Page 1 of Sins or Secrets

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Prologue

Quinn

Wilmington, ten years ago…

Undiluted fear carries my trembling body through the night.

The charge of panic clouds my mind so heavily, I might as well be walking around in a thick fog.

I fled from my house, following my father’s orders.Heeding his threat.

That threat.

Oh God, that threat.

The thought brings tears to my eyes again, and I blink several times to stop myself from crying.

I can’t cry again. Not now. There will be the rest of my life to cry for my regrets.And this thing I’m about to do.

I have to focus. This is my one shot at making sure everything will be okay once I’m gone.

Dad was serious.

He’s always been strict with me, and I know any parent would go ape shit just like he did after discovering what happened to me.But his behavior was beyond belief.

I’d never seen him look so mad.Never, and something in my heart tells me I shouldn’t push my luck.After all, there were several times in the past when I suspected Dad of doing despicable things, but I never had proof.

Despicable things like people going missing… then turning up dead.

He works in the state’s attorney’s office, but he runs this town with his wealth and the Cambray oil fortune.

I might be young and I’ve done some foolish things, but it doesn’t mean I’m naïve to how the world works.I know money equals power.

People listen to you, and some keep silent for you.

I know enough to take anything my father says seriously, and that is the only reason why I’m doing this.

Logan’s house comes into view, and I stop in my tracks so abruptly my legs feel like they may snap.

I rushed all the way here, allowing the terror of what could happen to the boy I love to guide me.Now I’m looking at his house, and I can’t move.

I don’t know how I’m supposed to do this next part.

My father told me to break up with Logan.

But how can I do that?

This wasn’t what I saw in our future.

What I saw was happiness and love.But if I fight for such a dream, what will happen?

I could lose everything.

I could lose Logan forever.

I would.

That moves me.

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