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(Winona)

I sit at the dining table, laptop open, and browse through cruise options, trying to piece together a plan. that makes sense. Every search result that pops up seems to end in Florida.

The very name of that state sends a shiver down my spine. Cancun isn't all that far from Florida, and the memories of Cass's kidnapping creep back in, making my stomach clench. It feels like a warning, a reminder that danger is never far away.

I guess that was one disaster that Judy didn't have her hand in. Gus took the fall and is headed for jail as a traitor to stop the crime syndicate from targeting his family.

But the fact is, that smuggling ring runs deep and wide. They are still in operation and Greg's secret Cuban family have direct links. Nothing has been proven against Gabriel.

I don't know what the situation is with him and Cass. But I force myself not to stress over that now.

I sigh and click on another tab, this one for a road travel planner. Flying directly from Florida to our final destination in the States seems almost unavoidable, but I may as well just fly from here and cut out the middleman.

And the idea of facing a long road trip with three kids and a baby makes me exhausted just thinking about

1. it. That's a definite no.

rub my temples. My head is spinning with questions I don't have answers to. Should I take the kids back to our old neighborhood, to familiar friends

new, somewhere we can start fresh. But is

and I are pretending to be separated, and they

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all need to do to start fresh again. Especially if we end up back

where Jayden and me stand. I'm overthinking it. Right now,

have to leave tomorrow, so there's no great rush for this decision. Maybe taking things slower is

tuck Abby into bed, with Bobby and Sarah in saying goodnight to her as well, she looks up at me with those wide, innocent eyes that never fail to melt my heart. "Mommy," she asks softly, "did Daddy do something really bad to make us go away?" I take a deep breath. I know

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hard. With what happened, this could very well be a real conversation. How much separation affects kids is clear, even though we've told them we'll still be

me, but it was because of something I did, too.

"Daddy and I will still do things with you together. We love you all so much. We just won't live in the

has been sitting beside me speaks up now. "So... does

know how to

together might not be so nice for you kids. We

"But no matter what happens between me and Daddy, both of us love you kids more than anything

over and touch his shoulder gently. "We're going to figure this out, okay? You help the girls stay on track and we'll

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