A Taste of Spring

Chapter 50

The ache in him grew with every sob that shook her body and rocked his. Dez sat up on his elbow, gently took hold of her chin, and turned her head so that she could see him. Her tears glittered in the glare from the open window.

"No," he urged her to understand with his eyes and the conviction in his voice, "That animal who took Troy is to blame. Not you." He brushed his thumb over her lips. "Not you, now close your eyes."

He waited for several seconds before Spring nodded, then closed her eyes. Before closing his own, Dez knew he would do everything in his power to protect and give his woman happiness again.

"I'm never letting you go again," he whispered in her ear.

"Promise," she whispered back as she nestled into him.

Dez sighed with relief as he said, "I promise."

Forever

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SUMMER

A month later

constricting. She rubbed her hands over her thighs then reached for the water she'd been given. As she sipped the water, she focused on the desk she sat in front of. It was littered with papers, pens, and

the massive mess but kept her

through this precinct's doors was the night she thought her carefully constructed world had toppled. It was the day she could have lost Spring. Summer still kicked herself for thinking Fallon could have been the Candy Killer.

killer when she saw those candies in his car, he

in today, Miss Lafayette." The voice was deep, commanding. "How have you been?" The man walked into the office and sat down behind his desk and shifted some of the

out slow and questioning.

know that you're confused about why I asked you to

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