Chapter 0162

I could stare at her forever. I used to, back when we had been dating, on the rare occasions that she

stayed the night. We didn’t do anything sexual. We just liked to hold each other.

I would wake up earlier than her, just as the sun was creeping in through the windows. It would shine on

her, covering her in a soft golden glow. She’d looked like an angel. A woman out of my very dreams..

Even now, I thought the same. There was no golden sunlight here, just the dull tungsten light from the

bedside light. But she was no less beautiful.

She had made the sunlight brighter, not the other way around.

Looking at her helped dwindle some of the bonfire of anger I felt. I could feel the fury buzzing under skin, begging me to run back down there and pummel my uncle.

But I couldn’t leave Piper unattended. In fact…

I pulled my phone from my hip pocket and quickly texted Mark, urging him to be careful with Elva, especially around Terry. By no means, was he to let Elva out of his sight.

my

took a seat at Piper’s side, leaning at the very edge of Piper’s

mine. It was cold, so I tried to warm it, closing my other hand in

for her to

and was more surprised than I should have been to find him sporting a swelling bruise around his eye.

ice,” Julian said, with the same cocksure smirk he always wore. The expression practically

touched his bruise, having

that bad, is it?”

an improvement,”

gift from our uncle. He did not take

him

have time to react. Talking, yelling. Terry

someone was able to knock that fucker out, even if it wasn’t what

by far.

Terry temporarily handled and Piper somewhere safe, I could now let my mind wander to how

happen,

adding up.

after Piper.” Other

But she wasn’t exactly to Terry’s previous tastes. He generally

as it was, Terry would have perceived Piper as being fat.

would bring Piper into his radar?”

Julian for my answer. He was avoiding

very hot with anger to very cold with

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