Eminent Danger by Megan Fatheree

Author:Megan Fatheree
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2013-06-16T04:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

Sam pulled into Emily’s driveway and contemplated the situation she had laid before him the night prior. It made sense once she had explained it, but not now. There were too many variables. The evidence all supported her theory, but it still didn’t make sense. Why would a killer try to resuscitate his victim? Unless, of course, there had been a third party. It was so confusing.

He pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind and checked his reflection in the rearview mirror. Not too shabby. He got out of the car and strode confidently to her front door. He rang the doorbell and waited.

He could hear scuffling inside and a few exclamations of “ow”.

She opened the door with one hand. The other was sliding a shoe onto her foot. She smiled up at him.

“Come in, I’m almost ready,” she said.

He entered the room and glanced around. There was a blanket strewn halfway on the couch and halfway on the floor. The coffee table sat at a weird angle and there was a vase on the floor. It was cracked in half.

“Did you kill something in here, Em?” he asked.

She appeared from the hallway, trying to get an earring into her left ear.

“Huh?” she asked. She glanced around. “Oh. Um…I woke up late.” She disappeared again.

Sam rolled his eyes. She would regret leaving this mess later.

Finally, she appeared with her bag and a jacket.

“Ok. I’m ready. Do I look ok?” She did a turn.

Sam smiled. With her curly hair, red dress, and beautiful eyes, Emily looked more than ok. She looked gorgeous.

He nodded. “Yep. You look great.”

She smiled. “Good. We can go now.”

He offered his arm and she accepted. He wondered if it would feel like this every time he took her somewhere.

Probably, he finally conceded.

After he had helped Emily into the car and shut his own door, he turned to smile at her. “So, what actually happened to your living room?”

She bit her lip. “You rang the doorbell and I tried to answer the door while putting on shoes. Needless to say, it wasn’t pretty. I tripped over the blanket, ran into the coffee table, and broke a vase.”

He laughed.

“I really did wake up late, though,” she clarified.

He nodded. Only Emily could make such a mess out of her living room in less than two minutes. That was part of the reason he loved her so much. She was way too adorable.

Emily remained silent the entire way to the church building. The tension was so thick Sam could have cut it with a knife. He knew that Emily was nervous, but he didn’t know that she was that nervous.

He parked the car and turned to face her.

“Em,” he said, “how nervous are you, really?”

She grimaced. “Extremely. I haven’t actually been to church in three months. People will ask where I’ve been. I can’t believe I let it get this far.”

She opened her door and got out.

Sam followed, waiting for an explanation, but none came. He really didn’t want to pry that far, so he let the matter drop.

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