When We Met by C J Marie

Author:C J Marie [Marie, C J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Victorious Publishing
Published: 2019-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Zac sauntered into the clinic, the lights were dimmed and the building was quiet. He smiled, admiring the time and effort the Gardener family had put into the place to make it nice and comfortable for the community.

“Jo?” he called out. No answer.

Zac drummed the textbook with his fingers and considered waiting in the front lobby, but after a few moments of silence, decided against waiting and stepped behind the doors toward the offices and exam rooms.

He trudged past Doctor Raymond’s office—it was locked anyway—and poked his head in the next physician’s office. No nameplate, and the room was practically empty since no one had claimed the position, but he noticed Jo’s purse on top of the desk along with a water bottle and a jar filled with suckers. But no Jo.

Zac’s heart leapt to his throat when a muffled shout rattled from behind, followed by the clatter of something certainly breaking. The sliver of light bled into the dim hallway as if beckoning him to enter. Faced with another dilemma, Zac studied the women’s bathroom sign for at least ten heartbeats. The place was empty. Jo was still here, he’d seen Olive’s BMW in the parking lot, her things were here, but no sign of another soul. When he heard a few shuddering breaths heaving behind the door, Zac forgot manners or propriety and shoved through the door.

His blood chilled, and it seemed a cloudy haze filled the space in his head when he saw Jo slumped against the wall, her head buried in her knees until she reacted to the opening door. Zac tilted his head and swiftly lowered to his haunches when her red eyes locked with him.

“Jo, what’s wrong?” he asked, his hand resting on her forearm whether she wanted it there or not.

She didn’t push him away, and her stunning eyes were void of tears though by all accounts it sounded as though she were sobbing. Jo’s eyes bounced between his gaze, her narrow nose crinkled, the fullness of her lips quivered as she stared at him, and Zac nearly broke in two when a single, crystal tear dripped on her smooth cheek. Jo’s chin quivered and before any preparation could be made, her arms flung around his neck, squeezing as if her life depended on it. Zac folded his grip around her waist, holding her tight against his body. Jo buried her face in his shoulder, her lashes caressing his neck, and his skin soaked in her silent tears.

“Hey,” he whispered, stroking the back of her head as if it were a natural touch between them. “Tell me what’s wrong.”

She pulled back, but still leaned her head on Zac’s shoulders, wiping her eyes with maddening fury as if the tears angered some primal instinct inside. “Where do I start?”

“Wherever you want.”

“He’s a coward,” she shrieked, her fingernails curling around Zac’s T-shirt.

Slinging his arm around her shoulders, Zac adjusted his position and nestled against the cold wall hugging Jo against the side of his body.

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