Looking for You

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The last person I would ever expect to be waiting on the front porch for me in the middle of the night was Everly Higgins. To say I was both surprised and thrilled to see her would be an understatement. I hadn't been able to stop thinking about her since we met last fall when my sister Greer fell in love with Everly's brother Hudson.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When I see her bruised up face I instantly want to hurt someone. The problem is Everly won't tell me who hurt her or who she's running from. The only thing she'll tell me is that she needs a safe place to stay where no one can find her.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Being a cop I have the urge to unravel this mystery but the other side of me simply wants to protect Everly from whatever it is she's running from.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But as the people she is hiding from catch up with her I quickly discover there is nothing I wouldn't do for Everly Higgins.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'd even die for her.</span></p><p></p>