Amish Christmas Emergency--Faith in the Face of Crime by Dana R. Lynn

Author:Dana R. Lynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-08-08T22:13:51+00:00

TEN

Alexa had no idea what to say to him. She had thought about Gavin’s story all evening. She’d even tried to talk with him a time or two about it. To no avail. Gavin had decided to shut her out. Why? Because of his feeling that he’d let his uncle die.

When he’d left the safe house around eight, she was exhausted. She tried to listen as Claire Zerosky chattered to her, but in the end, begged off early, claiming she had a headache.

It wasn’t a lie. But her heart hurt as much, if not more, than her head. She had understood what Gavin was telling her in the car. He was letting her know that once the case was solved and her stalker was caught, he would be out of her life. Just like her father, who’d abandoned her so many years ago. Just like her mother or her brother. Even Brett, the man she’d thought she’d grow old with, was gone.

It didn’t matter. It was just one more sign that she was right. People left her. Maybe not by choice. Maybe there were extenuating circumstances, but it didn’t change the outcome. No one stayed for her.

Well, at least Gavin had let her know they had no future. Now all she needed to do was figure out how to keep herself from falling the rest of the way for a man who had no intention of sticking around.

At around five in the morning, she gave up trying to sleep and went downstairs. Gavin wasn’t there yet, but Claire was up. Alexa gave her a smile and went into the kitchen to fix breakfast.

“You want something, Claire?” she called out to the other woman.

“Nah. It’s too early to eat. I just made some coffee, though. Help yourself.”

Alexa loved the aroma of coffee, but hadn’t learned to like the bitter taste. And with her diabetes, she couldn’t add enough creamer to make it palatable without making her blood sugar go crazy. She stuck with water and tea.

She brought her omelet to the table to eat it. Her eyes fell on the Bible that Gavin had insisted she take. She hadn’t wanted to, but now, she had to admit to being curious. Slowly she began to leaf through it as she ate. Some of the passages were unclear. She decided that she really liked some of the books in the New Testament. Not that she was a believer yet. It would take more reading and study, but she was interested enough to do that. It might need to wait until the current situation was resolved.

Gavin arrived at eight. He strolled in looking like he hadn’t had any more sleep than she had. His greeting, however, was casual. He wasn’t letting on that anything had bothered him.

“Hey, there, Zee, Alexa. What do ya know?”

Alexa. Not Lexie. She hadn’t realized how much she liked hearing the nickname in his deep voice.

“Hey, Jackson. You’re early.” Claire stood and stretched. “I wasn’t expecting you until ten.”

From where she sat, Alexa could see the tide of red sweeping up the back of his neck.

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