Aevar: Trekkers (A SciFi Alien Human Military Romance) by Terra Wolf & Juno Wells

Author:Terra Wolf & Juno Wells [Wolf, Terra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 4

Penelope

I stood there waiting, with Camden's car seat clutched in my hand like it was a lifeline. It was a brisk fall day, but there was sweat dripping down my face. Why was I doing this? After not speaking to Harrison for a year, I was just going to show up here? What the hell did I expect? That he would take Camden and I in and protect us? This whole thing was entirely crazy. But it wasn’t for me, it was for Camden’s safety. I would do anything for my baby. I raised my shaky hand and pressed the doorbell and waited. It only took a moment before Harrison's face appeared behind the glass door. He didn’t look any different. Same messy hair, same beautiful body that immediately turned me on. Same gray eyes that pulled me into him so quickly I could hardly breathe. But as my eyes settled on his, I realized he had a very confused look, and every right to look that way.

“Penelope?”

I smiled at him feebly. “We need to talk.”

He looked down at the car seat I was holding and his eyes grew wide. Clearly he assessed the situation pretty quickly. I shouldn’t have expected any less from a detective. He opened the door and I stepped in. “It's been a long time. How have you been?” he asked anxiously.

“Busy.” I held up the car seat. “You have somewhere I can set him down? He's sleeping.”

He nodded and extended his hand. I followed his direction, walking into the kitchen. I put Camden down on the floor and sat down at the table. My hands were shaking. I had to get this out. I needed to get help.

“How have you been?”

He stood next to the refrigerator with his arms crossed. He was directly between me and the car seat. The baby, his baby. “Fine. Just a little bit crazy.”

“Yeah. I saw. They're talking about it all over the news. You’ve had twenty unsolved cases in the past couple months? That mustn’t make you very happy.”

“No,” he said roughly. “Is that why you're here?”

“No, it's not.”

“Then tell me what all this is about.”

I didn’t respond right away. I looked at my hands.

He continued. “I mean you just left that morning, you didn't even say goodbye.”

“I know, and I've thought about the morning since then…”

“So have I.”

He thought about me? That wasn't something I was expecting him to say. He seemed so standoffish, like it was just a simple one night stand. I was surprised he even remembered my name.

“So I think I need to start at the beginning. Can you sit down? You're making me nervous.”

He pulled out a chair from the kitchen table and sat across from me. As soon as he sat down he looked tense, which didn’t help my nerves. He folded his arms again like he was assessing me. He had to know what I wanted. But I couldn't blame him. I just showed up on his doorstep after a year of not speaking to him, with a baby.

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