Honeymoon Suite by Barbara Winkes

Author:Barbara Winkes [Winkes, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: series, romance, Police
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-08-20T23:00:00+00:00

Present

Emma’s hand shook a little as she disconnected the call, her heart beating fast. Kitty would be so thrilled about the chance to sell the exclusive designer collection of pens in her store. It was Emma who had sealed the deal for her, even though her mind was on so many other things these days. Okay, to be fair, her thoughts mostly revolved around imagining the wedding, and praying that Jayce was safe. She tried to tell herself that they’d been through this before, and Jayce knew how to do her job. It was hard to distract herself, even at work. Especially this time.

Now, however, she couldn’t stop smiling.

She couldn’t wait for Jayce to be back home, to share the good news. Even though their workdays were so different, they were always interested in each other’s. Emma’s job might not dramatically improve people’s lives, but the cards and gift she sold were tied to important occasions. Like weddings…

Today’s achievement was important to her for many reasons. She had successfully negotiated the deal without conjuring up the past, wondering if the person on the other end could be aware of her story, or parts of it.

The settlement money had made little difference, but time eventually had. Emma cast a look at her watch, realizing it was five minutes past time to close. There was no customer in the store, so she went to the front door and locked. She had barely turned around when there was a sharp rap against the glass. Spinning around, Emma wondered if she should make an exception, since there wasn’t much to do for her at home.

She was happily surprised to see Kitty—that was even better. She could tell her about the news right away. Emma unlocked the door again, blurting out,

“It’s great you’re coming by. We have something to celebrate! I would have called you later. I just got off the phone with—”

“Emma.”

Kitty didn’t sound happy, and it wasn’t until then that Emma realized Daniel was with her. The somber expression on his face sent a chill down her spine. This could only mean one thing.

“No.”

“Emma, it’s going to be okay,” he said, but that wasn’t all she heard. Between the lines, there were undertones confirming some of her worst fears. If okay was a state sometime in the future, it meant that Jayce wasn’t. For sure, Emma wasn’t either.

“No,” she said again. Apparently, that was all she was capable of.

Daniel took her by the shoulders and made her face him.

“Jayce’s cover got blown. She was shot, but she’ll be all right. I’m telling you the truth.”

Emma stared at him, struggling to process his words, part of her still wanting to deny that this was reality in the first place.

“How? What happened? Oh God, I need to go to the hospital.”

It was starting to sink in, the situation drastically altered from a moment ago.

“I’ll drive you,” he said, and Kitty nodded.

“I’ll close up here and catch up with you later.”

Emma made herself move, still caught up in a nightmare of her worst fears as she picked up her purse and keys.

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