THE HEART TEACHES BEST (REAL ROMANCE COLLECTION Book 2) by M. J. Schiller

Author:M. J. Schiller [Schiller, M. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kissmet Publishing
Published: 2014-02-13T06:00:00+00:00

Laney entertained similar thoughts. She would be another case solved, stamped “CLOSED” in red, put away in a manila folder and locked inside a metal drawer. She wouldn’t have him to lean on anymore, and there would be no Sydney to comfort her. She had no close friends, only acquaintances. She had never felt confident enough to open up to anyone other than Sydney, always fearful of the rejection her mother inundated her with. It was safer not to risk, she knew, not to try at all, then she couldn’t be rejected. But, somehow—whether it was because she was mourning the loss of Sydney and was weak, or if it was the unsteadiness of her current reality, hunted by some maniac who wanted to hurt her—somehow, she had let him in. She dreaded the thought of being alone again, of being without him. She wrapped her arms around her middle, feeling nauseous.

As they drove, the tires beat a slow, mournful tune to accompany their bleak thoughts and neither one spoke until they pulled into the parking lot at Cooper and Aidan’s.

He switched off the ignition and turned to her, again putting his hand on her leg. “You okay?”

She nodded, and tried to force a smile. Aidan was walking toward their car, so they got out.

“Hey,” Aidan said, his easiness a stark contrast to their somberness. “I was thinking on the way over here, this place isn’t safe anymore. If he was tracking Laney through her phone, then he knows about this place.”

“I thought the same thing,” Cooper said with a frown.

“My mom has a place I bet we can use,” Laney interjected. “I’ve never been there, so he won’t know about it. I’m sure there’s room for all of us.”

“Are you sure she’d let us borrow it? I don’t think she’s very fond of me. After you left the table that day I first met your mom, I kind of suggested that she owed you an apology.”

Laney stared at him. “And how did she take that?”

He shrugged. “I didn’t stick around to find out.”

Laney smiled. “No one talks to my mom like that, except for maybe Syd.”

“I guess I don’t have any manners.” He laughed.

She took his hand and gave it a squeeze. “I’m glad!”

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