Never Say Never, Part Two (Second Chance Romance, Book 2) by Melissa Shaw

there’d be a sliver of light for them – Becci had liked that as a toddler.
    “I love you mommy.” Becci whispered.  
    “I love you too.”
    The tears spilled down Emily’s front. She crept down the stairs and towards the front door, but stopped when something beeped nearby.
    She glanced over at the table near the door. Mail, newspaper, and… it was a tablet.  
    Brian’s tablet?  
    She had to find out.

CHAPTER TEN

    Emily stared at the tablet like it was a viper.  
    What was on that thing?  
    She paced towards it, then back again. Snooping was below her, surely, but she’d done it with Chase’s phone, and she needed as much information about Brian and the kids as she could get.  
    “Don’t do it,” she whispered to herself. But she couldn’t resist. She glanced back up the stairs, but they were clear, then checked for cameras in the corners. Nothing. Brian was too paranoid for them. He’d been obsessed with the idea of people watching when he took a shower or shit or something.  
    That meant he had a lot to hide.
    Emil hurried to the table and snatched the 10.1 inch tablet up. She swiped the screen and it asked for a password. She tapped her chin. Brian wasn’t a genius and he’d used the same password for years – she’d seen him input it into the security system a few times. Bri4Prez. She typed it in and the tablet was hers.  
    She checked his contacts list, but there weren't any she recognized. Except for a name. Janet.
    Nah, couldn’t be the same Janet. It was probably a business connection or something. There was serendipity and then there was just plain ridiculousness.  
    She tapped through to his WhatsApp messages and checked the conversations. Janet was there too.
    She opened one up and read through it, eyebrow raising as she scrolled through the lines of text.
    Missed you tonight. Sooner you get away from Amanda, the better. I’ve got so many naughty things to show you.  
    That was from her.  
    I look forward to it. I’m going to make you bend and show you who’s in charge. You got that?
    That was from Brian. Reading the words chilled her to the core.  
    I’m all yours, daddy. I’ll do whatever you want. I won’t put up a fight.
    Janet wasn’t a business associate, she was a fling or an affair. And a submissive one at that. Emily grimaced. She couldn’t stand weak women.
    This was too much of a coincidence. Amanda had said she recognized Chase’s Janet from somewhere, but what if this woman on Brian’s tablet really was the same bitch?
    Boy, that would be some kind of irony. No, it couldn’t be. It just couldn’t be.  
    Emily left the text folder and brought up his gallery instead and went straight to images. They were the usual, pictures of Amanda and the kids, images of friends or holidays. Nothing of interest. But what about videos?  
    She opened the folder and checked it out.
    There was one with the label Biz Stuff .
    Yeah, right. Had to be some kind of porn. Emily tapped the screen and the video unfolded before her. This was different from regular pornography, though, there wasn’t any music in the background.  
    She looked back up the stairs again, but the coast was clear.  
    “You going to bend, bitch?” Brian’s voice echoed in the hallway and Emily jumped about a foot in the air.  
    He was here! She focused on the door, but it was shut tight and locked from the inside.  
    “Yeah, daddy, I’ll bend for you.” That was a woman.  
    Emily gave a nervous laugh – it was the video. Looked like Brian had recorded himself and Amanda together. She made to tap away, but halted when the woman’s face lit up the screen.  
    She was naked. She was a redhead. And she was Chase’s Janet.  
    “Jesus Christ.”  
    Janet and Brian. Brian and Janet.  
    Puzzle pieces clicked into place in Emily’s mind. That was how she’d known about her jail time. She was in touch with Brian. Goosebumps broke out all over her body.
    What else did Brian know about her