Crash & Burn (Into The Fire Series Book 10) by J.H. Croix

Author:J.H. Croix [Croix, J.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-11T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Rachel

“Oh my God, I’m so tired,” Charlie said, her hand resting on the slight curve of her belly as she sank into the chair beside my desk.

I hit save on the chart I was working on in our electronic record system and logged out. Spinning to face her, I smiled. “You look fucking gorgeous. You’re one of those women who does pregnant really well. If I ever get pregnant, I’m pretty sure I’ll hate you for looking this good.”

Charlie sighed and gave me a smile in return. “You’re just being nice. I’m not even that big yet, but it’s the morning sickness that’s making me miserable. It’s not limited to morning for me.” She sighed heavily.

I wasn’t going to argue that point with her. I’d personally held her hair back when she had a rough bout of vomiting the other afternoon. But she did look absolutely gorgeous. Her skin was glowing, and she somehow managed to look great, even if she wasn’t feeling too well at times. With her dark hair and gray eyes that somehow had a hint of violet in them, my best friend was gorgeous all on her own.

Her gaze sobered as she studied me. “I’m sorry I didn’t know Bruce was out,” she said softly.

We weren’t the kind of friends to tiptoe around subjects. Thank God.

“Um, that’s kind of a ridiculous thing to apologize for. It was just plain bad timing. The guy covering for Rex didn’t know what happened. Between Rex being out of town and Maisie off, it was the perfect time for Bruce to show up in Willow Brook. No one was around who knew he beat the shit out of me,” I said with a bitter laugh, tears hot behind my eyes.

“Hey,” Charlie said softly. “Don’t say it like that.”

“Trying to pretend it wasn’t as bad as it was doesn’t help me. That’s how I ended up backing into the whole mess with him anyway.”

Charlie’s mouth twisted to the side, and she leaned forward, catching my hand in hers and giving it a firm squeeze. “I’d hug you, but I don’t feel like standing up.”

I laughed. “I get it. We had a crazy busy day. You sure you want to go to Wildlands? You can’t drink anyway.”

Charlie shrugged. “I don’t go for the drinks, but for my friends. Even though I’m tired, we need to go. Jesse is meeting us there, and you need to not be all up in your head.”

After all was said and done, my friends pointed out they should’ve noticed I was making more and more excuses not to hang out with them. Part of that had been Bruce telling me who I could and couldn’t see, but the other part had been me, as Charlie put it, all up in my head.

Conveniently, today Bruce happened to be far from my thoughts, for the most part. Instead, Remy had a starring role. After last night, I didn’t know what the hell to think.

I didn’t know what expression crossed my face, but Charlie narrowed her eyes and cocked her head to the side.

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