Page 63 of Oracle Returns: Time will Stop

“I’ll bring him down. He’s staying with us tonight so that I can be there with him if he needs me.”

Bishop was good with that for one reason. Not only would it be for the man’s well-being, but mostly to keep him from killing the doctor without proof.

A person caught up in the heat of the moment could do pretty much anything. Despite what she was seeing between the two men, it was best to make sure they could find Ridge at all times.

Like as in an alibi.

Just.

In.

Case.

Oh, and this display of attachment told her one thing.

Her husband was going to be all over Ridge for the foreseeable future.

Getting up, she headed out.

Later, there would be a conversation. For now, Bishop needed to figure out how to get Wynter justice.

This wasn’t a conventional case.

Not.

Even.

Close.

When she was gone, Lucian got Ridge back to the couch, and the man laid against him. The whole time, Lucian held him in his arms, brushing hair from his face.

“My heart hurts, Lucian,” he whispered. “It hurts so bad.”

Yeah, he wasn’t shocked. In the same position, he would be far more volatile.

That Ridge was consolable at all…

He gave the man credit.

“It will be okay, Ridge. I promise. I’m here with you. I’ll help you get through this.”

He stared up at him. Honestly, Ridge didn’t know if he’d be able to do this without Lucian. The man was the ONLY reason he had any peace.

Well, and because he knew Bishop was hell on a case and would get his wife justice.

“The dream was so real,” he whispered. “She sounded so sad that I was going to have to navigate this.”

Oh, he bet.

“What else did you talk about?” he asked.

Ridge closed his eyes for a second and tried to remember all of it.

When he did, he shared.

“She told me to not go home and to burn the place down. I can’t live there, Lucian. I can’t be there. She died there. I’ll never be able to be there again.”

The panic began building, and Lucian fought to keep him calm.