Don’t Look Away (LEGACY OF LIES #3) by Evelyn Austin EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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I HAD to tell her the truth, and I wish to God I didn’t. The look of shock
and despair on Lux’s face will stay with me forever.
She’s staring at me, blinking, her expression blank. It’s like she’s
completely checked out, disassociating.
I squeeze her arms and shake her a little. “Lux,” I say, panic clawing up
my throat. “Say something.”
She blinks, and I watch her throat move as she swallows like she’s
trying to speak. Finally, the words come, grating against her vocal cords. “It
has to be a mistake.”
My guys had put out feelers earlier in the week, putting pressure on the
police department to give us updates on Bree’s case, which, at that point,
was a whole lot of nothing. But when a body matching Bree’s description
washed up on the beach this morning, I was the first call Detective Garcia
made.
“They’re running DNA samples to be sure,” I say gently, “But there was
a distinct butterfly tattoo on her shoulder. It’s her, Lux. I’m so sorry.”
She doesn’t ask any questions, she just shakes her head as tears slide
silently down her cheeks. Then she sinks against me, tucking her head
against my shoulder, her entire body trembling.
“I’ll give you two a minute,” Detective Garcia says, standing up and
moving to the door. “When I come back, I’ll have some questions for you,
Ms. Anderson.”
“Thanks,” I say to the detective as I cradle Lux in my arms. I wish I
could shield her from the pain I know she’s going to face, but I can’t, and
that leaves me feeling helpless, and I’m never helpless. I’m usually in
control, so this feeling is foreign as fuck.
And I can’t negotiate with death. It seems impossible, but there are
limits to my family’s power and influence, death being the first item on that
very short list.
When the door to the conference room clicks shut, the floodgates open,
and Lux sobs against my chest, her tears soaking my shirt. I stroke her hair
and whisper comforting words, but I know it’s not enough. Nothing will
ever be enough to take away the pain of losing a close friend.
We stay like that for…I don’t know how long, until she is so worked up,
she can hardly breathe.
“Breathe, Lux,” I whisper against her hair. “Breathe, baby. It’s okay. I’m
here.”
It’s all I can give her, and that guts me. I hate hearing her cry like this.
I’d do anything to take this pain away from her. I’d give her the last breath
in my body if it would take the pain away.
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