The SEAL Next Door (Alpha SEALs Book 5) by Makenna Jameison

Author:Makenna Jameison [Jameison, Makenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-03-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

For the second time in as many days, Brianna fumbled with the lock in her front door, Matthew hovering right behind her. Rather than setting her nerve endings on fire like he had the day before, at the moment, his presence just felt comforting. Reassuring. And some part of her knew that he needed to be there just as much as she needed him right now.

To her surprise, the house was completely dark, with nothing on but the front porch light. A quick glance indicated that her parents’ car was gone from the garage, and she stepped inside, puzzled.

“No one’s home?” Matthew asked, his voice deep behind her.

“No, that’s really strange,” she said, flipping on the light switch. “I don’t know where they’d go.”

“I’ll look around,” Matthew instructed. “Stay here.”

“But—”

“Just let me make sure everything’s okay.”

Brianna sighed and closed the front door, making sure to lock it behind her. Matthew’s arms snaked around her, and he tugged her against his broad chest. “Just humor me, okay?” he asked quietly. He brushed a chaste kiss against her temple, causing her insides to stir.

“Okay,” she agreed. Matthew released her, and she dropped her oversized purse down on the floor, sinking into the living room sofa. It was kind of nice to have someone to take care of things for her, she thought. She was so used to being on her own that having Matthew take charge of the situation was actually a relief. In all likelihood, her parents had just decided to pick up some last-minute things to get ready for tomorrow.

“Uh, Bri?” Matthew called out from the kitchen, his voice sounding funny.

She immediately stood and hurried to him. “What’s wrong? Did you find something?”

Matthew held a piece of paper in his hand, and she could see her mother’s handwriting even from across the room. “My parents left a note? What does it say? Where’d they go?”

“It’s about Beckett,” Matthew said, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down as he swallowed.

“Oh my God,” she said, feeling her heart racing. “Is he okay?”

Matthew cleared his throat, holding the paper out of her reach as she crossed the room toward him. “Bri,” he repeated, his green eyes guarded.

“Well give me the note!”

She reached up for it, and Matthew lightly grasped her wrist. “Beckett’s okay.” His thumb lightly grazed across her pulse point, and she knew he could tell she was scared.

“But?”

Matthew released her but set the note down on the table behind him, blocking her from it with his large frame. “But he tried to kill himself tonight.”

Brianna gasped, covering her mouth with her hands. She sank to the ground as dizziness suddenly overtook her and tears streamed down her cheeks. “What? Why would he do that? He was going to come home! I just talked to him yesterday.”

Matthew knelt down beside her, gathering her in his arms. “I don’t know,” he soothed, letting her cry into his chest for the second time that evening. “Your parents flew up to Walter Reed. Did they try calling you earlier?”

“I don’t know; maybe,” she gasped.

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