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“You can’t leave. We have to talk about your case,” Teague said in frustration.
“As far as I can see, there is no case.” I offered my arm to Miss Adeline. “Shall we?”
She clutched my bicep with a surprisingly strong grip. “Let’s do it.”
“You have a ride,” Pepper said. “With us. Since we’re going home.”
“Do I look like I want to ride with two freshly engaged lovebirds?” She pointed at Teague. “Take the scenic route back. Or get a hotel. I could use a night alone.”
My brows shot to my hairline, and my face grew hotter. How did my brother live with such honesty? Because she genuinely meant for them to spend the evening in a hotel. It was what was implied that had me embarrassed for Teague.
“No way,” Pepper said. “You get into trouble if we leave you alone for fifteen minutes.”
“It’s not a bad idea . . .” Teague slung an arm around his fiancée.
She elbowed him in the side. “Don’t encourage her.”
They had an interesting dynamic. Teague, Beau, and I were close. The two of them certainly weren’t afraid to be honest or give me a hard time. But it was different than this.
Would Mom have been like Miss Adeline when it came to our love lives?
I shoved the thought out of my head.
Yet the image of her slumped on the ground as her blood ran like a river assaulted me.
How many times had I tried to erase that sight over the years? The smell. The horror.
But I couldn’t turn back time.
And I had a secret from my siblings. Teague wasn’t the only one who’d witnessed that horrific event.
I’d seen our mother’s brutal murder too.
