Chapter 10Dinner with the Montroses had left Chad feeling more than just fearful over his suspicions about Silas’ death. It had also left him hollow. Was no one happy in his or her relationships? How did Elias and Mary coexist? How had they ever managed to produce two children? He’d seen very little affection between them. There had been more physicality between Chad and Elias than with the married couple.
As Chad drove along the darkened roads of Eden, he wondered if perhaps he was better off being alone. He’d played the role of escort so much over the last few years, he wasn’t sure he knew how to sustain a relationship. Look at how easily he and Brett had crumbled. First over learning of his betrayal, then with Chad’s. All of it about s*x. s*x with people who meant so little that when t
