Whispers in the Dark by Pam Jernigan

Author:Pam Jernigan [Jernigan, Pam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781545243183
Amazon: 1545243182
Goodreads: 34745440
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-04-28T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Karen yawned behind her hand, the weight of the day pressing on her. She picked up all the cards and reorganized them into a mostly neat pile. “Okay, that’s it for me. It’s been a tough week and I’m tired. I didn't find any bedrooms on this floor. So unless you found some...” she trailed off, glancing at him.

He looked unsure; maybe it was a vocabulary thing.

She shrugged. “Well, I’ll go exploring now. I need a room with a bed in it,” she explained. “Because I like to sleep, and I like to sleep on a soft surface.” She stretched and stood up, grabbing the lantern.

Leo watched her. Waiting for an invitation?

She hesitated a moment, chewing her lip. It seemed rude to leave him there, in the dark, if she didn’t have to. “You coming with me?”

His expression cleared, and he stood, following her up the stairs.

What did you do that for, Karen? Did she really just invite a guy to follow her into a bedroom? Not that he was a regular guy, of course. For one thing, the Mindless were sexless, too, as far as anybody knew. Which was reassuring, she told herself firmly. Not disappointing. Although Leo wasn’t nearly as Mindless as he used to be. But still.

Anyway, he’d done nothing but protect her. He’d just spent an hour playing a silly card game with her, for heaven’s sake. She could trust him. Well, why not? Heading up those stairs alone to the darkened second floor creeped her out, anyway. Good enough reason to invite him along.

The stairs opened out onto a short hallway, with several doors leading off it. Including one that opened to a powder room. The plumbing didn’t work but her canteen sufficed to get her a little cleaner. In a drawer she even discovered a toothbrush, still in the packaging. When she finished, she got Leo to brush his teeth, too, trying not to dwell on how many years it might have been since that had last happened. Maybe being Mindless protected you from cavities, but still. Ick.

She poked through all the rooms; the master bedroom seemed to be her best bet. The bed was large, and the sheets didn’t appear to be dirty. A little musty-dusty, but not too bad. A wool blanket was folded across the bottom, too, and she promptly spread it over the sheets.; the temperature had already started dropping. She sat on the edge of the bed, checking for the softness of the mattress. Not bad.

She looked up at Leo, who was studying the carpet. “This one’ll do.”

His eyes shifted back towards hers for a second before sliding away again. “For… both?”

Crap. Should have seen that one coming. “Um, no, how about… you be on the floor? If you even want to stay in here, I mean. You said you don’t sleep much, so… if you want, you could go find another room. Even leave the house although I’d rather you didn’t.”

He shook his head, looking more relieved than insulted.

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