Salt Kiss novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: The Deputy
They did it in the hall, with the doors closed on the street.
The deputy sat on a bar stool he looked too tired for, with his hat in his hands.
His sister sat on the next one with her tea.
Her husband stood behind her with one hand on her shoulder, saying nothing.
Nolan stood by the door with Ford and Skye, a little apart, because it was not theirs.
"You never told me," the deputy said.
"I didn't tell anyone outside these walls," said the judge.
"I told my husband in the car that night, and then I put it in a drawer."
"I sat on a bench for thirty years.
"I know exactly what I'd have told a woman in my courtroom, and I couldn't say it to myself."
"Sis."
"I said stop.
"I said it twice, and he smiled."
Her brother's jaw worked.
He looked at his hands.
"Skye was across the room in ten seconds," she said.
"She put him out on that sidewalk herself, in front of everyone.
"Then she sat with me until two in the morning."
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Salt Kiss are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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