Greyson (The K9 Files) by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, romance
ISBN: 9781773363080
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2020-09-14T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Jessica couldn’t sleep. She couldn’t rest, and no way she would move more than a foot away from her son. It was now midmorning. The sun was up high; she’d had one pot of coffee and sat at the kitchen table, wondering how she would get through the day. She wouldn’t nap until her son did, and he was looking a little bit groggy and uncertain too.

The paramedics on the ambulance had checked Danny over and said that she could take him to the hospital if she was still worried, but they were confident that Danny would be just fine. She decided that she’d make an appointment with her doctor later if she was concerned.

The police had given her a lift home. Her son was a little cranky and maybe not feeling great, but he also wasn’t tired enough to sleep. He sat on the floor next to the couch, playing with some blocks. She sat at the kitchen table, just feet away from him, watching his every move.

In the back of her mind she still couldn’t believe all that had happened. It was just too unbelievable, too scary to think about. Not only had that asshole made it into her house, but he’d stolen her son right out from under her. And if he could do that—

When the doorbell rang, she froze. Danny looked up at her, and his little face screwed up as if he would cry. She quickly picked him up in her arms and said, “It’s okay, sweetie.” When she heard a voice calling out from the door, she recognized it as Greyson’s.

She walked to the front door, unlocked it, but left the chain on and peered through. It was definitely him, and he was alone.

Smiling, he said, “I’m glad you kept the chain on.”

She quickly undid the chain and let him in. “I don’t think I’ll ever not keep the chain on again,” she said. “I’ll be lucky if I ever sleep again.”

He leaned over, kissed her gently on the temple, and said, “Understood.” He looked down at Danny in her arms and smiled. “How you doing, buddy?”

Danny just looked up and rubbed his eyes.

“Bad night, rough morning,” she said. “The ambulance paramedics gave him a clean bill of health but said, if I grew concerned, I could either go to the hospital or go to my doctor later today.”

“And are you concerned? How is he?”

She shook her head. “Not really. I’m just exhausted, and, from the looks of him, so is he.” She stepped back a little farther and yawned.

He looked at her and said, “Looks like we’re all in the same shape.”

“I thought I had a little bit of sleep, but then I don’t know,” she said, rubbing her face. She closed and locked the door behind him, then moved the chain back over.

“Have you seen or heard anything since I left?”

“I had to deal with the police, the ambulance, and, other than that, no,” she said. “They dropped me off, and I just holed up here.

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