That someone wanted to hurt her. And I'd been glad it’d been me in her apartment instead. Call me a lovesick fool, but I'd happily take all the torture in the world to keep her safe. My mama always said one day I'd meet someone and I'd know. She always believed in love at first sight, my ma, but not me. Nope. I was a cynic... or I had been until I laid eyes on Hayden and my whole world tilted upside down.
