Laurie's Wolves by Becca Jameson

Author:Becca Jameson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Hartwood Publishing
Published: 2015-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Mary’s hands shook as she opened the front door to her small preschool. What the hell had she become?

She didn’t recognize herself. What she’d considered gospel, literally and figuratively, for her entire life was slowly being stripped away. If she had been in her own hometown and put in front of a similar set of circumstances, she knew she would have reacted with the same intensity as the rest of the members of her congregation.

The reason? She was close to them. She didn’t believe they could do wrong. She’d known them her entire life.

But she was not at home in rural Oklahoma now. She was in her new town—where she’d lived only six months—and she found herself questioning the people who should be her peers.

Bottom line—she simply didn’t know any single person in town well enough to trust every word they said. And that was how she ended up doubting their choices.

Right?

She dropped her purse next to her desk with shaky hands. She knew she was lying to herself. She squeezed her eyes shut and leaned on the edge of the desk, gripping it with both hands. Her reason for doubting her faith and questioning the other parishioners of her church had nothing to do with how long she’d known them.

If she was honest with herself, it was the discovery about her own sexual orientation that rocked her world and caused her to question her beliefs. Before she’d met Jazmine, she’d never once realized she was attracted to women. She’d dated men her entire adult life. No, she hadn’t found herself overly interested in any of them, but that was a far cry from deciding she wasn’t fond of men in general.

She flopped down in the chair behind her desk and stared blankly into the room. No one else had arrived yet.

She was exhausted.

When her phone rang, she picked it up and smiled. Jazmine.

There was no denying the effect that woman had on her. Just seeing her name on the caller ID calmed her and made her heart race at the same time.

“Hey,” she breathed into the phone.

“You make it to work okay?”

“Yeah. You?”

“Yep. Still freaking out about that truck going by us last night?” Jaz chuckled. She was far less concerned about getting caught with Mary than vice versa.

“No. I’m sure you’re right. Whoever it was didn’t see anything.”

“Anything else happen this morning? I know you have to be tired. I am too. But you sound more off than usual.”

“I never slept at all, actually. There was a message from Ada, the pastor’s wife, when I got home. They freaking filled Zachary Masters’s condo with natural gas during the night. I didn’t get the message they were meeting until I left you. I called the cops anonymously. Oh, and they’re meeting again this evening.”

“Jesus. Those people won’t let up. Are you going to attend? I’m worried about you. I don’t want you to do anything dangerous.”

“I’m okay. I can’t pull out now. That would look even more suspicious. Besides, Lord knows what they might do next.

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