Flight Risk (Antiques in Flight) by Helm Nicole

Author:Helm, Nicole [Helm, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2013-08-26T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Gutted didn’t begin to describe the clawing, empty feeling in his chest. Trevor pulled his car into the driveway and sat, foot on the brake, staring at the house in front of him.

Callie watched him in that quiet way she had acquired since the last time he’d been home. Two years ago she would have ignored what had happened, which he would prefer at the moment, or she would have told him to get over it.

He could still feel Shelby clutching him, could still feel her body shake as she’d said those words. Please don’t leave me.

That lump was in his throat again, and he couldn’t swallow it away. The weird burning sensation behind his eyes. All of those same things he’d dealt with when Shelby had accused him of being a terrible brother, of caring more about everyone else.

True, hurtful words, but they were no match to Shelby’s desperate plea. Trevor shoved the car into Park, not bothering to pull into the garage. He was being suffocated, pressed under a huge rock. He couldn’t breathe.

Without saying a word to Callie or sparing her a glance, he pushed out of the car, tearing at his tie. He couldn’t take a full breath and his heart began to hammer in his ears.

Jesus, what was happening?

“Trev?”

He stopped halfway to the house, bent over and rested his hands on his knees, desperate to catch a full breath.

“Trevor.” Callie’s voice was calm and her hand was strong and reassuring as it rested on his back. “Calm down. Just relax. Everything will be all right.”

He squeezed his eyes shut, horrified when something liquid and warm leaked out. He was not crying. No way. Not a chance. Steeles don’t cry. Not ever.

Callie’s hand rubbed right under his shoulder blade, and slowly her soothing words helped ease the rapid beating of his heart. “It’s all right. Everything will be fine. Slow down. Try to take a breath now.”

Trevor swallowed, managed one breath in and one breath out. He brushed at his cheeks with the back of his hand, hoping the darkness around them hid the action. He jerked his body upright. “I’m okay.” His throat felt raw and achy.

Callie’s hand remained on his back, rubbing a calming circle. “Was that a panic attack or something?”

“Hell if I know.”

“What did Shelby say to you?”

Trevor looked up. Callie’s expression was something between fear and anger, her question somewhere between concern and accusation.

“She said…” Trevor cleared his throat, opened his mouth to say the words, but they wouldn’t come out. Not without the lump, the weird heat behind his eyes. “Doesn’t matter.”

Callie stepped in front of him now and placed a hand on his chest, just above his heart. “Tell me what she said.”

He put his hand over hers. There was something in the moment he wanted to keep. This strange sensation wrapping around all the pain and fear and misery. Callie’s hand on his heart, he wanted that.

He cleared his throat again. “She said she didn’t want me to leave.

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