Beautifully Broken Control (Sutter Lake #4)

by Catherine Cowles

“What I can’t wait for is the bachelorette party. I’m calling it now. I’m in charge of the strippers!”

Oh Irma!

“I know a fine man-meat sandwich when I see it.”

“I’ve got no plans to defile Jensen’s protégé. You can rest easy.”

“We all lose sight sometimes. Of what’s truly important. Of all the people around us who are suffering. That doesn’t mean we can’t recalibrate. Reset our compass so we’re facing the right direction again.”

Our gazes locked, held. Some foreign energy crackling between us. “Stay that way.” “I will.” She would. I’d make sure of it.

If I were honest with myself, I didn’t like the person I used to be all that much. Going along with just about every dictate set out by my parents, even the ones disguised as a suggestion. Closing my eyes to all the suffering that had been going on in the world around me. That girl had been nothing but a carefully crafted façade. An expertly painted canvas with little heart.

“It’s not about executing the perfect steps. It’s about enjoying the journey.”

Cain’s smile turned gentle, his eyes roaming over my face. “Or maybe you’re my good luck charm.”

I couldn’t hold back from her any longer. It was as if her soul called to mine in a song only the two of us could recognize. A broken siren’s song. And it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever heard.

I had to save myself first. Even if it meant that my heart would never be whole again.

Tuck threw up his hands. “Praise, Jesus, he has a brain in there, after all.”