Trap: A Salvation Society Novel by Jennifer Rebecca & Salvation Society

Author:Jennifer Rebecca & Salvation Society [Rebecca, Jennifer & Society, Salvation]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Thorns Press
Published: 2021-04-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Kyle

I have to go

She’s pulling away, and I fucking hate it.

Last night, I wanted to take MacKenzie out to dinner and then make love to her all night long. I managed to delay my report date to Cole Security in Virginia so I could spend this time with Mack before she left. But now I can’t help but feel irritated and wonder if I should have left first.

She was quiet, and if I’m being honest, a little despondent when she got home from work last night. I should have known; I should have seen the writing on the wall, but I’ve never been on this side of the leaving before. And to be honest, it fucking sucks.

“Do you want to change and we can go out to eat?” I ask her, though she’s distracted. It takes me two or three times of calling her name for her to realize I’m talking to her.

“What?” she asks, sounding more than a little startled. “Oh, no. I think I just want to stay in and get to bed early. The call tomorrow is at seven.”

“Okay,” I reply. This isn’t my deployment, and I know I like things a certain way before I leave, so it’s not a leap to assume that she does too. I figure she needs a quiet night in and takeout for dinner, and that’s what I’ll give her. “What do you want me to call in for dinner?”

“I don’t know,” she whispers. “What do you want?”

“I want whatever you want,” I remind her. I don’t like feeling that pulling teeth would be easier than prying answers from her. MacKenzie and I have never been like this before. We’ve always been honest and open with one another, and I don’t like this. It makes me feel frustrated and restless. But still, I don’t want to push her before she leaves, so I just bite back what I really want to say.

“Maybe a gyro and fries from Daphne’s?” she asks.

“You got it,” I say before placing a kiss to her lips. “Why don’t you go change and get comfy, and I’ll go get dinner.”

“That sounds good.”

“I’ll be back in about thirty,” I tell her before walking out the front door. Maybe she just needs a minute to decompress before spending her last evening stateside with me, but when I get home, it’s no better.

She’s still distant and cool.

We eat quietly, and then I clean up the containers and take out the trash. When I come back, Mack is on the sofa, flipping through the channels. I climb over her so that I’m laying behind her with my arms around her, and I feel her whole body stiffen.

She doesn’t want me to hold her. I’m not a mind reader, and I have no idea what’s going through her head, so I just decide to muscle through. She seems to settle in for a bit, and it’s just enough to give my flagging spirits hope.

After a while, she shuts off the TV, and I follow her upstairs, checking the front door and turning off the lights as I go.

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