Chaotic Love by Eva Leon

Author:Eva Leon [Leon, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

Hands were gripping my shoulders, and someone was screaming. As Leena’s face came into focus, I realized it was me.

“Finn,” she said and shook me harder. “Snap out of it.”

She was so close, and for a second, I caught a whiff of something familiar over the scent of the food she’d brought down to me. It was the scent of tobacco smoke. Leena had been smoking.

I had one chance. The idea formed in my head in between sobs. It was as if it were the Muse come down from above to whisper inspiration in my ear. Before she stopped shaking me, I slid my hand into her apron pocket and felt my fingers curl around my prize.

Who knows what would happen to her when Damon found out how I’d gotten the lighter, but I didn’t care. It was a chance, and I had to take it.

“I’m okay,” I said as I slid the lighter under the covers. “I’m all right. I’m sorry. I must’ve dozed off and had a nightmare.”

“Well, you need to stop all that screaming before he comes back. I’ve brought you food,” she said and pointed to a tray on the table.

“And my pill?”

“Boss said you can have that when you eat,” she said and walked over to the table to sit down. “You eat. I give the pill.”

I had no choice. I got the feeling Leena didn’t like to upset Damon, so she appeared to have every intention of sitting there with me until I ate the food.

Oh, well.

The food would only help me with my plan, and everything would be easier once I got a fix. When my skin stopped crawling and my muscles stopped throbbing, I’d be able to put my plan in motion. Plus, I couldn’t set the house on fire with Leena there. She’d probably hit me over the head and take the lighter back, and at the very least, she’d put the fire out.

“Okay,” I said. “It smells delicious.”

It did. Damon was right about her cooking. I didn’t even have to taste it to know she was talented.

I sat down across from her and dug into the empanadas and meat stew. It’s what she made the night before, but the food was so fresh. It didn’t taste reheated at all, and I wondered if she’d made it new for me.

“Thank you,” I said when I’d polished it off. “It was very good.”

“You want more? Sir said to give you as much to eat as you want.”

“No, I’m good,” I said and patted my full belly. “But I would like my medicine. If I go too long, I’ll start to feel sick and all that food will be wasted.”

She pulled the one pill out of the other side of her apron and handed it to me. Either she or Damon was too smart to bring the whole bottle down. That was unfortunate, but the lighter had been good luck. I needed to remember that. Even better was that she didn’t notice the lighter was gone when she got the pill out of the apron pocket.

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