Carson's warm hand offered me his solace, although I wasn't sure whether to accept it.

'If you knew it would end up like this, why bother stepping into it in the beginning?"

I fathomed he referred to my now-fragile relationship with Kaiser. 'I…"

'You don't have to say anything, Piper. The moment I dropped you off at the apartment for the first time… I knew."

'And you didn't think of hurting me?"

He shook his head. 'I couldn't bear to. You were different from ...