Dangerous Desires Novel

96 I Will Be A Coward For You

Luke.

Tia handed the letter to me, and I held it to my nose. I noticed that besides my wife’s scent, the envelope carried no other sent. I read the letters and waited for Caleb to enter my room. When he arrived, i handed him the letters.

“Tia found this in your mother’s room when we dropped her off. She was looking for evidence of the poison.” I said, and Tia said hello to both Caleb and Kimberly at the same time.

Caleb examined the letter and held it to his nose.

“Other than your scents, there is nothing. I can almost assume you wrote this letter,” Caleb said, and I knew he wasn’t trying to accuse us of anything; he was stating a fact. “Latex,” he said, ” A hint of latex. Whoever packed this had latex on,” and I took the letter from him to sniff it. There it was. I couldn’t believe we missed it.

“That is not all,” Tia said,” The floor your mother lay on was cleaned thoroughly, but the person or people that cleaned it left the rest of the room in a mess. It was as if they did not want us to know that they had cleaned the room,” She explained to him, and we decided to sit on the couch in the living room. Kimberly went to lay sleeping Emma on the bed. Clearly, she wasn’t going anywhere, but Caleb was dressed to head for the hospital. “What do you think?” Caleb asked Tia, and she sighed.

“Luis has someone or some people working for him in this house. I would have said someone poisoned Stacy to distract us if it weren’t for those checks in the envelope. She did sell all her stuff. There is nothing in her room. The closet is empty. That is why I think she wanted to commit suicide. The only person that can tell us what happened yesterday morning is Stacy, and she is in a coma.” Tia said to Caleb, and he nodded.

on to both envelopes until she wakes up,” he said, and I nodded.

knows, the better. If someone is

staff outside should be allowed to enter the mansion for now. And we need to put security cameras everywhere. And when I mean

be arranged,”

her about Santa Braee?” he linked me,

you, Emma and Kimberly. I really don’t know how she would react to this,”

and I shook my head immediately. “Brotherly stuff,” I said, and she

father can hang in the hospital a bit longer,” Caleb teased, and I began to laugh. I did not know what my father intended to do about Stacy once she woke up, but I hoped he would let bygones be bygones. The woman has been through enough, however misguided and obnoxious she may be. I did not know where to begin when they left, but I knew I had to tell her because the trip would take place the next day. Unlike other trips, we would travel in disguise like every average person and take a boat to Santa Braee. Kirk was organising passports with new. identities for us. There was a risk of going MIA travelling under these conditions in Santa Braee, especially if something serious

need you to trust me on this and not make a fuss please,” I pleaded with her. I hated hurting my wife, and if this

Luke,” she

Braee tomorrow,” I said, and she stepped away from me. Her eyes were wide and

kills you, Luke?” she asked, and I bowed my head. “I promise I won’t let it come to that. I have too much to live for. I will not confront him no matter how strong the urge is, and I will be a coward and come home to you. I cannot do that to you, Tia. You, Paul, and our baby are all I live for right now. But I will need you to trust me on this and let me go to Santa Braee,” I said, and she walked toward me and hugged me. Placing her head against my chest, I felt her nerves. She was shaking, and I knew she was controlling herself. I patted her back gently. “I

is a possibility that I am ill. If I do not return early, you should claim I have been kidnapped and create a false search party. As long as the news is controlled and no one knows