No Strings Attached

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 lan with

the closet, grabbed a coat, and draped it over his mother's shoulders, gently guiding her. "Take it easy, Mom. Your wound hasn't fully healed." They

floor, someone came in, pushing a

back but

stumbled toward

quick as a cat, caught Katherine in his arms, saving her

by Teo's familiar scent,

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to be near him, to see

eyes and for some reason, his

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Why now?

shattered by a chilling

what's going on here? I'm

this,

see Sierra sitting in the wheelchair. Her icy gaze was fixed