New York since Josh and I moved in together six months ago. I had heard Clint had gone back to his womanizing ways, but had not had a girlfriend since our break-up, and Samuel had been spending more and more time with my Dad and the business side of things with the shipping deal both families were now a part of. I had also heard he had been going back and forth to Morewell for business too, but I didn’t know what could possibly lead Samuel there. Perhaps new contacts for work.
I avoided Lappell events with Josh because of Clint, and I avoided seeing my Dad a lot because of Samuel. All I was doing in New York was trying to avoid my past, so it was time for me to latch on to what I loved most and create my future. When I suggested to Josh that we should elope, he jumped at the idea. To everyone else, we were just going on holiday, but for me and Josh, this was our moment to move forward, away from prying eyes and forced rules. We also didn’t want to get married in New York where anything and everything could go wrong.
“I like the idea of us being gypsies. We can take on secret identities and live freely. I have to admit, the idea of life without the Lappell is very appealing to me.”
“I would give them up for you Norah. I can find a way out. It was never about what they could give me, but how I could use them.” Josh’s eyes darted to my see through bra. “Just give me the word, and we don’t ever have to go back.”
“Hmmm, it’s a mighty tempting idea. I’ll let you know my decision tomorrow, after we make it official.” He then watched me as my hands moved to the edge of his shirt and lifted it above his head. I tossed it onto the floor and then proceeded to push Josh back onto the bed, straddling him as I did. His face changed to that hungry look that I had grown so used to. I knew it so well and I knew how to make it do crazy things to me.
We suddenly heard the sound of his cell ringing.
I glanced over to his backpack where the ringing was coming from. “It’s probably Tess, she’ll be arriving tonight.” I said.
“She hasn’t told anyone has she?”
I looked at Josh like he was crazy. Tess had promised me on her life that she was keeping our elopement secret. I trusted Tess absolutely. If it was possible, we had grown even closer over the past six months. I had spent a lot of time focused on my freelance work and my art, and with every chance I got, Tess and I were calling or Skyping one another. “No of course not. You trust her, don’t you?”
Josh’s eyes darted only for a second before they met mine again. “If you trust her, then I trust her. I just don’t want anything to stop tomorrow. You have no idea how excited I am to make you my wife.” His fingers played with the edges of my panties.
“You can’t be more excited than me.” As I straddled Josh and his face gazed longingly at mine, I felt him grow in his jeans. The corners of my lips turned up at him. The darkness I had in me had evened out since Josh and I became a couple, and it was a part of me I worked with, rather than against. He had always embraced it and encouraged me to listen to it so I could understand myself better. Josh complimented me in every kind of way, and tomorrow we were going to be married and we would have our whole lives ahead of us. Our souls were perfect together, and our sex life was...well...
“So, where were we before?” My hands began to play with the buttons on his jeans. “So...Officer Josh.” I leaned over and picked up my gun, holding it between my breasts against my lacy bra.
“I’ve been a bad, bad girl.”
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wouldn’t have written the Pieces of Lies books without the love and encouragement of my friends and family. To my wonderful family as well as my best friends Anna Elias, Melissa Allan, Toni Thompson, Wendi Pascoe, Melissa Schiappadori and Nadine Jorgensen - thank you. You girls have been my biggest supporters, and I couldn’t have done it without you all.
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Table of Contents
PIECES OF TRUTH
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Epilogue
Table of Contents
Pieces of Truth
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Epilogue
Table of Contents
Pieces of Truth
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Epilogue