Something Sparked-nook by Mari Carr

Author:Mari Carr [Carr, Mari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Jeannette stirred, her eyes opening slowly, taking in the dark room. Since the fire, she hadn’t managed to sleep without waking up several times each night, panic gripping her. The first few nights, she’d jerked awake roughly, crying out, her actions rousing Diego and Luc, who would hold her until she fell asleep again.

Tonight’s panic attack was a quiet one. Her heart raced and a sharp pain pierced her chest. She hated feeling like this. Hated the utter desolation that swallowed her whole in the middle of the night. Hated that the things that never seemed bad during the daytime were completely unbearable at this hour. She tried to remind herself of that, but it didn’t help.

Glancing to each side, she found her slumbering boyfriends. She’d given up pretending they were in the friend zone a few days ago. After all, they’d been living together for two weeks. They hadn’t consummated the relationship or even really discussed the possibility of it, much to her relief. The idea of sex on top of everything else had the potential to push her over the edge.

True to their word, neither man pushed the issue. Instead, they offered only warm hugs, soft kisses and comforting words.

The night of the fire, she never would have imagined she’d be in their house fourteen days later. Initially she’d been numb and stressed out and not thinking clearly. Now, her thoughts were less jumbled, more coherent. And yet she was still here.

It had taken several days to convince each and every member of her family—sans Macie, who had been absolutely delighted by her current living situation—that she was fine at Diego and Luc’s, and not budging.

But regardless of their kindness and their willingness to have her stay, it was time she started figuring out her next move. She couldn’t keep sleepwalking through every day.

She’d gone on autopilot, moving through her days sluggishly—spending the time at work, filling out the mountain of paperwork associated with her insurance claim, replacing items she couldn’t live without, like her phone, and hanging out with Luc and Diego. She hadn’t returned to her house. Evan had told her there was nothing there to salvage. She didn’t need to see a pile of ashes, didn’t need to confirm it with her own eyes. She’d seen the destruction the night of the fire and it had torn her apart. She wasn’t about to relive that anguish. If she stayed here, she could simply pretend everything was normal.

Evan and Chuck had declared the fire a result of arson. Apparently, someone had lobbed a Molotov cocktail at her garage. The device had crashed through one of the windows on her old garage door rather than smashing against the wood and landing outside. Whoever threw it had to have been close and on foot in order to get it inside. It landed next to and ignited a small gas can she used to fill up her lawn mower, which added enough fuel to produce a large, extremely hot fire that spread fast.

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