Crossing the Line

~Siena~

Fiona lowered her hand like she suddenly understood she hit the wrong person on the wrong day. She lifted her chin even though her fingers were still shaking a little. “Are you threatening me?” she asked.

Cole stepped toward her, not fast, just steady. “I’m telling you,” he said, “never put your hands on me again.”

“I am your mother,” she snapped. She sounded offended. Outraged. Like th