expecting to see Lottie there and my shoulders sag when she’s not. Hudson jumps up from his desk as his assistant appears at my shoulder with Audrey beside her.
“You can’t go in there.”
Hudson looks at her as he rounds the desk. “It’s fine, Claire.”
“Do you want me to call security?”
“No, I can handle Mr. Coldwell.”
I smirk. “Yeah, course you could, Carmichael.”
“Lincoln.” I feel Audrey dig me in the ribs and ignore her warning. “Where is she?”
The door closes behind us quietly and I glance around the room as if she might be hiding behind the desk. I see a door and head toward it as Hudson folds his arms and glares at me. I look in his private bathroom and find no sign of the woman I love.
“Violet isn’t here.”
“But she was.” I step forward getting up into his personal space and see his nostrils flare. A fight is just what I need to tether my anger at myself right now and, if I push hard enough, Hudson will give it for free.
“You know, you really are a piece of shit. I have no idea what a sweetheart like her would see in a prick like you.”
I shove him back and he bumps the desk but doesn’t go down. “Don’t fucking talk about her.”
“Or what? You’re going to ruin me? Going to send all your friends after me, Coldwell?”
“I don’t need my friends to fight my battles.”
“No, I guess not, especially when it’s to hurl disgusting accusations at such a wonderful woman and to shove your sluts in her face.”
“So, you have seen her.”
“Yes, I have. I picked her up this morning when she rang me in tears to say she was leaving you.”
“Where is she?”
“Like I’d tell you.”
I shove him again and he pushes me back. So I throw a punch, landing it on his smug face and in the next second he hits me back and we’re rolling around the office floor, trading punches. I can hear his assistant screaming and then ice water hits me and I gasp, jumping back.
Hudson rolls to his knees and he’s as soaked as I am. I see Audrey standing with an empty water jug in her hands and murder on her face.
