I Found You by Lark Jane

Author:Lark, Jane [Lark, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
Goodreads: 18807454
Publisher: HarperImpulse
Published: 2013-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“Don’t look now but Lindy has just walked in,” Jason whispered.

I did look. She was with some guy. Jason was probably six foot one but this guy looked even taller. He was broader than Jason, too. He looked like he pumped weights because his biceps and his pecs were huge. The thighs his tight jeans hugged were pretty big too. Lindy looked tiny against him. She was probably only five-three.

Jason and I were sitting at a table at the back of the diner. I looked away and down, hoping they wouldn’t notice us.

Jason watched me. He’d been giving me odd looks for an hour as I struggled to find words to take part in any conversation. I had been sucked into a black hole again and now I was looking up through the tunnel at him. I wished this low, hollow feeling would go, but it would only leave when it wanted to go; I’d learned that much about myself.

“Rach, are you okay?”

No, I was sick and crazy in the eyes of the world, and fighting hard not to be.

His hand reached across the table and gripped mine. I wanted to pull it away. I didn’t, because I didn’t want to lose this nice guy.

But it was at times like this when I sought out the bad guys, to beat myself up with.

Hang on to him, Rachel, hang on.

Words came out at last, but they were probably irrational compared to his previous words. I couldn’t remember what he’d said. “I don’t care about anything but being with you. Thank you for standing by me, Jason. No one has ever done anything to defend me before.”

He lifted my fingers and kissed them. If my words were misplaced he didn’t show any sign they were. “Honey, you’re the most important thing to me, too. I’m always going to defend you.”

“But you also need your mom and dad, Jason.” As I said the words they pierced my chest and a physical pain descended on me.

“Not more than, you. I need, you, most, Rach.” He squeezed my hand.

“Jason.”

We both turned and looked up.

The guy who’d come in with Lindy stood beside our table. I hadn’t noticed him get close. I didn’t think Jason had either. But Jason didn’t look nervous, just a little awkward. He stood and lifted a hand. The guy took it and shook it. Then they surprised me, because they embraced, patting each other on the back.

“Hey Billy,” Jason said, as they broke apart.

“I see this isn’t a tail between the legs return then,” the other guy, said. Then, looking at me, he said, “Hi.”

His pitch was flat and his eyes a dark blue.

“This is Rachel Shears, Billy.” Jason then looked at me. “Rach, Billy’s my best friend here.”

“Here? I thought anywhere…” The guy looked back at Jason, with raised eyebrows.

“Anywhere,” Jason corrected, though he looked meaningfully at me, as if saying I was the exception.

I longed to be able to offer a bright smile, and chat as my brain fizzed with words.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.