Women Under Fire by Jacki Delecki

Author:Jacki Delecki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jacki Delecki

Chapter Twenty-One

Grayce, Davis and Mitzi headed home from the party. The sky was tinged orange in the west—and very soon fireworks would start erupting in Elliot Bay. On the back seat of Grayce’s beat-up Subaru, Mitzi slept deeply. Entertaining five children had exhausted the poodle.

“Wasn’t I smart to use the light rail so I could get you to drive me home?” Davis’ voice thickened as his fingers wandered under her skirt.

Davis had disrupted her plan to check out the jungle on the west side of Beacon Hill on her drive home. She decided to take the Beacon Hill route anyway and then jump on 99. Davis wasn’t paying any attention to her route home, since he was intent on his exploration.

“Not while I’m driving.” Her words came out breathless with the progression of his roving fingers.

Davis was very capable of multi-tasking. As he talked, his fingers advanced in slow circles on her inner thigh. “I can’t believe you worried about meeting my sisters. I told you that you would impress them and that all my nephews and nieces would love you instantly.”

“Davis, stop.” Grayce grabbed his hand.

“We’re going to have our own fireworks when I get you home.” His voice was gruff.

She drove down the curved, steep western hill. At night, the jungle looked ominous. Her heart sped in tandem with her descent into the dark night. “I liked your family. They’re great.”

Watching Davis play with his nieces and nephews added one more attractive layer to this complicated man. He had won her respect with his gentle and concerned treatment of Mitzi, but she had no idea how much more she could love this man until she saw his tender care of his nephews and nieces in his arms. He just kept getting better.

“Mackenzie followed you around all evening. And little Emma climbed into your lap and fell asleep,” Davis said.

Grayce had cherished the feel of the toddler in her arms. At some point, she wanted children, but until now, the reality had been far removed from her present life. Now, with Davis as a partner, she began to believe in the possibility of a life filled with children and Davis.

“The chief wants me to attend a conference in DC this week. I’m going to fly out on the red-eye on Wednesday.”

Her joyful fantasy of a home filled with children disappeared in a flash. “That was sudden.”

“There is a whole procedure for getting my security clearance with the FBI. Zac, you remember him, right? The guy from the FBI that helped me with my investigation. He’s arranged a special tour of the J. Edgar Hoover building.”

Grayce heard the excitement in his voice and felt a hollow ache building in her chest.

“And I have to find an apartment since there won’t be a lot of time once I get started on the job.”

“You’ll be working long hours?”

“Probably, but I like a challenge.”

Davis was focused and driven, and once he got involved with national security issues, she wasn’t sure he’d be happy to return to his mundane life in Seattle.

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