Page 241 of Chandelier Sin
He looked horrified as he realized I was leaving him locked inside the cage.
I couldn’t wait to escape this house and its sordid history.
I turned and headed out, inhaling the cleaner air on the other side of the door.
God, this heat was stifling.
I needed more time to acclimate. But I wasn’t planning on staying in Bangkok past midnight.
As I left the chamber, two surly looking men passed by me. Their faces bore the brutal scars of men who had experienced the hardships of war and strife. The look in their eyes showed they’d witnessed too much death and knew loss that went soul deep.
I didn’t stay for the final act.
I had no desire to have that vision in my head.
He was in their hands now.
The only person I wanted to be with was Eve. And meeting her daughter would be the best thing about this trip.
Walking out into the night, I sucked in a breath of fresh air and chose not to look back at that house. I didn’t want to think of Eve ever living there. It hurt too damn much.
This house deserved to be burned to the fucking ground.
With a bottle of wine in one hand and a bouquet of flowers in the other, I stood before Cameron in the center of his office.
His suit was a little ruffled from a day of providing therapy to clients he’d do anything for.
I owed him, not just for the cost of the flight—which was exorbitant—but for everything he’d done for me. I felt profound gratitude.
Cameron accepted the bottle ofChateau Penfold. “Nice.”
He put it on the desk, and I offered him the flowers. “For Mia.”
He took the bouquet from me. “So thoughtful.”
“It’s nothing considering what you did for us. The flight to Thailand. Letting Shay and his team come with us.”
“He tells me it was quite the event.”
“It really was, Cole.”
“Shay would do anything for us.”
“It was incredibly generous all around.”
“Would you consider it a pyrrhic victory?”
Cameron hinted that our experience in Thailand was a kind of defeat. Perhaps he sensed the toll it had taken on us—especially on Eve.
Because of what I’d done.
“Eve has her daughter back,” I reasoned. “That made it worth everything.”
“Eve’s husband is dead?”
I shrugged. He didn’t need to know the details.
He gave a nod to confirm his understanding.
