White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz

Author:Jayne Ann Krentz [Krentz, Jayne Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Arizona, Paranormal, Fiction, Romance, Romantic Suspense Fiction, Suspense, Large Type Books, General
ISBN: 9781594132445
Google: _VVPDoCmfU0C
Amazon: B005Q63QBS
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Published: 2007-01-22T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-seven

She pulled into the drive, switched off the engine and looked over at Jake. He was still asleep. The only thing that had kept him from sprawling forward against the dashboard was the seat belt.

“Jake?” She leaned around him to shake his right shoulder very gently. “Wake up. We’re home.”

He raised his lashes a little and looked at her with unfocused eyes. “Home?”

“Yes.” She unfastened his seat belt. “Do you think you can make it into the house?”

He inhaled deeply. “You smell good.”

“Pay attention, Jake. You’re going to have to help me here. I can’t carry you inside.”

“Too bad. Sounds like fun. Never been carried over a threshold before.”

She got out and went around to his side of the car. When she opened the door he almost toppled out onto the driveway. She barely caught him in time.

“Hang on, let’s try this.” She inserted her arm between his back and the seat and maneuvered him out of the vehicle.

When she got him on his feet he gripped the edge of the car door to steady himself. He peered at the entrance.

“No sweat,” he said. “Piece of cake.”

“Good.” She draped his good arm around her shoulder. “Here we go.”

She was breathing hard by the time she got him into the front hall. When they finally reached his bedroom he was leaning on her so heavily she was afraid she might go down beneath his weight. If that happened she would have to leave him on the floor for the night, she thought.

But he managed to make it as far as the bed. His eyes closed as soon as his head hit the pillow.

She took off his shoes and placed them neatly on the floor beside the bed. After briefly considering his blood-spattered pants, she elected not to remove them. He was asleep now and she did not want to disturb him anymore. Even an agent of the legendary firm of Jones & Jones probably needed a little rest after taking a bullet.

She checked the bandage one last time. There was no sign of increased bleeding.

Satisfied, she turned out the lamp beside the bed and went to the door.

“Clare?”

She paused and looked back at him. “Yes?”

“You’ll be here in the morning?”

“I’ll be here,” she said.

“Good.”

She stood there for a long time, watching him sleep. Her insides were still tied up in the ice-cold knot that had formed when she got the call from the emergency room.

She went into the kitchen and made a large pot of tea. When it was ready she filled a mug to the brim and went back down the hall to Jake’s bedroom.

He was sound asleep. She put her palm on his forehead and then on the bare skin around the bandages. Satisfied that he was not in the grip of a raging fever, she sat down in the reading chair near the window, put her feet up on the hassock and took a sip of tea.

She did a meditation on the moonlit night and prepared to wait for the coyotes of dawn.

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