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Brodie scoffed with a hint of amusement, "Seems to me you and she aren't even hitched yet, so legally she's still on the market."

"What's your angle? You planning to sweep her off her feet? Don't forget. She's smitten with me, pal. To her, you're nothing more than a childhood buddy." "Hearts can change, man. If I want, Clara could be back in my arms before you know it."

"Brodie, you wouldn't dare!"

"Dare or not, it's all down to how true you stay to her. If you slip up, even once, I'll be right there to whisk her away. Don't believe me? Just watch and learn!" Brodie took the call out on the balcony, so no one inside had a clue about the showdown that had just unfolded.

After hanging up, he stood there, silently gazing out the window.

Clara was the girl he'd sworn to protect since they were knee-high to a grasshopper. He wanted her happiness to last forever.

But now, lan was causing her more pain than he could bear.

Heidi and Sierra were both ticking time bombs.

It was hard for him to picture how Clara would handle the truth if Sierra turned out to be May's real killer.

Just then, Katherine's voice called out from behind him.

go check on

over his mother's shoulders, gently guiding her. "Take it easy, Mom. Your wound hasn't fully healed." They chatted

reached the tenth floor,

instinctively stepped back but tripped over the

toward

cat, caught Katherine in his

by Teo's familiar

a guilty longing for

yearned to be near him, to see

noticed the reddening at the corners of her eyes and for some reason, his heart skipped a

thought was

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over twenty years since he'd

Why now?

was shattered by a chilling voice in the

here? I'm not dead

this,

in the wheelchair. Her icy gaze