her oldest son. “Cassian, I’m so glad you got here. Do you know anything about what happened?”
Frowning, he shook his head. “No, Mom. He told me he had some errands to run after we talked first thing this morning. I think he mentioned going to see someone at the produce company we use because we’ve been having problems with the deliveries for the past few weeks. Do they know where this happened?”
I looked up at him and answered for her. “The police told me when I got here that it happened in Dade City and that they had some guy in custody. They said something about a witness too, but I don’t think I was paying close enough attention.”
Cassian leaned down and kissed me softly on the top of the head. “Let me go find someone and see what’s going on. We need to find out what happened. What about Kane? Is he in surgery?”
Nodding, I pulled Liam closer as I answered, “He’s still in surgery. They said they’d come find me when he got out.”
“Well, then let me find out what’s going on with the police.”
I reached out and squeezed his hand as my tears threatened to overwhelm me again. “Thank you.”
“I’ll be back. Stay positive. He’s tough, Abbi. Kane’s going to be fine.”
As Cassian walked away and Alexandria repeated what he said, I prayed to God they were right. I didn’t know what I’d do if they weren’t.
Cassian returned with the news that Kane had been shot with a .38 at close range by a man named Rick Branton. The police didn’t have any more details, but they suspected it might be a drug deal gone bad.
“That’s crazy, Cassian,” I said. Alexandria took the baby from my arms, and I began to pace back and forth across the tile floor in the waiting room. “Kane wouldn’t be involved with anything like that. No way.”
He shook his head angrily. “I told them that. They don’t know what happened, but they told me it happened on Chestnut Street in Dade City.”
I stopped dead and spun around to face him. “Chestnut Street? Where?”
“I don’t know. Why? Does he know someone there?”
Stefan joined us and hugged me to him before answering his brother’s question. “Sebastian Thorne lives on Chestnut Street in Dade City. That’s where we were the other night. Did he have something to do with this?”
Cassian seemed confused. “I don’t understand. What would Kane be doing at Sebastian’s house in the middle of the day and why would someone there with him have a gun?”
Nobody said anything to answer his questions, so finally I said, “He wanted to tell him the truth. I know that. I know he wanted Sebastian to know he had brothers in you guys.”
A sheepish look came over Stefan’s face, and Cassian snapped at him. “Do you see what’s happened because of all of this digging up the past? You couldn’t just leave well enough alone? Why couldn’t you and Kane just leave it be?”
Quickly, Alexandria jumped in and stopped him. “Your brothers had good intentions, Cassian. I know why Kane would want to let Sebastian know about you three.”
“He didn’t want him to not know where he came from,” I said quietly. “I think he saw a lot of himself in Sebastian.”
“Well, I don’t,” Cassian said angrily. “All I see is trouble and that’s all I’ve ever seen from the minute Kane and Stefan brought it up. But if Sebastian was there, I want to know if he was shot too.”
He stormed away, and Stefan took me in his arms again to hug me tightly to him. “I’m so sorry, Abbi. I never dreamed anything like this would happen. I just wanted to find out about this guy. That’s all.”
I let myself cry again and said through the tears, “I don’t blame you, Stefan. Kane was going to find out about him whether you or Cassian wanted to. He’d already made up his mind.”
“I swear we didn’t think anything like this would happen, Abbi.” Stefan pulled away and looked into my eyes. “Kane would never put himself in danger of being taken
Frowning, he shook his head. “No, Mom. He told me he had some errands to run after we talked first thing this morning. I think he mentioned going to see someone at the produce company we use because we’ve been having problems with the deliveries for the past few weeks. Do they know where this happened?”
I looked up at him and answered for her. “The police told me when I got here that it happened in Dade City and that they had some guy in custody. They said something about a witness too, but I don’t think I was paying close enough attention.”
Cassian leaned down and kissed me softly on the top of the head. “Let me go find someone and see what’s going on. We need to find out what happened. What about Kane? Is he in surgery?”
Nodding, I pulled Liam closer as I answered, “He’s still in surgery. They said they’d come find me when he got out.”
“Well, then let me find out what’s going on with the police.”
I reached out and squeezed his hand as my tears threatened to overwhelm me again. “Thank you.”
“I’ll be back. Stay positive. He’s tough, Abbi. Kane’s going to be fine.”
As Cassian walked away and Alexandria repeated what he said, I prayed to God they were right. I didn’t know what I’d do if they weren’t.
Cassian returned with the news that Kane had been shot with a .38 at close range by a man named Rick Branton. The police didn’t have any more details, but they suspected it might be a drug deal gone bad.
“That’s crazy, Cassian,” I said. Alexandria took the baby from my arms, and I began to pace back and forth across the tile floor in the waiting room. “Kane wouldn’t be involved with anything like that. No way.”
He shook his head angrily. “I told them that. They don’t know what happened, but they told me it happened on Chestnut Street in Dade City.”
I stopped dead and spun around to face him. “Chestnut Street? Where?”
“I don’t know. Why? Does he know someone there?”
Stefan joined us and hugged me to him before answering his brother’s question. “Sebastian Thorne lives on Chestnut Street in Dade City. That’s where we were the other night. Did he have something to do with this?”
Cassian seemed confused. “I don’t understand. What would Kane be doing at Sebastian’s house in the middle of the day and why would someone there with him have a gun?”
Nobody said anything to answer his questions, so finally I said, “He wanted to tell him the truth. I know that. I know he wanted Sebastian to know he had brothers in you guys.”
A sheepish look came over Stefan’s face, and Cassian snapped at him. “Do you see what’s happened because of all of this digging up the past? You couldn’t just leave well enough alone? Why couldn’t you and Kane just leave it be?”
Quickly, Alexandria jumped in and stopped him. “Your brothers had good intentions, Cassian. I know why Kane would want to let Sebastian know about you three.”
“He didn’t want him to not know where he came from,” I said quietly. “I think he saw a lot of himself in Sebastian.”
“Well, I don’t,” Cassian said angrily. “All I see is trouble and that’s all I’ve ever seen from the minute Kane and Stefan brought it up. But if Sebastian was there, I want to know if he was shot too.”
He stormed away, and Stefan took me in his arms again to hug me tightly to him. “I’m so sorry, Abbi. I never dreamed anything like this would happen. I just wanted to find out about this guy. That’s all.”
I let myself cry again and said through the tears, “I don’t blame you, Stefan. Kane was going to find out about him whether you or Cassian wanted to. He’d already made up his mind.”
“I swear we didn’t think anything like this would happen, Abbi.” Stefan pulled away and looked into my eyes. “Kane would never put himself in danger of being taken
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