Undercover Babies by Alice Sharpe

Author:Alice Sharpe
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2005-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

AS THE HOURS of the night passed in an endless progression of miles, Grace stared out the window, trying not to relive the moment she’d felt the cold touch of the steel blade against her throat. She hated knives. She hated the thought of their cruel steel slicing through her skin.

She was tired of feeling like a victim. Tired of feeling as though she’d been run over by a truck. Her emotions were always getting the best of her. Fear and worry and anxiety and whatever it was she felt for Mac, all of them a tempestuous brew gurgling away in her gut, shooting occasional flares into her brain.

Well, no more.

It was time to use her head instead of her heart.

And her head was finally beginning to work again. She could sense faint rumblings in the recesses of her mind. Shadows. Lurking figures. The feeling of anxiety that had plagued her from the beginning now gnawed at her like an angry rodent trying to eat its way out of a maze. The car didn’t move fast enough, and as she sat there in the dark, she imagined sprouting wings and taking flight.

Once in a while, out of pure fatigue, her eyes drifted closed and she jerked them open with a start. Every time she relaxed, those fuzzy images in her mind kind of took over, like bullies on a playground, pushing other thoughts aside, looming like thugs. She couldn’t imagine what they would do to her if she allowed herself to fall asleep. She just wouldn’t. She didn’t want to find out.

And she was constantly aware of Mac. How she longed to slide across the seat and snuggle down beside him. How she longed to feel his warm arm flop across her shoulders, to feel his hunger for her. He was real, the only real person in the world, more real than she was. She wanted him to want and need her, even though she knew such desires were selfish. So she kept to herself and tried to picture another man, a man who had once slipped a ring on her finger and vowed his love.

But he was a phantom.

A new memory surfaced with daybreak. “I remember the sun rising over the ocean,” she said, her forehead pressed against the cool glass of the window.

It was the first time either of them had spoken in hours. Mac glanced at her before looking back at the road. “That means you remember watching the sun rise on the east coast,” he said. “Hopefully it means we’re going in the right direction.”

“And I remember swimming in the ocean,” she added. “I like the ocean. I like the buoyancy when I float in salt water. I like the feel of the sand between my toes when I walk on a beach. I like the sun on my face.”

It was the first time she could recall knowing things about herself, backed up with physical sensations she could recall and not just vague feelings. It made her feel wonderful and she hugged herself with the pure joy of it.

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