Hall, Jessica by Into the Fire

Author:Into the Fire [Fire, Into the]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-12-21T02:02:35+00:00

While Sable slept, J. D. stared at the chinking between the wooden planks of the ceiling. Several hours passed before he gave up on sleep and got out of the tiny bed. He watched as she rolled toward the now-empty space in the bed, unconsciously reaching for him before snuggling into his pillow.

He didn't have to stand there and look at her, but he did. There was just enough light for him to see the serenity of her face as she slept on. Enough to penetrate the thin stuff of her nightgown and outline the way her breasts swelled and curved on either side of the buttons, the jut of the blunt angles of her hipbones, and the suggestion of a dark triangle at the top of her thighs.

He was tired, and bruised, and still as painfully erect as he'd gotten the moment he'd lain down beside her.

Get away from her before you do something more stupid than losing her at the hospital.

A quick check downstairs revealed that Old Martin and his wife were also in bed asleep. Silently J. D. went to retrieve his cell phone where he had left it to dry out in the kitchen, then slipped out to the porch. He needed time to think, to talk to his partner, to find out what was happening back in the city. He also needed to put some space between his imagination and Sable's body.

Once outside, he switched on the phone and was gratified to see it was working again. He checked his watch—2:34 A.M.—then dialed Terri Vincent's home phone number.

It rang six times before a disgruntled female voice slurred, "'Lo?"

"Terri, it's me."

"I just got to sleep—me had better be God." There was a rustling sound, and a groan. "J. D.?"

He smiled in spite of his brooding mood. "How many partners do you have?"

"More than I can handle." She yawned noisily. "After he was done gnawing on my posterior, Captain Pellerin said to tell you that if you're not sick or dead, that you're on administrative suspension, effective yesterday. So tell me you're puking up a lung."

He could imagine what their boss had said to her, punctuated in words of four letters and little compassion. "I got shot at tonight—does that count?"

"Only if he hit a vital organ." There was a click and an inhalation as Terri lit a cigarette. "Who's shooting at you and how can I reward him?"

He gave her the details of what had occurred since he'd brought Sable to Mercy Hospital earlier that day. "We're okay now," he added at the end, "but I need to move her to a secure location."

Terri exhaled. "So bring her in and we'll put her into protective custody, like we were supposed to this morning. Our safe house is extremely secure, and it's protected by some very large, mean men with many guns."

"No." What he planned to do would likely cost him his career, but he couldn't think about that now. He couldn't trust Sable's safety to anyone else, not until they nailed whoever was trying to kill her.

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