Bishop (Skin Walkers Book 3) by Susan Bliler

Author:Susan Bliler [Bliler, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Bishop knew he was being unfair. He knew it, but it couldn’t be helped. Even Jenny’s revelation of the abuse she’d suffered only served to temporarily stall out his wounded pride. He was disgusted with himself now too because he knew that’s exactly what it was. Jenny had pricked his stupid manly ego, and it stung.

Riding in silence, it grew torturous, and he tried to find some middle-of-the-ground conversation. He came up with nothing and opted to keep silent. It was hard to do considering how Jenny looked like a wounded kitten, all huddled in her seat and avoiding his gaze.

Three hours later they pulled through the front gates at StoneCrow and Jenny shifted nervously in her seat.

“Now what?” she asked.

“I called ahead and secured you a cabin.”

“I don’t need to stay at the estate, Bishop, my place in the city…”

“No,” he cut her off. “I need you close. You’ll stay in one of the cabins. For now, we’ll keep the affliction to ourselves, just like you wanted. We’ll give each other space, just like you wanted. We’ll see what happens. Just like you wanted.”

He watched her lips purse like she didn’t like any of what he said, but when she spoke, all she asked was, “An-and you? Where are you staying?”

“I have my own cabin.” He didn’t tell her that his was two down from hers. He didn’t tell her that the one cabin separating theirs from each other was vacant. He didn’t say anything else until he pulled up to a small cabin in line with others on the other side of the giant hedgerow behind the main estate house. Jerking his chin toward it, he didn’t look at Jenny when he told her. “That’s you. I had Ash retrieve some of your things from town. Your suitcase’ll be in the bedroom.”

She reached for the door handle but stopped. “I’ll…I’ll need to see you in the infirmary. We’re both overdue for injections, and I really need a blood samples.”

“Monroe has suspended you from practice.”

He could tell by the way her jaw slackened, and her eyes grew wide that she was shocked by the admission.

“What did you think was gonna happen, Jen? You get to play God in there and suffer no consequences?”

“But my patients. They need me.”

“Yeah,” he scrubbed a hand down his tired features. “You should’ve thought of that.” Turning, he leveled her with a look. “Right?” For some reason, it was important that she agree with him on that.

“Yeah,” she muttered. “I should have. I should have thought about a lot, Bishop.”

She reached for him, and he caught her wrist, his eyes going hard as he looked at her hand then at her. “Don’t. You don’t have the right to touch me, Jenny.”

She pulled her hand back and scrambled from the car, and he felt gutted when she raced into the cabin and slammed the door.

He told himself it was for the best as he drove past the vacant cabin and then parked at the next one.

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