Mabel Quinn's body suddenly froze. That figure—how could she not recognize it? It was her big brother, someone she'd lived with for over twenty years, yet also the one who had utterly disappointed her.
Has he been released from prison? Meeting him here now, is this a coincidence? Or could it be...
Perhaps the experiences Cecil Quinn had given Mabel were so disheartening and terrible that now, she felt as if something was pressing on her chest, making it even hard to breathe.
Until a hand gripped hers. His warmth, passing through their skin, conveyed into her palm, slowly bringing her stiffened body back to normal.
Only then did Mabel Quinn take a long, deep breath.
"With me around, he won't have another chance to hurt you," Kyle Kinston said.
Such a short sentence, yet it gave her an indescribable sense of security.
