Chapter 93. It Scared Me

“I just don’t know. He’s ruthless, but he’s also secretive. Maybe he could be persuaded to back off if we told him we were willing to go public with everything.” He took a deep breath. “But we’d have to really be willing to. He’ll try and call our bluff.”

Nicholas nod. “Here’s what we’re going to do. You keep on acting normal with him. In the meantime, I want you to send me single bit of information you can remember back when this first started. Who were the people he introduced you to? I need names, dates, amounts, and anything you can remember. I’m going to end this once and for all.”

I hoped he was right.

Nicholas and I were too tired to do anything else when we returned that night. We simply stripped down to our underwear and fell into bed. With his arms around me, I fell asleep quickly.

We saved our talking for the next morning. I’d never been happier for a Sunday morning, not having anywhere to be except with Nicholas. It was thundering and stormy outsi