Devil Hour: A Samantha Hainsley Cozy Ghost Mystery (Things That Go Bump in the Night Book 1) by Bourgeois Sara

Author:Bourgeois, Sara [Bourgeois, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-04-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Camron took me out for milkshakes which was pretty much the sweetest thing ever. We sat and talked for a couple of hours, and then he took me home. He and Tanner had the house emptied out by eleven.

John was gone by the time we got back. I’d need to call him. I don’t know why, but it felt like we should clear the air. I wasn’t his girlfriend, but it also didn’t feel right to keep stringing him along. Not going out with John was supposed to keep my life simple, but now even not dating John was getting complicated.

I needed new friends. But, maybe I didn’t. I had my house and Cameron, so perhaps that was all I needed. Shutting out all of the old stuff from before I got this place would make things easier.

What was I saying? I suddenly felt confused and very anxious. I looked up and saw a bottle of bourbon sitting on my coffee table. While I had said that I’d stop drinking, it wouldn’t hurt to have a little more. I’d quit tomorrow.

The bottle was almost half full, but somehow, I’d managed to finish it in just under thirty minutes. I tried to stand up so I could go to the kitchen and get a glass of water, and the room tilted.

I could also swear that the shadows in the corner of the living room had moved toward me. I blinked my eyes, and then rubbed them with the backs of my hands. When I looked again, everything was where it was supposed to be. It didn’t help.

The room being righted again made my stomach churn, and I felt the acidic mix of booze and milkshake bubble up into the back of my throat. I found my feet and sprinted as fast as my heavy, drunk legs could carry me to the little guest bathroom that was added under the stairs between the hallway and the dividing wall.

I opened the door and fell to my knees. I’ll spare you the details on my being sick, but I was in there for what felt like an hour. Every time I thought I had to be done, it would start all over again. When the episode was finally over, I was left shaking and sweating on the bathroom floor. I had my arms curled around the toilet like I was hugging an old friend.

Just before I could pass out with my face resting on the commode seat, someone grabbed my hair and yanked it back hard. My eyes flew open and found no one there, but there were footsteps up the stairs. They moved down the upstairs hall to the empty bedroom. That door slammed, and it took everything in me to stifle the scream.

Adrenaline shot through me, and I got up from the bathroom floor and ran out the front door. I managed to have the presence of mind to grab my purse on the way out. From the curb, I searched through my bag for my cell phone without taking my eyes of the front door.

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