Time by Eden Darry

Author:Eden Darry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, addiction, lgbt, lesbian, contemporary, celebrities, coming out, reunited
Publisher: NineStar Press

Chapter Six

It was late when Jay got back. She helped her sister upstairs to bed, got some ice for her own face, and sat at the kitchen table. She was beyond weary.

As soon as she’d heard Kelly’s voice on the other end of the phone, she’d known her sister was in trouble. Kelly never called unless there was a problem. She preferred to write long, rambling letters when she was high on heroin—her drug of choice.

Despite that, whenever she called, Jay was powerless to stop herself from going to her.

Twice before, she’d had to pick Kelly up from the police station. Another time, she had turned up to find her sister brawling in the street with an angry landlord who was evicting her, Kelly’s possessions scattered in the street around them.

This time, it was a boyfriend. He’d beaten the shit out of Kelly because he was convinced she was hiding drugs from him. Jay had walked right into the middle of it. She’d managed to pull him off her sister, taking a couple of good hits herself. She hadn’t hit him back, though she was confident she could have taken him. He had the wasted body of a long-term addict and looked fifty when he was probably only half that.

Jay had to be careful. The last thing she needed was to be hauled up in court on assault charges. With her previous conviction, she would definitely do time. Instead, she’d bundled the battered Kelly into the Jeep and taken her to the hospital.

Despite practically begging her, Kelly refused to press charges or go into rehab. She agreed to come back with Jay, though the chances were she wouldn’t stay long. She’d be on her way back to London to score more drugs in no time, even though she’d told Jay she wanted to get clean this time.

A knock at the door roused Jay from her dark thoughts.

* * *

Shannon saw a shadowy figure approach. She had watched from her cottage most of the evening, waiting for Jay’s Jeep to go by and feeling a little like a stalker again.

A little like a stalker? Come on, Shan. That’s exactly what you’re turning into.

Just when she was about to go to bed, she saw Jay’s truck rumble by, and relief flooded her. At least she was safe. She waited half an hour and then drove up to the farm.

The door opened, framing Jay in the doorway. Shannon gasped when she saw her face.

“Oh my God, what happened?” Without thinking, she pushed her way in, grasped Jay’s face, and turned her head towards the light. Jay’s jaw was red and swollen. A dark bruise was starting to form beneath the skin. Her eye was swollen and bloodshot; a dark purple bruise surrounded it.

* * *

Jay pulled her head out of Shannon’s hands and stepped back. “What are you doing here?” It came out harsher than Jay meant it to. All the same, she had enough to deal with. Her sister was a mess, and here was Shannon complicating everything further.

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