Until I Fall by Claudia Burgoa

Author:Claudia Burgoa [Burgoa, Claudia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Until I Fall
Publisher: Claudia Burgoa
Published: 2017-03-31T18:30:00+00:00

ANDERSON

ON MOST MONDAY mornings, I wake up at six, go for a run, head to the offices to train new recruits, and work on the back end of some missions or help with the next prototypes. Today I’m sitting in my car, waiting for my girlfriend to come back from work. I’m trying to understand why the fucker she dated parked in front of her house for hours while he waited for her to appear. The craving to have her in my arms and the worry in my heart as she continues working a job she used to love both have increased.

I have an offer for her. One I hope she will take; helping with the care of my mother full time. In a few weeks, I have to join Tiago in Colorado. Mom is coming back in a couple of weeks, and according to the doctor in San Jose, her health is going to decline progressively. Knowing that Aspen is with her lightens my worry. If I pay her, she doesn’t have to worry about work. I check the time, seven-thirty and she hasn’t arrived home yet. Wasn’t her shift over at three? I should’ve offered to pick her up.

My phone rings, her name appears on the screen of my dashboard.

“Hey.” I push the button to answer. “Are you okay?”

“Hm. Not really,” she pauses, “there’s this creepy truck in front of my house. Can you run his plates?” She bursts into laughter.

“Smart ass,” I grumble, pushing the door open and climbing out as I see her truck pulling into the driveway.

“Did you sleep?” she asks walking toward me. I kiss her pouty lips, evading the answer. “Brynn says you’ve been parked there since midnight.”

“Three in the morning,” I correct her. “Brynn didn’t see me until six when she went for a run with Hugo.”

“All the same, you’ve been parked stalking my house. Why?”

I couldn’t sleep without you? No, too needy. “What took you so long?”

“Accidents, shootings, baby.” The corner of her lip pulls, her eyes turn hazy. “This little tiny baby I delivered only a couple of hours ago.”

She squeezes her eyes, clapping slightly. “A girl. She’s the reason I stayed longer. A teenage girl arrived with painful cramps and unbearable back pain.” Aspen presses her lips clasping her hands and fidgiting with her fingers. “Contractions.”

“They didn’t know?”

Aspen shrugs, giving me a ‘what can I say?’ look. “Maybe the girl knew and she was trying to convince her parents otherwise. Maybe all of them were in denial and hoped that I would prescribe some miracle medication. Who knows, I don’t judge. My job was to diagnose her, and afterward, she begged me to stay. I did until I delivered the baby. In the meantime, I had a conversation with her about options.

“Her parents interceded and said they would help raise the baby while she continued school.” Aspen smiles. “It was the perfect solution for them. I won’t lie, I almost offered to adopt the tiny, adorbable baby.”

I freeze, staring at her.

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