Sacrifice:The Shenkar War Read Free Page B

Setting the picture back onto the end table, he became aware that his eyes were brimming with tears. Sighing, he slowly eased the hammer back, clicked the safety in place, and scrubbed the tears away with the back of his hand before he stood up from his couch.
                  Walking down the hall to his bedroom, he thought back to when he first met his wife, Sarah. He could say he met her by accident, actually. He was twenty-eight years old and driving his new Jeep down the road when he came upon a stop sign and slowed to stop. Suddenly, he heard a screech and felt a not overly hard impact of something hitting him from behind. Seething with anger, Liam climbed from his Jeep, ready to rip this jerk in half. Immediately, his anger vanished as he looked into the face of what he could only describe as an angel. Sarah was beautiful, with long blond hair and blue eyes. She was petite at five foot three inches, with an incredible body, the kind that made men just stop and stare.
                  “ Oh, my god, are you all right?” Sarah had asked, her face full of concern. “I am so sorry. I have insurance, and I will pay for all the damages.”
                  Liam just stared, mouth half open, not knowing what to say. Sarah’s concern showed even more.
                  “ Are you okay? Are you in shock? Maybe you should sit down or something. I am not sure what to do with people who are suffering from shock.”
                  She was starting to look like she was going to cry. Maybe that was the reason Liam suddenly found his tongue, although what came out wasn’t what he had meant to say.
                  “ God, you’re beautiful,” he said quietly, then sucked in his breath. His eyes went wide and he could feel his face warm from his embarrassment over what he just said.
                  But all Sarah did was flash a sexy smile that made him weak in the knees before she spoke.
                  “ Thanks, you are not so bad yourself. So it is safe to say that you are not hurt?”
                  “ Uh . . . oh yes, I am fine. Are you okay?” he stammered out.
                  “ Yes, although with this accident, I am going to lose my license once the police get here and give me a ticket.”
                  Liam couldn’t help but laugh, and he laughed even harder at the look of shock mixed with the beginnings of indignation on Sarah’s face.
                  “ Sorry, I don’t mean to laugh, but I hate to break it to you: I am a police officer.”
                  If he had thought Sarah couldn’t look any worse, he was wrong. She looked like she had just heard that her dog had died. Well, he couldn’t have such a beautiful face looking so downtrodden.
                  “ How about we don’t involve the police in this?” Liam said.
                  Sarah looked up with a slight smile, and then her face fell again slightly.
                  “ I couldn’t ask you to do that; it wouldn’t be right, as it was all my fault”
                  Although she didn’t look much like she wanted to do what was right. She stood there, staring at her feet (he noticed she had very cute feet). He turned and walked to the back of his Jeep and looked at the bumper. There was barely a scratch. He turned back to her and smiled.
                  “ Look, there’s barely a scratch, so I really don’t see any need to call the police. If anything, you would just cause me more harm from all my fellow officers harassing me about the beautiful girl who hit my new Jeep.”
                  Sarah’s face showed a slight smile as she looked at Liam.               “ Well, okay, but can I at least buy you dinner to make up for it?”
                  And the rest was history. They were married