Chapter 21
Elizabeth shouldn’t cry but she couldn’t stop. Rafe had been her hero. She never should have brought him into her bed or let him get to her heart.
Brandon. She needed her son. As she darted through and heard people's voices, she remembered the threats. Her brother John announced to everyone, “We’re now going to celebrate Belle’s return.”
Celebrating needed to be later, at least for her. Liz needed to find Brandon, and hold him. It wasn't good for her son to see her a crying mess, but she couldn't leave him here either.
She slipped out of the crowd and into the kitchen to find Elle. The nanny wasn't there but she followed the staff’s directions toward the patio back door where she saw Elle and Ashley kept a watchful eye from the same bench she was in earlier. The second Liz c
