Her Last Hour by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blake Pierce
Published: 2023-07-20T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Donna’s husband was running late, which was fine with her. She was running a little late, too, and wasn't prepared to throw together a hurried dinner. If Chris was going to be as late as he was saying—about eight or so—then they would end up eating separately anyway. Relieved that she didn't have to worry about the dinner, but also beyond that, Chris was going to be late, Donna slid last night's pasta leftovers into the microwave.

When she and Chris were married three years ago, they both knew that their schedules would be crazy. Chris had worked as a surgeon for the last nine years, and being that he was one of the best in the state, his schedule was usually fully booked. His final surgery of the day turned out to be a bit more complicated than he or his team had expected. He hadn't gone into details about it, but it had something to do with a patient's large intestine. In other words, not the sort of thing she wanted to be thinking about while she ate leftover pasta.

While Donna's schedule was also demanding, it wasn't as jam-packed and all over the place as Chris's usually was. She worked as a nurse at the same hospital Chris spent most of his time in. They had met during her second week on board, had started dating a month after that, and were married a year and a half later. Donna was used to the long nights in the early morning hours when Chris was called in for emergency surgeries. It could be irritating at times, but it was also one of the things she loved about him. He was very passionate about his work and truly loved saving lives. She had never heard him complain about the late-night calls or unexpected long hours.

She took her reheated dinner into the living room, where she sat on the couch and flipped on the TV. She had just settled on a sitcom re-run when her doorbell rang. She set her dinner down on the coffee table, walked over to the front door, and corrected it open just a bit. It was rare that she ever got visitors when Chris was at home, and when she did, it was usually one of the neighbors inviting them to a weekend cookout or some other high-end neighborhood activity. Sometimes it was high school students collecting donations for some activity or another.

Because it was the end of the day and she had pretty much deescalated into relaxation mode, she didn't think twice about opening the door when she saw the man standing on her porch, holding a small box with the infamous Amazon logo on the side. She didn't remember ordering anything recently but knew that Chris had a bad habit of binge-ordering books and records online.

It didn't occur to her that it was a bit strange for a delivery driver to knock on the door—especially when they had an Amazon package. Sometimes FedEx would require a signature, but not a UPS driver with an Amazon delivery.

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