After the Storm by M. Stratton

Author:M. Stratton [Stratton, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: M. Stratton
Published: 2013-10-24T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

TWELVE

Lexi woke up and stretched, then stopped. Something was different, she felt like she’d had a nightmare she couldn’t remember. She opened her eyes and didn’t recognize the room she was in.

Everything from last night came flooding back to her and she sat up, looking around for an escape. The morning sun was partially blocked by the drawn curtains. She couldn’t move, wondering if Anthony had gotten her while she’d slept. She felt like her body weighed a ton as the fear flowed through her. She couldn’t focus mentally. After a moment, she was able to move when her eyes finally found Noah sleeping, sprawled in a chair. He looked so uncomfortable with his legs stretched out before him and his head resting on the high back of the chair. She closed her eyes and sighed, trying to relax. She flopped back down on the bed and looked up at the ceiling.

The last thing she remembered was getting into Noah’s car and him driving home. She looked over at him, knowing he couldn’t be comfortable. She didn’t want to wake him though, not sure how much sleep he’d actually gotten. She got out of bed and tiptoed quietly to the bathroom that she could see from bed. When she came back out, Noah was sitting up and running his hands over his face. He looked up when she approached. “Did you stay there all night?” She nodded toward his chair.

“I couldn’t leave you.” He sounded exhausted. “You were so scared last night and were sleeping so deeply when we got home that I didn’t want to wake you up and I wasn’t going to leave you alone at your house. You didn’t wake up when we got home, or when I picked you up and carried you up here.”

“Thank you, Noah.” She ran her hand over his hair. “I don’t think I had any nightmares last night, or if I did, I don’t remember. I must have known you were watching over me.” He rested his head on her stomach.

“I never signed up for this. I never wanted to watch over someone and be unable to help them. I never wanted any of this.” Noah fumed and stood up to pace the room. “Do you understand what it’s like to just sit here and watch this happen to you and know there is nothing that I can do?” He sat down on the chair with his head in his hands.

All of Lexi’s blood flooded to her face. “Well, no one asked you to, buddy.” She shoved him in the chest and started searching the room for her purse. “Consider yourself unsigned up. Go back to your rock and roll lifestyle. I don’t need you.” She felt like she was on an emotional roller coaster for the past day and didn’t need any more.

Lexi found her purse and turned to storm out of the door. Noah was up and out of the chair, knocking it over in an instant to block her way out.

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