As Long As You Both Shall Live: A Christian Contemporary Romance with Suspense (Dangerous Series Book 2) by Rodante Linda K

Author:Rodante, Linda K. [Rodante, Linda K.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Lone Mesa Publishing
Published: 2016-02-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The cell phone’s bouncing melody thrust its way into John’s consciousness. He shook himself awake and took a moment to orient himself. Sharee’s apartment. Okay. The hard couch. Okay.

The phone fell silent.

He stretched to see the clock. 8:00 A.M. He hadn’t slept long, and he’d tossed and turned most of that time. He stretched his neck, releasing the kinks. The first thing they needed when they married was a comfortable couch. Yeah. A comfortable couch. In case, he had to sleep on it for another reason.

The phone’s melody began once more. Sharee’s purse still sat on the end table. He reached, grabbed it, and fumbled the phone out of it, pushing the button that showed an incoming call.

“Yeah?” The roughness of sleep sounded in his voice, and he cleared his throat. “Yeah? Hello?”

On the other end, another throat cleared. “Hel…lo?” Sharee’s father’s voice lifted the last syllable.

John jerked upright. His feet hit the floor. Why had he answered her phone? “Uh…Sir?”

“Hello, John. Just calling to…that is, just wondering how my little girl was doing this morning.”

Little girl. John remembered the way she’d looked last night and forked a hand through his hair. Right.

“Sharee’s fine, Sir. She’s still asleep. I mean I’m sure she’s fine. She’s in bed…I …” He stopped and closed his eyes. What am I saying? Silence filled the phone line. He sent a look heavenward, took a deep breath, and started over. “Look, I’m on the couch. She’s in her bedroom. There was an accident last night, and I didn’t want her to be alone.”

The quiet this time lasted three long seconds. “I think,” Brian Jones said in an even tone, “that at a later date, we’ll have a good laugh about this, but right now…I just received a call that said she was run off the road last night and chased through a field.”

“That is correct.”

“I’m assuming, since you’re both there, and not at the hospital, that she’s okay.”

“Yes. She was scared, of course, but okay.”

“You want to tell me about it?”

John gave the details of what happened. “My fault. I let her talk me into driving herself home. I didn’t feel right about it, but I gave in.”

“I thought she wasn’t supposed to be driving, anyway.”

“Well, Sir…”

“You can drop the Sir.”

John grinned to himself. “I’m trying to, believe me.”

Brian Jones chuckled. “I understand. I appreciate you staying the night—on the couch. Sharee means a lot to me, to both her mother and me, as she does to you. Why was she driving, or do I need to ask?”

“I think you realize your daughter is a…an independent woman. She couldn’t get in touch with me and felt the need to drive to church on her own. And then, of course, she wanted to drive home.”

“I understand.” The smile in his voice changed to a serious note. “My friends in the Sheriff’s office here have made contact with the detective assigned to this case. A Detective Shepherd. He should be contacting Sharee today. What can you tell me about Ted Hogan?”

“You do have good information.

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