Bedmates Soulmates
CHAPTER 345

Those were words her father said to her.

Kira wished they would work on Liam, like they did on her.

'Hate drives you to do the wrong things."

Like what Liam did to Austyn, to Deborah, and to Austyn's mother.

Their fates would have turned out differently it not for Liam

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ne thing, Deborals would still be alive.

wwwds did elicit a response from Liam, just not the kind she expected.

His tace grew darker.

His lips were pressed into a thin, tight line.

His hand gripped the steering wheel so hard that Kira heard the leather groan.

'Don't judge me if you don't know me. You have no idea what I've been through. Let go?' He scoffed. 'I'd rather die before I let that happen

Kira wanted to say something but Liam beat her to it. 'My mother died in the McCarthy house. Her killer is still not brought to justice. Do you think I should just let it go?" kira let out an incredulous gasp

'I know how much you care about your father, Liam said. 'If he died at someone's hands, will you be able to to forget about the past and go on living a happy life?"

Liam locked straight at her. Kira, can you do it? If you can't, then don't tell me that's what I should do!"

Kira stared down at her lap. 'That's not going to happen. You're talking about an impossible

She didn't like that Liam used her father as

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let you be able

She wasn't superstitious, but that didn't mean she was okay with talking about her father's death, even a hypothetical one.

Her Deepest Fear

'You're right,' she said, 'I don't know what you went through, but I still can't agree with what you're doing. If you believe your mother died under suspicious circumstances, the right thing to do would be to call the police and let them launch an investigation Private tenge is not true justice. If you go down that road, it's only going to end with you behind b-

"Are you kidding me?' Liam sneered. The police? How naïve are you, the McCarthys, who run Stamford. No one can touch them.'

Kira? The police report to the mayor,

, and the mayor answers to

Kira looked up at him. "You're also a McCarthy. Your mom...Are you sure she was killed by someone from the family?"

"You don't believe me? There was ice in Liam's voice. "The last person my mother saw was Austyn's mom. That bitch had always had it in for my mom. She went out of her way to make my mom's life miserable.

Bira held her tongue.

The way she saw it, Austyn's mother did nothing wrong.

She was the legal wife of the old Mr McCarthy.

Liam's mother was the mistress.

It was a given that the missus and the mistress never got along

Kira's dislike for the old Mr McCarthy grew.

It was his fault to have an affair in the first place.

Then he compounded the sin by making his wife and his mistress live under the same roof.

'I couldn't sleep that night, Liam continued, 'I got up to look for my mother. It was the middle of the night. I heard her voice from that woman's room. Raised voices. They were arguing. When the door finally opened, I saw my mother lying in a pool of blood." Kira's eyes widened.

Elsie said Austyn's mother was a gentle person.

Liam was giving her a completely different picture.