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  “Oh, God, Kyle, please.”

  His cock was straining against his jeans and he couldn’t hold himself back any more. Standing up, he looked at her, naked with her legs spread wide, as he undid his buckle. Pulling down his jeans and his shorts, his cock sprang free. Lowering himself onto her, he looked into her eyes as he entered her.

  Slowly, he started thrusting into her and she gasped, her pupils dilating. They were both panting now, and despite wanting to make it last he couldn’t stop himself from thrusting faster.

  “Oh, my God, I’m gonna come!” she cried, and he felt her tighten around his cock. Too far gone now, he thrust hard into her and cried out as he felt himself explode inside her.

  Snuggled up against his chest, sweat cooling on her skin, Tara felt safe for the first time in her life. She needed this wonderful man to know everything about her. He needed to know all about her past. If he was to love her, then he needed to know everything about her.

  “Do you remember back in L.A. I told you I’d lost a child too?” She said.

  His arm tightened around her. “Yes, of course I do, but you don’t have to tell me about it until you’re ready.”

  Raising herself on her elbow, she placed her hand on his chest and looked into his eyes. “I want to tell you now.” Not wanting to see any disappointment in his eyes, she laid her head back down on his chest. “I was fourteen and I’d been sleeping with Sergei for over a year.” She held her breath, waiting for his condemnation but it never came. “My mother sold me to him when I was twelve to pay a gambling debt. I didn’t even know I was pregnant until my clothes got too tight.”

  She felt the tears running down her cheeks as she told the story she had never told anyone for all these years. “He was good to me then. He never touched me while I was pregnant. I had a home birth and God, she was perfect.”

  She was sobbing now as Kyle held her closer. “Stop, Tara. You don’t need to put yourself through this.”

  She wiped away her tears and nodded. “Yes, I do. You need to know everything, I need you to love me knowing everything. They took her away when she was just a few minutes old to be checked over by the doctor. She had a seizure. He tried to save her but there was nothing he could do. I never saw her again.”

  Kyle couldn’t believe the pain this woman had been through, and how she’d kept it inside all these years. Taking her in his arms, he let her cry. “It’s over now.” He said to her softly. He would do everything in his power to protect this woman from any further pain ever again.

  Chapter Twenty Two

  They spent the next couple of days like tourists, taking in the sights and strolling along the lakeside hand in hand. Thanks to Tara’s safe deposit box, they had managed to sell a substantial amount of the jewelry and now had a sizeable sum set aside.

  On the third night, at dinner, Kyle raised the subject they had both been dreading. “So, what do we do now?”

  Tara shook her head. She had no idea. “He has tentacles everywhere. He will find us, it’s just a matter of when.”

  “Then I think we should head back to L.A.”

  “What? Are you crazy?”

  “No, think about it, it’s the one place he won’t expect us to go.”

  Turning this over in her mind,Tara realized he was probably right.

  “And I know L.A. It’s my hometown. If I can get lost anywhere, it’s there.”

  Tara smiled. “L.A. it is then!”

  The following morning, after another night of exploring each other’s bodies, they booked a flight to the US and started packing. It was taking quite a long time as they didn’t seem to be able to get enough of each other and kept stopping to make love. Tara was still coming to terms with the fact that she was free of Sergei’s clutches and was at last allowing herself to believe that she may have a happy future.

  She was just putting the last few things in her case when she came across her cell phone. Remembering she had turned it off for the flight and hadn’t turned it back on since, she hit the power button. Immediately she got a notification that she had a text message waiting. Without thinking she displayed it and instantly her world fell apart.

  Kyle came out of the bathroom just in time to watch all the color drain from her face and see her fall down to her knees.

  “Tara? What’s wrong honey?” She didn’t answer, just shook her head. Prying the phone from her grip he looked at the screen. Displayed there was a message from Sergei. In it was a photo of a young girl under which it simply said ‘Doesn’t she look like her mother?’ Looking at the photo closer Kyle realized that there was no denying there was an incredibly strong resemblance between the girl in the image and the woman who knelt, destroyed, in front of him.

  She had felt her world tilt on its axis. The minute she had seen that face she had known the truth. He had lied. Her daughter was still alive.

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  Tara and Kyle continue their adventure in Game On due for release in early October. If you would like to be notified when it is released, or have any comments, please contact me here: www.ajcarella.com