CHAPTER TWENTY
Over dinner with Riley, Blaine found it hard to ignore the images that kept flickering through his mind. Riley seemed to be enjoying herself, and he certainly liked being with her again.
But he was haunted by darker times.
He still felt pain in his ribs that were broken on that awful day back in January, when he’d tried to stop a brutal monster from killing Riley’s daughter. Then he reminded himself of another terrible day, when Riley had rescued his daughter from the wrath of his ex-wife. Phoebe had come to his house drunk and dangerous when he wasn’t home, but Riley had charged in and stopped Phoebe from attacking poor Crystal.
He thought that Riley seemed to attract danger, but she also handled it well. Better than he ever could, he was sure. And he’d never expected t
