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Somebody is trying to murder best-selling crime author Jughead Jones. Between those in the underworld his father once crossed, Jug's childhood history with the Serpents and the people whose lives and reputations were ruined by his book, the list of suspects who would like to see him dead is as long as it is strange. Now in protective custody, the one person standing between Jughead and his would-be assassin is Special Agent Betty Cooper, a woman he shares a complicated past with.
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“It’s okay, Cooper, I know I don’t have the most delicate touch when it comes to matters of the heart.” He looked her directly in the eye, his Adam’s Apple dipping as he swallowed hard. “And, sometimes, by the time I do think of the right thing to say it’s already too late to make things right."
The air grew heavy between them and Betty frowned at him alluding to their past. She wondered why he insisted on touching old bruises when she could barely acknowledge that they were there. Was he just trying to assuage his own guilt or was there something more behind this?
Maybe if she held out an olive branch he’d stop and they could go back to not talking about it again? “It’s not too late to make things right, Juggie.”
Series
- Part 1 of Literary Works