Worthy of Trust and Confidence by Kara A. McLeod

Author:Kara A. McLeod [McLeod, Kara A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781626398900
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2017-01-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I’d been so off in my estimation about my bedtime it was tragic. By the time I’d finished up with Walker at the hospital—as well as with my own checkup because somebody who shall remain nameless but looked fantastic in a business suit and a concerned scowl couldn’t wait to tell the doctor I’d been clocked and should be checked over—and called the whole thing in to DC so they’d be in the loop, it was just shy of three a.m.

If Allison hadn’t been in town, I’d have gone straight home and crawled exhaustedly into bed. Actually, I’d suggested that she come home and crawl into bed with me, but she’d declined. Apparently, she seemed to think trying to get any sleep was foolish since she had to be at the train station in about two hours, and I wasn’t about to let her sit up somewhere by herself. Which is how I found myself across from her at a diner in Midtown killing time before she was scheduled to depart.

“You sure you won’t get into trouble?” I asked for probably the third time, trying unsuccessfully to stifle a yawn. I stirred my coffee, unsure whether I’d already added sugar or whether that’d been what I’d been about to do. I frowned at my cup as I tried to make a determination.

“You sure you want to drink that?” Allison asked before taking a sip from her own mug.

“Huh?” I blinked at her wearily.

She motioned with one hand, keeping the other wrapped completely around her drink. “You didn’t order decaf.”

I made a face. “Of course not. I hate decaf.”

“One might think you’re trying to ensure that you don’t sleep.”

“I’m more worried about you not sleeping. You actually have to go to work today.”

“Oh, who are you kidding? You’ll go in anyway. Apparently medical leave isn’t a thing to you.”

“Probably. But I can go in whenever I want. If I want. Or I can stay home. You’re scheduled to report in.”

Allison pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes for a moment. “It’s cute how you think you can get away with changing the subject.”

“What subject? I didn’t realize we had landed on anything yet.”

She smirked at me and shook her head. “Okay. You want me to be direct? How’s this? Are you finally ready to talk to me about your nightmares?”

I sighed and rubbed my eyes with the pads of my fingers. We’d been over this several times when I’d awoken in various states of distress in the hospital, and I didn’t want to get into it with her any more now than I had then. But I’d promised myself I’d tell her everything. I just wished it didn’t have to be right this instant.

“I’m sure you can imagine what they’re about,” I said finally, my voice low. My stomach writhed like something alive inside me, and my mouth was suddenly dry. I tried to swallow reflexively, but the action was uncomfortable.

“Lucia dying.”

“Yeah. They don’t start that way, but they all end up there.

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