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Styx placed his hand on my shoulder. “She loved all of us. She will forever live in our hearts.”
Yes, she would. I only hoped I’d made her proud.
As the seconds ticked by, I took my time to say my goodbyes. As so many who grieved the loss of others had said, she wasn’t here in this single spot.
She was in all our hearts.
And I planned on becoming the good man Sara deserved.
Maybe it’s what I deserved as well.
Sara
It was so good to talk to women for a change. I adored being around Easton, but I missed girl talk, even if I’d refused to talk to either Josie or Taylor. Both had tried until just a couple of days ago, but I had nothing to say to either of them. Maybe that wasn’t fair to Taylor, but she’d known about the affair with Marcus. I was positive of that.
There was nothing I wanted more than to put the past behind me.
“Your house is beautiful,” I said as I sipped my champagne.
“We love it. But I was glad Creed was amenable to making changes.” She laughed and handed Christian off to the parttime nanny who worked with them, kissing the little sleepy boy on the forehead.
“You did an amazing job,” I agreed.
“What’s it like working together?” Emily asked.
I thought about the question and grinned. “Sinfully delicious.”
“Oh, you have it bad for him,” Bella cooed.
“Well, Easton is one hot man,” Emily added.
I pointed my finger at her, looking at her first. “You touch him, you fight me.”
When I laughed, the two girls did as well. I heard the ring of my phone that was buried inside my purse and groaned. I couldn’t stand not knowing who was bugging me. I turned away, yanking it into my hand. Seeing Taylor’s number right now pissed me off, but a sudden sixth sense shifted into my system.
“I better take this,” I told them, Bella nodding before I started to walk away.
“I don’t want to talk, Taylor. This is a bad time.”
“She’s dead,” Taylor said before I had a chance to hang up, her voice shaking.
“Who’s dead?”
“Josie. She was murdered last night. In her bed.”
The information not only caught me off guard, it left me spinning. I sucked in my breath, strange shadows floating all around my periphery of vision. “What?”
“Yes, her father found her. I can’t believe it. I just…”
I was close to hyperventilating, moving to the set of French doors and searching for Easton. He was nowhere to be seen. Where was he?
“I’m so sorry. I just… can’t. I’ll call you later. Okay?” It wasn’t nice of me to hang up on her, but in my gut, I knew something was terribly wrong. I moved outside, placing the glass on one of the tables and heading toward the railing. “Where did you go?”
When my phone rang again, I glanced down.
Unknown number.
I was shaking all over, trying my best to keep my resolve as I fought the demons so I could answer it.
