Trix by Kate Morris

Author:Kate Morris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, erotica, thriller, murder, mystery, love story, psychological, patterson
Publisher: Kate Morris

Chapter Eighteen

Jack

A few hours ago, he’d pulled a cozy fleece throw over Lorena and touched his hand to her forehead. She was dead asleep, sicker than a dog, and down for the count. He hoped the rest would help, but at least she didn’t seem to have a fever. During their dinner, her cheeks were bright red, so he figured she was fevering then. The meds must’ve brought it down.

He returned three different text messages from three of his sisters, pretty much all asking the same thing. Then he interceded her phone when it vibrated. It was Gracie, and he let her know that Lorena was asleep and had a cold and that he was glad she was letting them know she was fine. He was crazy about her. His sisters were another case. They drove him nuts. Then he’d fallen asleep in the chair beside her. He was used to sleeping in strange places, which was a military habit. Plus, her quiet, even breathing, the low, ambient lighting, and the classical music still playing knocked him out.

When he awoke, he was a little confused. He’d not planned to fall asleep but was glad for the rest anyway. He stretched, rolled his neck to loosen the kinks of sleeping in an odd position in a chair, and dragged himself to the kitchen. After wiping down counters and putting away the dry dishes from earlier and throwing a load of laundry in, Jack carried her to her room again. It seemed like the right thing to do, and it wasn’t as if he was going to throw out his back doing it. She didn’t weigh much, and she was still dead asleep. He wondered if she’d taken too much cold medicine. Knowing Lorena, she probably hadn’t read the label but had just downed some pills. Sleeping on the lumpy sofa in the living room was only going to give her a sore neck in the morning. When he had her tucked in, he finally got back to work. Hopefully, she’d actually sleep through the night undisturbed. Last night, he’d awakened to her cries. When he’d checked on her, Lorena was safe and unharmed but trapped in a nightmare and whimpering and thrashing in her bed. His heart had eased, and his stomach relaxed slightly when he realized she was alone because he’d thought she was being attacked by someone. This case had him a little jumpy. They’d been working some pretty hard cases in Cleveland, but this nut-job had him off balance. He slept with his pistol under his pillow on the sofa. Usually, Jack kept it on the nightstand or would’ve placed it on the coffee table if he slept on the sofa, but there was just something about the Tooth Fairy that was taking away his usual sense of calm control. He hadn’t awakened Lorena from her nightmare, and she eventually quieted down a minute later. He was left to assume that the case had her on edge, as well, but with Lorena, it was hard to tell.

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