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urge to run from the house was replaced with a need to see my child, to hold him in my arms and reassure him of my love.
    To be reassured that I hadn’t truly failed everyone in my life…
    Reaching the door to his nursery I faltered, the sound of the nanny soothing Jenson ripped through my heart.
    I had failed him, I hadn’t been there for him, instead I’d been off playing hero. A role I couldn’t have been less suited to if I tried.
    Turning from the door I came face to face with David. His body blocking the escape I had planned for myself.
    “I think he misses you,” he said, pressing his fingers beneath my chin and tilting my face up to his.
    “He doesn’t, he’s so much better off without me, you all are…” I said, my voice hoarse and tears blurred my vision.
    “Carrie, don’t be stupid, how can you say that? You’re his mother and he needs you…”
    I tried to shake my head but even the effort of that was far too much.
    David wrapped his hand around my wrist and spun me back to the door.
    I tried to fight him but he was stronger and as he pushed the door open with the toe of his boot I caught sight of Jenson cradled in the arms of the nanny.
    His big blue eyes peered back at me, piercing the darkness that surrounded me.
    David released me from his grip and I went to Jenson, lifting him free of the woman who had looked after him while I was gone.
    Cradling him against my body he gurgled happily, his chubby fist wrapping around my hair and tugging it hard enough to draw my face closer to his.
    He was perfect, utterly and completely in every way and I loved him with a ferocity I’d never known myself capable of.
    But I still couldn’t shake the feeling of having failed him.
    I’d gone to the Sovereign Club that night when my place had been here at home, with him in my arms. I was his mother, his protector and I’d been too busy chasing answers and demanding respect from people I didn’t honestly care about, instead of being where I was supposed to be.
    What if Taylor had succeeded, what if he’d killed me?
    Jenson would have been without a mother.
    And all because I was too stupid to see what my actions were doing, what they were risking for the people around me.
    Tears started down my cheeks and I buried my face in against the top of Jenson’s head, inhaling the scent that was uniquely his.
    He smelled of lavender and sunshine, the warm smell of milk and baby lurked beneath drawing me in. I never wanted to let him go, never wanted him out of my sight.
    I’d been the cause of so much damage in my family, how was I going to repair it? Where was I even going to begin?
    “David, how do I make this right?” I asked, gently rocking Jenson back and forth.
    “You need to stop blaming yourself, this isn’t your doing. It’s not something we could control but we can put a halt to it.”
    There was a steely determination to his voice that surprised me. He hadn’t mentioned that he’d made any headway with his own investigations into where Andy and Dominic had gone to and yet anticipation curled in my stomach.
    He knew something.
    “Where are they?” I said, glancing up at him, my tears drying against my cheeks.
    “I don’t have their location but I know where they’ll be… I know their next move.”
    Excitement thrilled through me and I stared down at Jenson’s now peaceful face. David crossed the room, his arms closing around my waist.
    “He needs you, the guilt you feel isn’t something he understands, it’s all instinct and his instinct tells him he’s safest in your arms.”
    Staring down at the tiny perfect face I smiled.
    David was right, he did need me and while there was nothing on this earth could persuade me that I hadn’t failed him. I could promise I wouldn’t ever do it again. Nothing would take me from him again and nothing on this earth would keep me from him.

15
    S ettling Jenson down after feeding him, I watched him.
    Time was passing so quickly, he was growing so fast