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I’m standing in Ryan’s house. I’m in the office on the second floor of the mansion, and I’m looking out of the window at the stars. He comes up behind me, slides his hands around my waist, and tugs me back against him.
“I promise you that we’re going to find him,” he says.
“I don’t know how hard that’s going to be,” I whisper. I’ve been searching forever. Now I have to keep looking. I don’t know why someone has hidden my brother away. I don’t understand what Aaron could have meant to them. All I know is that Ryan makes me feel safe, and for some strange reason, I truly believe he’s going to help me find Aaron.
I turn around and kiss him. Ryan kisses me back. I don’t care that he’s rich. He doesn’t care that I’m poor. The two of us happened to somehow do something that most people never do: fall in love.
And I’m not giving up on him. I’m going to do whatever it takes to love Ryan because he’s worth loving. He’s worth the trouble, and he’s worth the pain. He’s worth everything to me. I need him so damn much.
“I love you,” I promise him. It truly is a promise.
Then he whispers the words I’ve been needing to hear.
“I love you, too, princess. I love you, too.”
Epilogue
Oscar
Istare at the computer in front of me.
“Make it make sense.”
I desperately need for this to start making sense because right now, I’m totally lost. My brother discovered our father’s secret, but now it’s up to me to take things farther. Ryan and Alex are desperately searching for her brother. They’re going to tear apart the fucking world to find him. I know that now.
What I don’t know is who else was affected or why.
I need to get to the bottom of this and find out who else was involved so I can clean house. My brother might like to play by the rules, but I don’t, and Phoenix certainly doesn’t. We’re going to destroy Project Sunshine no matter how hard it is and no matter how deep we have to go.
We already know that Allison Green was a victim of the project she now works on. She’s having a meeting with Phoenix to talk things over as I stare at my own files. I just wish any of this made sense, but it doesn’t.
There’s a knock at the door, and Dolly walks in.
“Burning the midnight oil?” She smiles brightly, and I force myself to smile back.
“Something like that,” I admit. “I’m working on a big project.”
“Sounds important.”
“It is.”
“Anything you need a coffee for?” Dolly asks. She waves at the door behind her. “I was going to dip down to the coffee shop for a cup. Thought I’d get you one, too. You know, if you like. It’s pumpkin spice season,” she offers.
“Do I look like a basic white girl?” I ask, but it’s the closest I’ve felt to joking in a very long time. Dolly smiles. Then she laughs. The sound makes me feel...
