Now and Forever 3: Blind Love by Joachim Jean

Author:Joachim, Jean [Joachim, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing
Published: 2012-04-23T00:00:00+00:00

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Callie was up early on Saturday. She fed the kids and let them play in their rooms. Mac had been working hard, preparing for the new semester. She let him sleep while she sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee and the morning paper.

She gasped and choked on the coffee, sputtering and coughing until it cleared, when she saw the picture of Deena Johnson on the front page and the article about her murder. Shock set in. Deena was killed on the day Mac visited her.

It took two days for the police to discover Deena’s body was missing. Then it made the front page of the newspaper. Callie put the paper down as Mac came into the kitchen wearing only a pair of shorts. He scratched his rough cheek and stifled a yawn. She looked at him quizzically, wondering what happened when he went to see Deena. Mac poured himself a cup of coffee and sat down next to Callie before he noticed her staring at him.

“What?” he asked, leaning over to kiss her.

“This.” Callie pointed to the paper.

Mac read the article, as he took the paper from his wife’s hands.

“You don’t think I had anything to do with this, do you?”

“Not really.”

“Not really? Not really? You think I’d actually kill someone…kill Deena in cold blood? Callie, you can’t be serious!”

“You were with her on the day she died. What happened between you two?”

She saw the distressed look on his face. Of course Mac would never kill anyone. But then she remembered the day at Doc’s Diner when he shot two people to protect her. He hadn’t killed them, but he threatened to. Would he kill to protect Jason? Mac’s not a killer, but the long shower and the way he was when he returned, made her wonder.

“Callie! Please…talk to me,” he begged, rising out of his chair.

“I know you’re not a killer. But when people are pushed beyond a certain point, isn’t everyone a killer? Doesn’t everyone have the potential to kill to protect their family?”

“You think I killed Deena to protect Jason?”

“You shot Doc and Sergeant Loomis to protect me…”

“They threatened your life…is that what you think of me, Callie?” Mac slowly sank into a chair.

“I don’t think you’re a killer.” Callie reached for his hand.

“You do. You think I could have killed her.” Mac moved his hand away from hers.

“I don’t. Please tell me what happened.”

He got up from the table and went into the living room. Callie followed.

“When you came home you were upset. You took a long shower…like you were washing something off. What were you washing off?”

“I didn’t kill her, Callie, I kissed her. That’s what I was washing off.”

“You kissed her?”

“Several times, while she sat on my lap,” he said, his eyes flashing, his mouth set in a grim line.

“Was that all?”

“I touched her too,” he admitted.

“You touched her? Where?”

“Her breasts, where do you think? Her elbow?” he snapped.

“Mac! I thought…I thought we agreed…”

“You already forgave me for what I did, remember? You forgave me and I called you the world’s greatest wife.

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