Elli (A Second Chance Novel Book 1) by DeSalvo Tina

Author:DeSalvo, Tina [DeSalvo, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-04-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

I am so very, very tired today. I wish you good health, E.

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Ben climbed out of his truck, glad to be back home and so close to his bed. The Hyacinthians’ Ball was torturous. He hated the monotonous presentation of the court. Watching people pretending to be royalty, prancing around the civic center auditorium, was enough to make a man want to hide in the mosquito-infested swamp behind it. He was glad Joey was sleeping at his grandmother’s tonight. That meant he didn’t have to deal with a sitter and delaying needed sleep.

Ben walked into his bedroom and didn’t bother to turn on the light. The front galerie light was on and shone through the small slit in the curtain to provide enough illumination for him to get around. He tossed his jacket and tie onto the bed and unbuttoned the top three buttons of his shirt. As he kicked off his shoes, he noticed a shadow walk past his window. Ben waited a minute for it to reappear. When it didn’t, he started unbuttoning his shirt again. The sound of something falling echoed outside. He rushed to the curtain and looked out. A pink hue cast onto the brightened galerie. Ben started to open the window when he heard a woman scream. It was Elli. She was staring right at him, not recognizing him, then turned and started to run.

“Shit.” He shoved the window open. “Elli. Elli. It’s me. Wait.” She looked over her shoulder and climbed in through the spare bedroom window. Ben raced after her. The woman still didn’t recognize him.

“Ben!” Elli shouted as soon as he climbed through the other window, into the house. She rushed into his arms and hugged him. “I thought it was happening again! I saw a figure in the window and…and…” She lifted her cell phone. She had called 9-1-1. “I was calling the fire department. I didn’t want the plantation house to burn down.”

“Nine-one-one operator, may I help you,” a voice said distantly on the phone.

“False alarm,” Ben said after grabbing the phone. He disconnected the call. The phone immediately rang.

“Ben? Is that you?” He recognized the voice of his cousin, Rachel, who worked at 9-1-1. “I know your voice, Ben, but this isn’t your number on caller-ID.”

“It’s the Texian’s cell phone. She called you by mistake.”

“You know, I need to confirm that,” Rachel said, a smile in her voice. “Procedure. If I don’t hear it was a mistake from the person making the call, then I have to dispatch a deputy.”

“For God’s sake, Rachel.” He ran his hands through his hair. “You don’t even know where to send a deputy.”

“I assume it’s Sugar Mill.”

Ben thrust the phone at Elli. “You have to talk to her. She was always a brat.”

“Hello,” Elli said, biting back a grin. She listened to Rachel a moment, then looked at him. “She said she heard what you said.” Elli’s eyes were round and bright. He was just too damn tired to be dealing with this bullshit.

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