EMILY
My stomach twisted. I wanted to ask why? He must have had a good reason for killing someone he knew was related to me.
God! What was wrong with me? I was still trying to understand him. Even after everything. I cleared my throat.
“How does Nicholas fit into all of this?”
He hesitated for the first time. “How much do you know about Nicholas?”
I didn’t answer. Did I even know who he really was? Did I want to know?
“Nicholas wasn’t born into this life. His father got caught in a debt with the wrong people and spiraled. Died trying to climb out. His mother on the other hand..”
He leaned back into his chair with a look I couldn’t place. “She was a force. Ruthless. A boulder in a man’s world. She was the one who trained Nicholas into what he was today. When Nicholas came to see me
