Never Bargain with the Boss (Never Say Never, #5)

by Lauren Landish

I make the decision instantly, instinctually, the way I decide most things, letting life lead me to where I’m supposed to be. Some people would call that flighty. I call it understanding that life is full of curveballs when you least expect them, so there’s no use in trying to live with a plan etched in stone because the only things for sure are death, taxes, and change, three things I’m all too familiar with.

If looks could kill, I’d be a dead woman. The Clue cards would read: Murder by glare, in the kitchen, by Cameron Harrington.

No shit, Sherlock.

“The problem is, danger has a really big dick and it’s been a long time since I’ve been to a restaurant.”

“Dad, bad things just happen sometimes, and they put us on a new and different path than we thought we’d be on, and that’s okay. Riley taught me that.”

But I don’t resent his past any more than I do my own. It’s what has made us who we are and gotten us to where we are—here, right now. Neither of us is perfect, neither of us is easy, and both of us have more trauma than any one person should have to carry.