Long after Daphne had gone home for the day, Blake sat at his desk, deep in thought. He was thinking of Nicola and the words they had exchanged in anger.
‘What you’re planning to do is wrong, Blake. And you’re going to lose me. Forever!’
‘And what about our little girl? What do you think it would do to Iris to lose her daddy?’
Those words were the ones that stood out more than anything in his mind.
The idea of Nicola leaving him, walking out on their marriage, and the thought of not seeing Iris anymore, scared the hell out of Blake. More than going to jail for breaking into little pieces the son of a b***h who hurt the woman he loved.
The last thing Blake wanted was to lose Nicola and the life they had together.
“Echols, you look like you lost your best friend,” Norman said, strollin
