Green Lake by S.K. Epperson

Author:S.K. Epperson [Epperson, S.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-14T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Eris felt sick. He had been sick ever since he touched her for the first time, and the feeling wasn't going away. His stomach felt as if it were lodged in his throat and parts of his body ached when he was away from her. He fought to keep things as normal and routine as possible, but his thoughts never strayed from her for very long, and what used to be a simple job for him was now a daily test in concentration.

At moments he was angry with her for screwing him up so badly, for taking his life into her small white hands and turning it inside out. The rest of the time he didn't care what she did to him, as long as she went on doing it the way she was doing it. For the first time in his life he felt right. A woman finally cared about him and enjoyed being intimate with him. And this was no ordinary woman. This was Madeleine. He had never known anyone like her. No one had ever looked at him the way she did, or made him so aware of himself as a man.

He shifted in his seat as he drove and fought to think of anything else.

It was useless. He kept remembering what it felt like to be inside her. How small she was. How soft her mouth was.

He made a noise of frustration and made himself concentrate on his surroundings, only to think of the quick breakfast she had made for him. If Eris wasn't smitten before, he fell hard when she joined him at the sink to eat that morning. Any other woman might have complained about the absence of a table and chairs. Not Madeleine. She wasn't interested in changing anything about him, only in sharing with him.

The sick feeling in him intensified when he thought of her someday leaving.

Then he forced himself not to think about it. He couldn't, if he wanted to function normally.

He thought he was seeing things when he drove past the Haven and saw Ronnie Lyman stroll in the door.

Eris pulled in and turned off the truck. He took off his glasses and walked inside to find Lyman talking to the man behind the counter.

Lyman turned when he heard Eris's footsteps, and when he saw Eris he backed up and said, “Don't mess with me, okay? I'm just talkin' to the man here about what he saw the day my daughter disappeared.”

“I didn't see nothin’,” the man said.

Eris advanced on Lyman and grabbed him by the collar to haul him out of the store. Outside he shoved him against a green Grand Prix and said, “We both know your daughter didn't disappear, but you might if I ever catch you around here again.”

Lyman's eyes widened. “That little bitch,” he said incredulously. “When did she talk to you?”

Eris ignored him. “The police have some questions, Ronnie. And a lot of people would like to kick the shit out of you. I'm one of them.

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