Tangled Hearts by Elizabeth Lennox

Author:Elizabeth Lennox [Lennox, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elizabeth Lennox Books, LLC
Published: 2019-12-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Midnight. Chris sighed as he drove through the quiet streets of town. A major traffic accident on the parkway had brought him out tonight. This time, everyone was lucky – there were no fatalities, so he counted tonight as a good one.

He was bone tired, having risen at five o’clock this morning to go for a long run and then into the office by seven. His day was never routine, he thought. And he loved it. He loved the people and the town, the sense of community. Staunton, Virginia was his town, he thought.

At the light, he paused. He should head straight home and get some sleep. Morning would be here soon and he’d been up for far too long already. But instead, he turned right. “Just a drive by,” he muttered to himself.

Three minutes later, he stopped at the intersection, noting that the light in Olivia’s apartment was still on. Taking his cell phone out, he dialed her number and waited for her to pick up.

“Hello?” she gasped.

Instantly, the exhaustion vanished at the sound of the panic in her voice.

“What’s wrong?” he demanded.

“Chris?” she sighed, but he could still hear the tremor in her voice.

“What’s wrong, Liv?” he asked again, already pulling his SUV around and parking under her door. “I’m on my way up. Unlock the door, honey,” he ordered, taking the stairs two at a time, one hand holding the phone and the other resting on his still holstered weapon, but ready for anything.

As soon as he reached the top of the stairs, her apartment door burst open and she dove into his arms. “You’re here!” she gasped, her arms tightening around his neck. “What are you doing here?” she asked, pulling back slightly, but then shook her head. “I don’t care why. I’m just…Okay, this is silly, but I’m relieved that you’re here.”

Chris shifted her body to the his other side in order to free up his weapon as he peered over her shoulder, trying to see inside of her tiny apartment. “Tell me what’s wrong,” he insisted, turning so that his body shielded hers.

“I was just…nervous,” she admitted, her cheeks turning pink. “It’s silly.”

He glanced at her, keeping her behind him as he moved into the apartment. “Is someone in here?”

“What?” she asked. “No! No one’s here.”

He looked around, peering into the tiny kitchen, then her bedroom. Cute comforter, he noted absently, as he pushed the closet door open to peer inside. “I thought you were a slob, honey,” he said as he looked around the small but cozy den area.

She laughed. “I used to be. But then I went off to college and had to live in a dorm with another human being. I learned quickly to keep things neat or my roommate would simply walk over my clothes.” She laughed self-consciously and he turned to face her. “It’s one thing for me to walk over my clothes. It’s another for someone else to.”

He stopped searching her apartment and turned, really looking at her now.

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