Page 335 of Oracle Returns: Time will Stop

“I’ll always love her and feel horrible that I drove her to cheating, but I didn’t kill her. I believe that now. I’m not responsible for Wynter’s choices. Only my own.”

That had been a very expensive declaration, too.

It had taken a while for him to believe that.

“But I want to live.”

Oh, well, that was good to know.

Because Lucian wanted him to live.

He and Sophia were thriving, their business was growing, and no one was any the wiser that the Littlemoons had been part of the still unsolved death that happened at the Vanderbilt mansion.

In fact, the Vanderbilt family had hired them to work the investigation, and they purposely didn’t find anything.

It was a cold case, and no one would ever find out what happened to their cousin that one stormy, fateful night. Let the police think it was some hit.

They knew the truth.

“I’m glad. I’m happy that you’re back,” Lucian admitted. “I’ve missed you.”

Yeah, he missed him, too, and it was time to start living again. Sophia needed to see her daddy be happy, so he could make sure she was happy too. Her birthday was coming, and he’d made a promise to himself that he’d be present for it.

As the last wall came down, that last tie to this location was cut.

“Tomorrow, we’ll put the house up for sale,” Lucian said. “Whoever buys it can have it all.”

Ridge was good with that.

Good.

Riddance.

As he stood there, he was quiet.

“What are you thinking about?” he asked Ridge.

At first, Lucian wasn’t sure what he’d say, but then, he felt that energy start to hum around them.

Oh, and it was something that he hadn’t felt in four months, too.

Ridge went there.

“Want to go back to the house and into the meditation shed?” Ridge asked.

Yeah, he hadn’t expected that.

Was it welcome?

Yes.

Lucian could feel his energy, and he was drained. That morning, he had some really hot sex with his wife in the shower, and she’d been wobbly and ready to give birth.

“Sure. We can go into the static,” he offered. “It’s been a while,” he admitted, knowing the last time was when Ridge came in to try to save him.

That Ridge was back and he wanted to do that made him grateful. Without Ridge, he hadn’t been able to use his gift to help the Littlemoons.

“No.”