Chapter 14
Emery was asleep. Krista was still up, waiting in the living room.
She stood up the second Terrence walked in.
Seeing his stern face, she frowned and asked, “Still no news of
Beth?”
He pressed his lips into a line and gave a quiet hum.
“Terrence, maybe call the police?”
But he wasn’t about to stir things up.
Very few people knew he had married Bethany.
And he had promised Krista that if he ever tied the knot, he
would keep his wife out of the public eye.
“Don’t worry about her. Just go to bed.”
Krista hesitated. “But-”
Terrence cut her off. “She’s not a kid. Her phone’s on, so she’s
probably fine.”
“Okay!”
Chapter 14
After Krista went off to bed, he headed into the master bedroom.
His eyes drifted to the oversized photo shot on the day they went
to city hall.
Bethany was smarter than Terrence had thought.
When he refused to have any wedding photos, she joked about
blowing up that one instead. She had actually done it.
He hadn’t meant to touch her. But she slipped into his bed and
gave him a son.
To be fair, she had always been easygoing and never made
trouble.
But this time was different, and she caught him off guard.
He was mad but couldn’t help wondering how far she planned to
take this.
Bethany had arrived in Southmount a day before him and
Emery.
After a good night’s sleep, she went out to explore.
By around 3 p.m., hours of sightseeing had worn her out, so she
headed back to the hotel.
Chapter 14
“Krista came for the comic convention. I made her a whole comic book with paper cutouts and everything. Think she’ll like it?”

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