Lawfully Held by Elle E. Kay

Author:Elle E. Kay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian romance, Christian romantic suspense, strong female lead, enemies to lovers, FBI, State Police, inspirational, comedy, humor, Christian fiction
Publisher: Faith Writes Publishing
Published: 2018-03-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

JUSTINE SMACKED HER palm to her forehead. "Mom, I need you to hear me."

"I hear you fine, dear, but I'm not your mother. We haven't been blessed with any children."

"A little help here, guys." She directed the question to her siblings.

Elisa shook her head, a sadness settled over her features that Justine would give anything to erase. "I don't know how to help."

Tony cleared his throat. "You're doing the right thing, Sis."

A doorbell rang, interrupting the family meeting. Justine jumped at the chance to escape and strode to the door. She wasn't sure who she'd been expecting, maybe a nurse, but the sight of Brady Hall with Lindy caught her off-guard. He hadn't called ahead to let her know he was bringing Lindy home.

"Thanks for keeping her." She bent down to give her dog some love.

"Feeling any better?" He leaned on the door frame.

"I'm okay." She moved aside, so he could enter.

He stood there in the foyer shifting his weight from one foot to the other and back again. "Can we talk?"

"Sure, I guess. I'm kind of in the middle of something, but I could use a break. Give me a sec, okay?"

She let her siblings know she'd be a few minutes and then returned to talk with Brady. "Why don't you join me in the sunroom?"

"Okay. Thanks." He followed her to the room with the wicker furniture where they'd shared a few intimate moments only days earlier.

"What's up?" She plopped down in a chair and put her feet up on the table.

Brady sat down on the loveseat. Leaning back, he rubbed his hands over his face.

"Is something wrong?" Justine stood and took a step closer to him.

"No. Nothing is wrong. Sorry about yesterday."

"It's not a problem. Stuff comes up." She sat on the edge of the loveseat beside him.

"Nothing really came up. I chose to fly out to Virginia."

"Well that sounds like something."

"To see about a job." Brady picked at the button at the wrist of his flannel shirt.

"I didn't know you were looking for different work."

"I wasn't."

She reached out and turned his chin, so he faced her. "Would you please tell me what is going on? I'm confused."

"Join the club." Brady took a deep breath. "This is going to sound crazy."

"If you want to hear crazy, then you should join us in the other room. My siblings and I are trying to top each other in the wackadoodle department."

"I'm sorry. I didn't know you had company. I'll come back later."

"Brady, stop. What's up? Talk to me."

"I want there to be an 'us'. You're probably going to run the other way, but I have to put it out there."

"We've only known each other a couple of days." She chewed on the inside of her lip.

"I know. I knew this would freak you out. Look, I'm going to go take a ride. Maybe we can talk later when you're not in the middle of something." Brady stood.

"Okay." She stood and walked out with him. When they reached the door, she reached out and caressed his jaw enjoying the feel of his stubble under her hand.

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