Puck Master (Puck Battle Book 6) by Kristen Echo

Author:Kristen Echo [Echo, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kristen Publishing
Published: 2018-07-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

S he woke up with a start. Her ring clutched in her hand as she fought for air. A tiny circle etched into her palm. Hailey opened her eyes and focused on the dark edge of a picture frame. Anything to ground her and shake off the melancholy.

This dream had plagued her for a year but had become more vivid since Joe entered her life. In the dream, Hailey pushed against the Canadian Flag on Ryan’s bedroom door, and his body was slumped over his desk in eternal rest. She crept towards him. He held a blank piece of paper in his hand. The instant her hand touched his cold, lifeless skin she’d wake up.

Her fiancé hadn’t meant for her to find him. He’d never have expected her to come by his parents place so early. The moment she’d touched him, she’d known he was gone. That hadn’t stopped her from performing CPR until the paramedics had arrived. They’d pronounced him dead on arrival at the hospital, but he’d been gone long before then.

The gold band hung around her neck as a constant reminder of the life she’d never live. Maybe the time had come to take it off. What had once been a symbol for love, now acted like a talisman, haunting her dreams. The man she’d fallen for had been gregarious and dominant. A captain in the making. His final mission had turned him into a man who couldn’t get out of bed without a copious amount of pills. When she thought of him, which was often, it was always the former version.

Shrugging off the remnants of the nightmare and sadness, Hailey climbed out of bed and paced Joe’s room. Being at his place for the past few days had been a blessing and a curse. It provided a dry place to live, but it kept her off the streets which meant she was no closer to solving the case. Joe was scheduled back within the next few hours and she planned to be gone when he arrived. Not because she didn’t want to see him, she did. However, big heartfelt reunions weren’t her thing.

Their conversations had gone well. The more he flirted the more she liked him. Talking, teasing and getting teased by him was fun. He kept things light and focused on gratification. She appreciated that.

The apartment was quiet. Renee slept in the guest room with the door closed. It would be hours before she woke up. Hailey couldn’t stick around and do nothing. Her phone had messages from Meagan, Millie and Joe. She deleted all of them and left her phone to charge on the counter. The trio checked in daily to see how she was doing. Well, she wasn’t good. She’d been nauseous and feeling off for days. The fight with her parents gnawed at her and she couldn’t fix it. She had to focus on things within her control.

A run always helped clear her mind. She strapped on her runners and hit the pavement.

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