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

to warm it,

waited for her to wake

Julian joined us in the room. I glanced up at him and was more

with the same cocksure smirk he always wore. The expression practically screamed, You should see the

closer to the bed, Julian touched

not that bad, is

improvement,”

our uncle. He did not

you lay him out flat?”

I didn’t even have time to react. Talking, yelling. Terry

to knock that fucker out,

deserved by far.

could now let my mind wander to

come to happen, and

adding

go after Piper.”

Terry’s previous tastes. He generally preferred rail–thin

would have perceived

would bring Piper into

at Julian for my answer. He was avoiding

hot with anger to very cold with trepidation in a

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