The Connaghers Series Boxed Set by Joely Sue Burkhart

Author:Joely Sue Burkhart [Burkhart, Joely Sue]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joely Sue Burkhart
Published: 2017-12-24T18:30:00+00:00

Elias had never seen Vicki’s nurturing side, not like this. Bemused, he watched her stuff the kid full of chili and cornbread until he could barely keep his eyes open. She practically tucked him into bed, making sure he had a dozen blankets before sending him downstairs. “If you need anything, just buzz the door. I’m going to arm the security system on the entire building before I head to bed.”

Mumbling his thanks, Jesse headed down the stairs to the lower apartment. When he paused and looked back up at her like she was the most beautiful angel he’d ever seen in his life, Elias put his arm around her and drew her into his side.

“Good night, Jesse,” he said firmly, staking his claim on her. “We’ll see you in the morning.”

Shrugging off his arm, she pulled away and shut the door. “That was cruel.”

“He needs to know that you’re taken.”

“By who?” She marched into the kitchen and attacked the dishes like they’d shot her mama. Elias had met Mrs. Connagher, and that would be a feat indeed. “I haven’t seen you in at least three months. If I hadn’t called you tonight…”

“I was on my way over.” He refused to admit just how many nights he’d been sitting outside her apartment, keeping watch, supposedly, but mostly trying to convince his pride to bend just a little. “That’s why I got here so fast.”

“So now you’re psychic? You felt the subtle forces of the universe warning that another male was encroaching on your territory?”

He loaded the dishwasher for her, although she kept rearranging things to her satisfaction. “You know how crazy my job is. I haven’t slept in a week.”

“I know,” she said quietly, but her eyes snapped with dark fire. “I know that you have an important, demanding, extremely dangerous job on which this entire city depends. I’ve never bitched about you being a cop and you know it.”

“But—”

She threw up a hand holding a sudsy ladle and shook it at him like a weapon. “There’s a difference between being dedicated to your job and totally neglecting the people who care about you. You haven’t been here, spiritually or mentally, let alone physically, in months. You haven’t called me. You haven’t stopped by for a five-minute cup of coffee. You haven’t given me a hug and kiss on your way downtown. You didn’t even send me a card on my birthday.”

He winced. Damn, I knew I forgot something.

“I’ve been going through a major life-changing event alone without even a warm body to hold on to at night, a trusted ear to whisper my fears and doubts, a shoulder to cry on. I quit my job, left all my friends and my career, to open up my own business. I’m putting in as many hours as you so I can launch my line next month. You can’t be bothered to even stop by for a quickie in between jailing bad guys, but a homeless guy who barely knows my name worried enough about me to track me down simply to say hello in the worst storm in years.

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