Redwood by Janie Crouch

Author:Janie Crouch [Crouch, Janie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Calamittie Jane Publishing
Published: 2021-01-11T18:30:00+00:00

20

Lexi blinked her eyes open, trying to remember exactly where she was. This wasn’t her apartment. It was too dark and—

“Good morning. Well, actually evening.”

Gavin. And her face was buried in his ribs. She sat straight up, still trying to get her bearings. “I fell asleep.”

“You did.”

She couldn’t remember the last time she’d fallen asleep like a normal person. Usually, she was either battling with her mind, trying to convince it to let her rest, or had worked until her body could no longer stay conscious.

“How long have I been asleep?”

“About seven hours. You conked right after the power went out.”

“No I didn’t.” Had she? “We were talking about your time in the army. Something about rappelling in your underwear.”

He let out a chuckle. “Yes we were. And how much of that story do you actually remember?”

None of it. She couldn’t remember a single thing he’d said. “I—”

His lips moved gently against her forehead. “That’s because you fell asleep.”

She felt so much different than she normally did. Usually after she woke up, she’d only been asleep an hour and it hadn’t been enough rest, or she’d fallen into one of her exhaustion comas, slept fifteen hours, and felt like a zombie. Right now, she just felt . . . good.

Except for the fact that she’d evidently fallen asleep in the middle of talking to him. “I’m sorry if I was rude. I promise it wasn’t because you were boring me.”

“You can fall asleep on me anytime, for any reason. Besides, I probably shouldn’t have told the whole skivvy story anyway.”

She sat up straighter and smacked him gently on the chest. “You know you’ll have to tell me now. Don’t be a tease.”

“It will cost you a little something if you want to hear the whole thing.”

“Let me guess, more information about myself?”

If only she could see his face, but she didn’t have to. She knew what his expression would be. Solving problems was in his nature. He liked having all the details about everything. But she didn’t have any more facts she could give him. She’d said too much when they were talking earlier.

This was probably going to be the end of the easy peace between them. Something in her grieved at the thought of him pulling away because she couldn’t—wouldn’t—give him any more details about herself.

It’s better this way.

The thought didn’t comfort her like it should have.

“I had an epiphany while serving as your full-body pillow.”

She pulled a little farther away and tucked her legs underneath her. Did she really want to hear this epiphany? None of hers had ever been in time to help her. “Well, you make an excellent pillow. I can provide recommendations if you decide to leave your law enforcement and Linear Tactical days behind you.”

“I’ll remember that.” He paused for a moment. She could feel his eyes on her. Was his night vision better than hers? Because it felt like he was taking in all the details of her face. “Don’t you want to hear my epiphany?”

“Honestly, I’m not sure that I do.

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