Constant by Rachel Higginson

Author:Rachel Higginson [Higginson, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Reckless Siren Publishing
Published: 2017-11-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Present Day

I stepped out of my bathroom and glared at my phone where it was still plugged into the outlet by my nightstand.

“This is stupid.” I didn’t know if I was talking myself or the phone.

The clock read 6:57. My hair was half styled and I was wearing a bra, matching panties, and my thin, short-sleeve robe. It was time to call cabin eleven and give Sayer his first wake-up call.

I loathed the idea. Everything inside me rebelled against it. I mean, how long was I going to let this guy hold me hostage?

Granted it was only Wednesday morning, but I was already annoyed.

And yet I couldn’t risk the fallout should I not follow through with Sayer’s request. Would he turn me in to the bratva? The Colorado police? To the FBI? Who was he working for these days? And how much danger was I in?

See? There were too many unanswered questions to play this one loose. I was just going to have to suck it up and deal with it. Besides, it was only a wake-up call. I was still safe at home even. This was part of my job.

I cleared my throat in preparation of making the call. And then I cleared it again. “Stop being stupid, Caroline, just make the dumb call.”

I closed my eyes and prayed that it would keep ringing, that he wouldn’t be mean enough to answer, but—

“Hello?”

Uh… Uh… Blank.

“Uh…” I pinched my nose and forced my brain to ignore the sleepy way he answered and the weirdness of hearing Sayer’s voice on the other end of a phone call after all this time. “Uh, this is Caroline with your daily wake-up call.”

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Most of all was my groggy voice from my still sleepy body. I wanted to sound professional on the phone. Firm, yet sophisticated. Instead, I sounded like I’d just rolled out of bed and I needed to be quiet so my gentleman lover didn’t overhear.

Which would have been fine if I had a gentleman lover!

“You sound like you’re going to launch into the airplane safety speech, Caroline.” He emphasized my name. His words were cutting, meant to be harsh. “Try it again.”

“You want me to try to wake you up… again?”

“Yes.” He sounded fully awake now. I could hear him moving around on the other end.

“I’m not going to—”

“One more time,” he ordered. “With feeling.”

I sunk down on the edge of my bed, taking a handful of comforter in my hand and crushing it in my grip until my knuckles turned white. With all the energy of a cracked-out chipmunk, I pasted on a fake smile and singsonged, “Good moooorning!” with as much pep as possible. “Time to wake-uuuuup!”

He sighed heavily, like he was disappointed in me. “Yeah, that’s not working for me.”

Juliet appeared in my doorway, rubbing her sleepy eyes with one hand and holding her blankie in the other. I quickly threw one finger over my lips, warning her to be quiet.

She made a whimpering sound and I flung open my arm for her to cuddle into.

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