Up in Flames (Southern Heat Book 6) by Jamie Garrett

Author:Jamie Garrett [Garrett, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Owl Press
Published: 2017-09-13T18:30:00+00:00

16

Lauren

Lauren stifled a yawn. She’d been up since six a.m., even earlier than Brayden. Getting up before her son—who favored waking up before the birds—was always an achievement, but that day’s early rising had to do with something else entirely. She wasn’t sure exactly when Matt would be home from shift, but she wanted to be up and waiting with a warm breakfast. At first, she’d tried to talk herself out of the idea. It had seemed entirely too 1950s housewife. But that morning, after yet another night of tossing and turning, her thoughts had turned to whether Matt was sleeping as well at the firehouse. It would be hard for him to get any decent rest there, his large body curled up in a bed that was probably built for more average-height men. Add in the nightmare she’d witnessed the earlier night, and it would be nearly impossible. She frowned. Did they happen often? She’d only witnessed one, but it had been terrible enough to see him thrashing about, lost in his own mind. She still didn’t know what had caused Matt to leave that night, disappear without a trace, but she’d bet money it had something to do with the death of his father. What had really happened that night?

She mindlessly flipped pancakes as her mind turned toward darker thoughts. Originally, all she’d known was that both Matt and his father had died that night, unfortunate victims of a terrible attack. One that Victor had told her could have even been in retaliation against Victor himself. In fact, that was when he’d suggested that Lauren start allowing James to walk her home from school—just to keep her safe, of course.

A burning smell reached her nose, and she hastily turned off the burner and slid the last batch into the warmer. Lauren moved on to setting up the coffee machine, but her movements were all preprogrammed, while her thoughts were a million miles away. It had been Victor who’d pushed her toward James, as a result of Matt’s “death” . . . one that clearly hadn’t happened at all. At the time, she would never have believed it, but with what she had come to know, a whole other possibility was blooming in her mind. A new idea that she couldn’t get rid of, and one that she was sure was much closer to the truth. It was completely terrifying.

Victor had played them all. When trying to guide Lauren into a relationship with James hadn’t worked, he’d taken matters into his own hands. Matt’s father had worked for Victor, but the two men had never gotten along well. There had even been rumors that he’d been trying to leave, turn on Victor, and then get out of the life. Lauren sat down at the table, stilling her hands even as her mind raced. For the Victor she knew, it would have been an easy decision—take out the man threatening to expose you and get rid of the competition for James’ affections, all in one hit.

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