One Last Night by Bayard Clara

Author:Bayard, Clara [Bayard, Clara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Clara Bayard
Published: 2013-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Standing in the kitchen in Sam’s t-shirt while he handed me combinations of food that sounded gross but tasted great felt like heaven. I hadn’t forgotten about Anna or anything else, but I felt at peace in a strange way. Like nothing really bad could happen if we were together. And, for the first time, that feeling didn’t scare me.

In the middle of a grape-peanut butter-chocolate experiment, Sam got a phone call. He rushed back into the bedroom to answer it while I kept eating. He returned in an even bigger hurry, shrugging into a shirt and holding car keys.

“What is it, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing. Good news.” He bent down to put on his shoes and I ran over.

“Tell me.”

“Fabian found Anna and says she’s okay. I’m going to meet him now for backup.”

My heart leapt. “Give me two minutes.”

“Carly, no.” He stood up and put his hands on my shoulders. “Stay here. We’ll bring her back. I don’t know the details but it’s safer for you here.”

I started to argue, mostly out of habit, but thought better of it. He was right. I wasn’t going to be any help to trained police officers. And I trusted Sam to make sure my girl was safe. “Okay.”

“Really? Just, ‘okay’?”

I rolled my eyes. “Yes.”

“Wow. Great. I need to run, but let me show you something.” He led me over to a door next to the bathroom. “Behind this door is a panic room. You know what that is?”

“Yeah, sure.”

“Okay. You should be fine here alone, but just in case, all you have to do is go inside and shut the door. There’s a big red button to lock yourself in. Once you do that no one can get inside. There should be food, water and an emergency phone in there. Some weapons too, probably, just so you’re not freaked.”

“All right.”

“You won’t need it. But-”

“I get it. Just in case.”

“Yeah.” He kissed me lightly on the lips, and he tasted like chocolate. Delicious. “I’ll be back before you know it.”

“Okay. Be careful, you.”

“I will.” He turned to walk away but stopped and looked back at me.

“What is it?”

Sam shrugged. “Nothing. I-I’ll see you soon.”

“I’ll be right here.”

“You might want to put some pants on. We’re having company.”

I laughed and shoved him. “Go get my friend.”

He smiled and headed out.

I sighed, not sure what to do with myself. Now that things were underway, my nerves returned. “No,” I told the empty loft. “You are not going to sit here worrying. Find something to do.” For lack of a better idea yet, I straightened up the kitchen, any semblance of my appetite long gone. I went into the bedroom and pulled on a pair of sweatpants I found in a drawer and wandered around the loft for a bit. The space was nice, but not big enough to distract me for long.

I plopped down on the sofa and picked up the remote. It had zillion of buttons I couldn’t figure out, but after a lot of random pushing and cursing, I managed to turn the television on.

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