Jasper by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781778863172
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2024-05-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

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Amber overheard the conversation and cried out, now sitting up in the bed, staring at Jasper.

“When did it happen?” Jasper asked, wanting to calm her down, but that would not be an easy thing. She was already up and pacing around the bedroom, but he could see the pain with her every step. He pulled her into his arms and just held her, rocking her back and forth, while she sobbed silently against his chest.

“About two o’clock this morning,” Markus replied. “I’m on the scene right now. Did she have any pets or anything?”

“No pets, thank God, and I brought her here just after midnight, I would say probably one-thirty a.m. or so. I’ll have to check the security cameras to see what time we pulled in.” He hesitated, then added, “I will tell you that we were followed too.”

Markus sighed, as he digested that information. “She’s definitely on somebody’s shit list.”

“Yeah, she definitely is,” Jasper confirmed. “You may recall that my place is pretty heavily secured, so it seemed like the thing to do, once I realized she was under surveillance.”

“I remember Mason saying something about Tesla’s family being heavy into security.”

“Yeah, especially in this business. I own my family home, and … it’s pretty-well secured.”

He released her, and she sank back onto the bed, still digesting the reality that her little apartment had been destroyed. Then she had to remind herself that she could have been gone with it, if it weren’t for Jasper right now, who had dragged her out of bed just after midnight, telling her that he wasn’t happy and wanted to move them. She didn’t know whether instincts or something more had led to this, but, damn, she owed him more than ever now.

She didn’t have a problem being grateful for somebody else’s actions, but she still was struggling with the loss of her place, with the intrusion, with the freedom it once represented. When he’d mentioned something about pets, it reminded her how dangerous it would be to even have a pet right now. She’d thought about getting a cat again, but not now.

No sooner had Jasper gotten off the phone from Markus, than her phone rang and his right afterward. It seemed the news had gotten out, and she spent the next twenty or thirty minutes calming down several coworkers, who had just heard the news, letting them all know that she was safe and out of her apartment at the time of the fire.

Of course several of them had theories as to what was going on, but none were based on any proof, and all she could do was smile, and say that she would take care of it. By the time she finally hung up, she was shaking. Feeling his gaze, she looked over to find Jasper studying her. “I’m fine,” she said. “I’ve just lost my apartment and everything I left behind, but I’m okay.”

“Good, I’m glad you’re holding up. This isn’t easy for anybody.”

“Maybe,” she murmured, “but better that I wasn’t at home when it happened.

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