🗝️Detective Ryker Viltarin must uncover dark secrets before he loses not only his heart but also his life.🗝️
You're on your own, far from home
The wind is blowing in the top of the pines
A gloomy sky where the sun never shines
Deep...
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"That dirty little bitch!" Ri hissed and literally jumped from the spot where she had just been standing. She simply had to move to vent her anger and so she paced back and forth in front of Eve, venting her anger like a steam engine at full speed.
"I'm going to lynch her! Those...! Those...!" Ri scolded and reached for the bottle to pour herself another glass. After swearing like a reed sparrow, Eve at least cracked a small smile. It was the sad smile of a woman who felt supported by her friend's anger, but not necessarily better for it. Frustrated, Ri buried her fingers in her blonde waves as she curled her lips and wrinkled her nose.
"Eve," she continued, reaching for her cousin's hand. "There's no way you're listening to her. Do you understand me?«
"I ... I know, but ..." Eve slumped her shoulders and Ri felt the almost irresistible urge to go to Sally and smack that goat.
"No buts!"
Seeing Eve like this hurt her too and made her sad and incredibly angry at the same time. It wasn't just about the store, although that was bad enough. Everyone in this house and probably in all of Silvershore - after all, they weren't all blind - knew about Eve's dream. But Ri knew better than anyone.
Evelyn - or Kaylen - hadn't come here with a new name and her boy to start all over again because her life had been so wonderful before. Her cousin hadn't just wanted this fresh start. Eve had needed it. She had it hard enough, she didn't need the city bitch making her life here difficult. She simply deserved this chance.
Riona squeezed her cousin's hands as she saw tears welling up in her eyes and her gaze sought out her friend's.
"Hey, listen to me, please. I know I can probably tell you a hundred times. Maybe you'll never believe me because there are too many assholes out there who say otherwise. Assholes and goats like Sally." Riona's voice shook as she searched for the right words. "But I'll keep telling you until you believe me. Sally's a stupid bitch. No one who isn't an absolute asshole would say something like that to anyone. And if she calls you a cripple or fat one more time, I'll rip her ugly streaks out."
Eve blinked against the tears. She pressed her lips together and Riona could read her like a book. She always wanted to be strong. She expected that of herself, and Riona wanted so much to grab the young woman and shake her to make her stop.
