Anxiety by H. D. Thomson
Author:H. D. Thomson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense
Publisher: H. D. Thomson
Published: 2014-12-15T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 3
Margot woke up to silence. She opened her eyes and wished she hadnât. Even with the closed drapes and the room drenched in soft shadow, the headache deep in her skull still crashed against her brain.
Groaning, she turned away and glanced at the other side of the double bed. Empty. Just like inside her heart. Margot slipped her hand over the rumpled sheets and found them cool to the touch. Jake must have left long ago. But what had she expected? That he would stay? Keep holding her forever?
Sheâd loved having his arms wrapped around her middle, his chin resting against the crown of her head. Heâd been there for her, lending his gentle, yet silent support, his strength. If Margot wasnât careful, sheâd find herself falling in love.
No. She wasnât ready for that. She wasnât ready to be vulnerable. She wasnât ready to be hurt again. But, oh, it would be so easy to let her heart lead her down that path.
Pressing a palm against her brow, Margot struggled from the tangled sheets and stumbled to her feet. The showerâs warm water drumming over her chilled body did nothing to sooth her head. Turning the water to hot didnât do any better, and it especially didnât do anything to lesson her tumultuous thoughts. Carl. His murder. His life gone forever. Malcolm. Why? She couldnât understand. She was afraid to understand, and she didnât want to.
After donning a pair of jeans and wool sweater, Margot went downstairs and into the kitchen. She froze by the counter. Three wine bottles lined the top. All empty. She hurried over to the cabinet where she kept a spare, white wine she didnât particularly like. Gone. Someone had tossed it in the garbage with a bottle of scotch. Both empty.
Anger surged and burned through her veins. Jake had no right. None whatsoever. If he thought he was going to get away with pulling this stunt then he had another thing coming. Sheâd tell him so the minute she saw him.
Then she saw the note taped to the refrigerator.
âI had to run an errand. Will be back in a couple of days. Yours, Jake.â
At Jakeâs salutation, her heartbeat accelerated into a jumble of hope and excitement. Then just as quickly, she smashed those emotions. No. She wasnât going to read anything into that one little word. She didnât believe in hope. Plus, why should she even feel like that when only a second before sheâd been angry with him?
~~~~~
For the next two days, if Margot wasnât working at home doing e-book conversions for her clients or at least trying to make sense of the mess left of her business, she went into town, visiting and helping Joyce, and searching for hard to find books.
No matter how busy she kept, Margot couldnât stifle her loneliness, a constant companion these last couple of days. Margot didnât know how to fix it, even though she knew the cause. Jake. Far too quickly, sheâd come to rely on him.
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