Chapter 26

“Well, there were… “I hit him on the shoulder”… others… “I hit him on the chest”… methods. You scared me so much! I thought you really would kill your brother.

“ Although he committed several crimes, I would never have dared to kill him,” he told me. His words sounded sincere." And no, he is not free. He's still locked up and I still refuse to see him; I don't want him to hurt my niece again.

I crossed my arms and blew out all the air I'd held since she'd led Cliff out of the office to talk.

“Now, those are problems that I can help you with.

He raised an eyebrow.

"If you want... I'll accompany you to see it" I offered.

Colton started to pace around the small office until he stopped in front of Cliff's desk and leaned his hip against the corner.

"I do not want to see it. I make enough by paying a lot of money to the clinic. Money that, by the way, I don't earn doing anything illegal. The