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Those deep notes he could really, really hit.
It targeted something deep inside me that had my breath hitching, and my heart soaring.
“Another Try” by Josh Turner had my head drooping, chin meeting my chest.
I was really messed up.
I also had to admit that I’d been morose lately, and unwilling to listen to Quinn even a little bit.
I’d been here, but I hadn’t been present.
And he’d noticed.
By him singing this song, he was reminding me that he was going to try harder. That he wanted this to work out. That he wanted me to forgive him.
I didn’t know if I had it in me to forgive him.
Not if I couldn’t forgive myself, first.
The song ended, and when I didn’t even try to sing, he caught my hair and lifted it off my shoulder. “You need to try.”
I drew in a deep breath, and my lungs wheezed.
He kept going, making me fist my hands.
“You need to talk to someone,” he informed me.
I whirled, trying to advance on him, but he was already there, anticipating the move on my end. He caught me by the shoulders and gently pulled me into him. “Talking to someone will help.”
I closed my eyes as those damn, traitorous tears started to slip free. “It won’t.”
A ring of the doorbell had me stiffening.
If that was more fucking flowers…
“Um, Quinn?” I heard called.
Ande.
Quinn pulled away from me, but he didn’t let go of my hand as he tugged me in his wake to the living room. Once there, he deposited me in his recliner, and I tried not to look around at the room full of Carters who were paying just as much attention to me now as they were whoever was at the door.
“What’s that?” I heard Garnett whisper.
Quinn yanked open the door, and my heart sank.
It was a man in uniform.
Though, not a uniform I’d seen in the area.
“Who are you?” Quinn asked,
“Name’s Ambrose Dunn. I’m with the DEA.” He pulled out a badge and showed it to Quinn, then cast his gaze to me. “I need to ask Ms. Rodriguez some questions.”
My heart skipped a beat.
“What about?” Quinn stepped in the way, blocking the agent’s view of me.
“About what I talked to your boss at the station about, which I’m assuming he relayed to you yesterday,” Agent Dunn replied.
