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.There was no way in hell he was going toeradicate the most important information Horatio had ever received in his life, but he had to make himthink he had.If he saw the documents were gone from his safe but found no evidence of them beingdestroyed, he would know Seth had looked at them and kept them.And he couldn t know that.Not yetanyway.In the bedroom, Seth concealed the original documents in his bag with the photo copies then satdown on Horatio s side of the bed and picked up the framed photo of Horatio and Max in their teenyears.He traced a fingertip over Horatio s face; he had told Seth he was sixteen in that picture, andMax eighteen.There was no denying the love between them.And that same love remained, to thisday, when they looked at one another.Seth s throat squeezed and the photo blurred.When they had been back at the villa, Seth hadhoped that the day would come when Horatio might look at him the way he was looking at Max in thispicture.He had had boyfriends, went on plenty of dates, but he had never come close to seeing thatspecial look in anyone s eyes.And though he knew he was special to Horatio on one level, it wasn tthat level.That look was reserved for Max alone, and always would be.He wiped his eyes and tried to swallow past the lump in his throat. I won t let you throw it allaway because of me, he whispered thickly. Not when you re this close. His lips tightened andfresh tears rose as he replaced the photo on the stand. You re a prince among men, Horatio Kaplan.And every prince deserves his fairytale.*** Isn t it possible, Tate continued to press the question,  that your memories of that incident aren treally your memories at all?Savannah shook her head slowly. I remember it, she choked softly. Do you remember Craig Grant raping your brother? Tate went on. Or do you remember yourbrother telling you he did? Objection. Jensen stood and seemed weary with the prosecutor s questioning. She has alreadyanswered his question. Sustained, the judge said and looked at Tate. Move on to another question, or release thewitness.Tate nodded and went silent a moment, then asked,  Were you witness to any of the other allegedassaults on your brother? He claims to have been raped repeatedly for the two years following thatincident in your room.Sliding the back of her hand across her wet cheek, Savannah shook her head slowly. I didn tknow it was happening.He didn t tell me any of it until.after. After? After we left the orphanage. And when your brother took you and ran away from the orphanage, Tate asked,  did you knowhe had killed a man?Savannah nodded. Yes. Did you see him kill Craig Grant? No, Savannah said. Then how did you know? Tate asked.Max watched the young girl shift her eyes to Abel, hurt in her wet eyes as if she were betrayinghim somehow by answering Tate s questions. He.he had blood on him when he came to my room toget me. How did he act? He was crying, Savannah s voice trembled. Really hard.And shaking real bad.He said wehad to get out of there right then. Did you ask him about the blood? Why he was crying?Savannah nodded, tears rolling down her cheeks.Max looked at Abel and the boy was leaning onthe table, face buried in his hands, body shuddering.God, will this fucking day ever end? What did your brother tell you? He.he said that he stopped Craig; that he had to.He told me Craig had been hurting him for along time.Max swallowed thickly, the courtroom distorting as his tears rose up.He wanted to take Savannahoff the stand, out of this place, and make it possible for her to never think of that nightmare again.Justlet it finally die, for both her and Abel.His gaze shifted to Devlin Grant.And for the doctor, too. So what you re saying, Tate clarified,  is that the only proof you have of your brother sprolonged assault.is his own word?The girl trembled. Abel was telling the truth. Please answer the question, Tate said. Is your brother s word your only proof that Craig Grantwas assaulting him?Savannah squeezed her arms around her waist, tears flowing harder. He doesn t lie.A slight edge cracked Tate s voice. Answer the question [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]