Kiss the Girl by Melissa Brayden

Author:Melissa Brayden [Brayden, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: FICTION / FIC018000 - Lesbian, FICTION / Romance / FIC027020 - Contemporary
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2014-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

It was just past three a.m. when Brooklyn bolted upright in bed, struggling to catch her breath. She looked wildly around the room, blinking against the darkness, trying to understand where she was and whether she was okay. She blew out a breath. It was just another nightmare. That was all. Only this one had been more powerful than any she’d had in recent history. She took another deep inhale, reminding herself from past experience that the best thing to do was to continue to breathe and wait for the dust to settle.

She was in the present.

She was safe.

And she was in control of her own life.

As life once again eased into the manageable square, she thought on the intensity of the nightmare. It made sense. As she’d drifted to sleep, she’d had a lot on her mind. Her overly loud inner monologue had been playing on a god-awful loop. So naturally her state of mind had exacerbated her typically unpleasant nightmare into a horrific one.

Tomorrow was, in all seriousness, weighing heavily on her mind.

This was the meeting she’d thought about, imagined, fantasized about on pretty much every difficult day of her childhood. Given, in her version, her birth mother had swooped in when she was still a kid to tell her that it had all been a horrible mistake. She’d then rescued her from whatever foster home she found herself living in and took her back home to live somewhere safe, secure, and happy.

Ironically, somewhere kind of like Avon, Connecticut.

She ran her fingers through her hair as she contemplated what to do with herself. She’d be so much better equipped to handle the next day if she could just work in a few valuable hours of REM. But there was no way she’d be able to sleep now. She was way too keyed up.

She looked to the wall to her right, knowing that just beyond it, Jessica slept soundly. She’d kept her promise and been good, keeping her hands to herself and opting for the second bedroom.

When they’d arrived at the little house on the lake, she’d been pleasantly surprised at its charm. While decidedly petite, it offered a cozy living room complete with soft quilts, a fireplace in the corner, and a set of rockers on the front porch. A small dock in the back extended a short distance into the lake. She’d sat on its edge with Jessica for a while before bed, talking, not talking. It had all been very peaceful. She appreciated Jessica’s attempt to keep her mind off all that terrified her. And her presence and proximity definitely kept her mind moving.

Unfortunately, in that moment, there was no Jessica to save her from herself. And sleep wasn’t going to happen. She could lie here for several more hours, twisting in insomnia, or do something she knew would be way more productive. So she made an executive decision, throwing the covers off her body.

Time for a late-night snack.

They’d picked up some groceries in town for breakfast in the morning, and she planned to take full advantage of them now.

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