Page 43 of Affair

Her tag team partner in this was not Christopher Leonard, or Callen Whitefox, but instead, Gene Cantrell.

She was bringing Ethan’s fiancé into the bowels of a city that once pulled them apart at the seams. She was also taking him back to the scene of the crime.

What was the crime?

Well, that was where Gene and his then fiancé went to Hell in a handbasket.

They imploded spectacularly.

Back home, Ethan was twitchy because her husband was well aware that Gene would be coming face-to-face with Tommy, and she understood his worries.

Ethan wanted to be there to make sure there was no buyer’s remorse, as in Gene changed his mind and left him to go back to his other fiancé.

Someone had a history of being sucked into this city, and breaking up with Ethan.

Oh, it was only once, but that one time had done some huge damage on Ethan Blackhawk’s heart years ago.

Because of that, Elizabeth wasn’t a fool.

She was not letting Ethan anywhere near Thomas Bernard.

That just screamed dangerous.

The man was a loose cannon, and she had issues with him that just wouldn’t go away. In fact, it was so bad, and the man was so far up their asses inNew Orleans, that she had no choice but to get mean.

As in she broke his arm last time when he got a little handsy with Ethan.

Again, that was another reason as to why she wasn’t letting her husband come to this city with Gene.

It was beyond sketchy, and she normally loved sketchy shit.

It was her middle name.

Now, the man beside her was about to have a flash to his not-so-distant past, and they needed to see if he would hold up, break down, or leave their circle.

The timing was shit and she knew it.

It had been a rough couple of weeks for her, and the men in her life—specifically Gene and Ethan.

They’d had to uncover old wounds and work through them. Only, that was never an easy thing to do.

But they made it.

Somehow.

First and foremost, they’d been called toPhiladelphiawhen an old killer came back to finish up what he’d started all of those years ago.

David Neives, a maniac who liked to play hide-and-seek as a priest, and had sexually assaulted Ethan, had made a return to the scene of that horrific crime.

Having to face him, and the truth, down, had rattled Gene to his core, and unfortunately for him, the hidden secrets had come out.

Ones that were hard to swallow.

When the truth was free, it only made the family circle around Ethan more, protecting him.

Eventually, they won, but it hadn’t been easy.

If that wasn’t enough to tax the family, then, they began their move into the new house, and the planning of a wedding.