Chapter 16
Payton sat at the dining room table cursing her blunt tongue. She hadn’t meant to be so obvious how upset she still was about his callousness when they were younger. It was over. It happened.
She was a trained detective in the art of interrogation now. She could get detainees to reveal their secrets. One statement from him and it was gone. She was reverted back to an adolescent begging for Alex’s attention.
Payton wasn’t that girl anymore. Soft, weak. Following him around like a little lost puppy because no one would pay attention to her. Payton had gone to police academy to prove herself. To pave her own way like Alex had. She hadn’t chosen military because she wanted to do everything on her own. Without her dad’s influence. She’d graduated top of her class.
Payton stood ta
