"Really? I've suffered so much for you. An amusement park isn't enough. I want you on all fours to ride me like a horse!" Samuel kept smiling and nodded. Serena Rowe pressed on. "I want you to make me a birthday cake, too." "I want you to watch the stars and set off fireworks with me." "And I want us to have many, many babies." Samuel's smile grew brighter. The man who had fought through storms now looked like a lovestruck boy. He hugged Serena Rowe tightly, nodding repeatedly. "Okay, okay, I'll do as you…
No matter how outrageous her demands, Samuel smiled and agreed.
The fondness never left his face.
The bulldozer's roar became the anthem of their happiness.
And the small bodies below watched their love as witnesses.
The Buddhist beads on my wrist were stained with blood.
Compassion in my chest hardened into murderous intent.
I drew my pistol and fired without hesitation.
The bullet left the muzzle in an instant.
Samuel, without thinking, shielded Serena Rowe beneath him.
In the next breath, dozens of guns were trained on me.
Pain in my abdomen flared.
It felt as if Maggie, beneath the soi,l cried wide, accusing eyes.
I glared at Samuel, teeth clenched.