A Secret Baby for the Vampire by Wylder Jasmine

Author:Wylder, Jasmine [Wylder, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

A few days had gone by and Zuri was still keeping residence at Chaz’s cabin. She’d finished The Sun Also Rises and watched all the local TV she could handle. She was constantly trying to numb her mind but nothing really worked.

Chaz had slept on the couch since she’d arrived and she hadn’t protested about taking over his bed.

On Wednesday she was due back at work. Chaz had left early that morning but she heard the roar of his motorcycle as she stood out on the small back patio, looking into the dense trees behind his house in the afternoon light.

“I brought some more food,” he said as he walked in with a few bags hanging off of his arms.

Zuri walked back into house dressed in the clothes she’d been wearing Saturday night.

“Going somewhere?”

“I have to go in to work tonight.” She tried not to look at him but she couldn’t help noticing the look of reluctance on his face.

“Oh, I also found these for you.” He reached into one of the bags and pulled out a stack of three books. Zuri walked over and took them from his hands. Another Hemingway novel, Dickens, and Faulkner.

“Where did you get these?” She looked up at him.

“A friend.” He looked away and set himself to the task of unloading groceries in the kitchen.

Zuri let her hands trace over the covers of the books. They were new. They weren’t from a friend.

“Thank you,” she said softly. It was surprisingly thoughtful and she was certain that Chaz didn’t make a habit of thoughtful actions.

“I have some good news,” Chaz said from the kitchen. “We have a promising lead. I’m investigating tonight but…it looks good.”

Zuri put the books down on the kitchen table and walked closer to where Chaz was in the kitchen.

“That’s great.” She desperately wanted to pepper him with questions but she knew now that he told her as much as he wanted to tell her.

“I’ll drive you into town, to the Smoke Stack, and I’ll have someone else drive you home…” his voice faltered. “Back here I mean.”

Zuri nodded. “Maybe I could go back to my apartment to get some clothes?”

“Sure, I’ll let my guy know.”

Zuri took her new books and put them next to the queen bed. Could she ever get used to living in a place like this? She looked around herself, at the solitary nature of living on the outside. Quickly she relinquished the thought.

That night she went in to the Smoke Stack to find a large section of patched wall.

“How are things?” Zuri asked Greg as she walked behind the bar.

“Not good. There was full on fight here the other night.” He gestured to the damaged wall. “And Sandy never showed for her shift yesterday, can’t get ahold of her, just a plain no show.”

“Sandy?” Zuri stopped. “You’ve tried calling her?”

“Of course I’ve tried calling her. Left messages, I even sent Kevin around to her place but she didn’t answer.” Greg knocked over a glass and it shattered on the ground.

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