Life continued without Nico for the following week. I didn’t see him or smell him lingering nearby and I found myself hurt and angry.
My anger started with him, but in the end, I was only angry with myself. I was supposed to be focusing on buying Bailey and I enough time to get out of here, not entangling myself with the likes of another man.
I’d been there and done that.
Wes had been coming to work with me while Bailey was at school. It wasn’t because I didn’t trust him, it was more so that I wanted to keep him close. He had only received his second transfusion a few days ago and if for some reason it didn’t work, it would expose us.
“How did your family get such good genes?” Gabriella questioned, looking at Wes. I’d told her and Piper that he was my cousin. His mom and dad we
