Free Surrender: Tales of Submission by Eden Bradley Page B

you've
    been around Cliff, but he's my twin, and you know him as well as you know me. Do you really think he is guilty?"
    "It doesn't matter what I think. That's not my job. I'm just trying to locate him, not judge him."
    "It matters to me."
    "Carli, eight years ago, I probably would have sworn I knew the two of you so well you could never be guilty of any crime. But when you left me, you shocked me to the
    core. So obviously, I didn't know you as well as I thought."
    "I really don't know where he is at the moment. I
    never even sensed he was in any kind of trouble when I
    spoke to him last week. I tried calling his cell phone after I showered but just got his voicemail. I'm really worried about him, since he didn't even try to contact me." She crossed her arms across her chest, closing him out. "That's just not like him. We don't keep secrets from each other."

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    "It's damn suspicious, Carli."
    "What will you do now?"
    "I have to stay here until he is found. You have been placed in my protective custody until he shows up."
    "You don't trust me either, do you?" she quietly asked.
    The pain visible in her eyes caught him off guard. Without his consent, something shifted deep inside. He began to crack.
    "It's no longer a matter of trust. It's just a job." He wanted to reach over and comfort her, but she shut down.
    "I've had all I can take for one day. I'm going to bed.
    You're welcome to the guest bedroom." She turned to leave.
    "Carli, why have you really continued to look for me after all these years? Is there something more I don't
    know?"
    Her shoulders sagged in resignation. "A few short
    weeks after I joined the Corps, I realized what a mistake I had made with you, and I came back to find you, but you were gone. I've searched for you ever since."
    "Wait, that's not enough. Why did you really run
    away? If you still love me as you say, then tell me what drove you to run?"
    She didn't turn back or say anything else. She just
    walked down the hall to her room and closed herself
    inside, leaving him to ponder his own unanswered
    questions.

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Chapter Five

    Stalking across her bedroom floor, she viciously ran
    her fingers through her messy hair. How could he be so
    damn calm and cool after what we just did? Remembering
    the delicious force he had used on her, her nipples peaked and her pussy heated. She needed to get his focus off her brother and back on to their relationship, but he was
    making it damned difficult.
    She scooped her cell phone off the nightstand and put
    in another call to her brother. The phone rang once and then, "Hi, this is Cliff, leave me a message and I'll get back to you."
    Straight to voicemail. He doesn't even have the damn thing turned on . She tossed the phone onto the bed and stomped across the room. She was certain whatever he
    was mixed up in, they would be able to clear it up. No way would he turn criminal. Now, if she could just get Aidan to listen to her. Not just about Cliff, but about them. Maybe after I get some sleep, I can deal with Aidan's attitude and my brother.
    Discarding all of her clothes, Carli slipped under the
    covers and curled onto her side. She tossed and turned.
    She flipped and flopped and then tossed some more.
    Looking at the red glowing digital readout of her bedside clock, Carli realized she had been lying there restless and awake for almost two hours.
    "Fuck this. Since when do I lay around trying to figure out what to do? I know what I want, and I am going to get it, whether he likes it or not."

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    With a self-satisfied smile she walked toward her door
    buck naked. She was going to get her man once and for all.
    She wasted eight years searching and waiting for her
    chance to make amends, and now she couldn't wait one
    more second.
    Before she could get out of her room, her phone
    beeped three times in quick succession, signaling a text message had just come through. She anxiously grabbed the phone, hitting