Forget Me Not by Marliss Melton

Author:Marliss Melton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Prisoners of War, United States, Escapes, Married People, Contemporary, General, Romance, Romantic Suspense Fiction, Suspense, Amnesia, Fiction, Love Stories
ISBN: 9780446614825
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2004-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Gabe stared at the fragments of light that moved from opposite sides of his ceiling and came into a starburst at the center. A car was passing along the street below him—the eleventh car that night. He held his breath until the sound of the motor faded into the distance. It was just another car, not a would-be assassin coming to hunt him down.

He hadn't slept a wink as yet. In a fit of rebellion he'd ground up his sleeping pills—symbols of his ineptitude—in the kitchen disposal. Christ, he couldn't even sleep when he wanted to! Next he would have trouble pissing on demand.

He punched up his pillow and shifted onto his side. If he didn't have so many thoughts ricocheting through his brain, he'd sleep just fine, he assured himself. His reunion with the XO tonight had set off all kinds of strange memories. They flitted through his mind, shadowy images accompanied by shards of remembered pain. None of it made any sense.

Or did it? Maybe Miller had had something to do with his supposed death in the warehouse a year ago. That would explain the dark foreboding that had risen up in him at the sight of his XO. That would explain Miller's nervousness. Or was there another reason Miller had been less than thrilled to see him?

Gabe hadn't missed the downward sweep of the man's eyes as he ogled Helen's cleavage. Nor was he immune to the tension that had arced between the XO and his wife.

Had Helen and Miller started something? Were they having an affair? If so, then it had definitely gone sour, given the veiled dislike in Helen's eyes. But Miller was clearly still intrigued. Had he wanted Helen badly enough to eliminate his own teammate?

Gabe ground the heel of his palm into his aching right eye and willed his blood pressure to subside. It wouldn't do him any good to lie here simmering. He'd confront Helen in the morning, let her explain that burning look in Miller's eyes.

At least his men were in port. That meant he could contact them tomorrow, arrange for a meeting. Then he'd get their insights about the night he disappeared.

God damn it, he couldn't stand so many loose ends, trailing into dark, mysterious corners! If he could only recollect that night, then he would know whether someone had turned on him.

With a whispered curse, Gabe swung his feet to the floor. He wasn't going to fall asleep, not with such weighty thoughts circuiting his brain.

The only thing that would comfort him now was Helen.

He gave a groan, dropping his face into his hands. She would be lying in her bed right now, her limbs soft and pliant with sleep. All he had to do was to cruise down the hall and slip into her bed. He had reason to guess he would encounter a minimum 'of resistance. I need you. I need you, she'd whispered in the car.

And while those words had filled him with triumph, they'd left him yearning for more.

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