The Deadliest Secret (The Deadliest Series) by Lauren Peyton

marked confidential, all of her files were marked in the same fashion but this one felt so much more ominous than any others. It was so thick with arrests, warrants, bail revocations, and early childhood reports about his parents.
                  “Bingo” Gwen breathed out uttering the word low.
                  She started reading the in depth reports about Kody’s parents. His sister. His little sister died suspiciously. She read about the marks on Kody’s body. He really never stood a chance with the system.  She was still caught up in her reading when there was a knock at her door.
                  “Come in.” She said without even looking up.
                  “Hey.” It was Torrian’s voice, she snapped the file shut, and he did not need to know what was going on with this prisoner.
                  “Hey!” She sounded flustered; she worked on controlling her voice. “What can I do for you Torrian?”
                  Torrian’s impish grin was too much to handle, she cracked a smile of her own. “I wanted to have lunch with you and ask you out for Friday.”
                  “Friday? I have to go to my parents; I have Friday dinner every week. I missed last week.”
                  “Oh” Torrian’s face fell a bit.
                  “I can ask if I can bring you, as long as you don’t mind my mom trying to have her version of the Spanish Inquisition during dinner? She makes a good spaghetti.”
                  “That sounds good, I don’t mind meeting the parents.” He winks at her, and her heart skips a beat.
                  “You don’t mind?”
                  “Gwen, I like you. I like you a lot. I have wanted to ask you for a date for a while. Now that we’ve gone out, I want to keep going and if meeting your parents is one way I get to spend more time with you then so be it. I should meet them anyways if you want me to be your boyfriend.” He concluded simply.
                  “You’re my boyfriend?” She was dense about things sometimes.
                  “No, but I want to be. It’s up to you.” He was still smiling wide.
                  “After you meet my parents let’s see if you still say that.” She warned.
                  “Deal, but I think I’m still going to want you.” His gray eyes darken with lust
                  “We’ll see.” She winked.
                  The couple sat in her office, exchanging banter while they ate. Gwen felt her nerves ebb slightly, after they both were finished eating she lobbed her trash into the bin. If felt different but the same with Torrian. He was genuine and kind. She was attracted to him.
                  “Do you want to come over to my place tonight?” Gwen was suddenly alarmed with her own question, why did she ask that? It sounded like a proposition.
                  Torrian swallowed hard. “Yes.”
                  Gwen answered with a smile. “I mean so we can talk, I like talking to you.”
                  “Yeah me too Gwen, me too.” Torrian checked his watch and cursed, “damn it’s time to go back to the grind, and I’ll see you later baby.” Torrian bit his lip as if he didn’t mean for that to come out but he goes with it. He kisses Gwen’s cheek and heads out of the office.
                  Gwen goes back to reading the case notes about Kody. She was pained to read about his childhood, his adolescence; she could not stand to read about his college years. That is where they met. She knew how those years went. By the time she stopped and took a look at the clock it was time to clock out and have Torrian over to her house.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER Nine
     
     
    Hours later Kody felt a presence at the end of his bed, he opened