Bang Switch by Jamie Lee Scott

Author:Jamie Lee Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jamie Lee Scott

Chapter 16

Kate wasn’t sure if it was the gunshot residue from the shooting at the range, or running into Moore outside that made her feel so dirty. The entire drive home she squirmed in her seat, feeling covered in dirt, and imagined bugs crawling all over her. At least she knew it was her imagination, that it wasn’t really happening, though feeling dirty was real.

Pulling into the driveway of her plantation, she marveled at it all once again, wondering when the feeling of living in someone else’s house would wear off. She hoped it would happen soon. What she hoped never wore off was the feeling of awe she felt when she drove in the driveway under an arch of weeping willows leading up to the grand house. Even Azizi’s place had held up well. While in Dallas, she’d Googled her home. The house she lived in had been standing for more than two-hundred years. Not in its current state, as it had burned down and been rebuilt, but the history.

Azizi’s family had worked for her grandfather’s family. Not as slaves, but as employees, which was unheard of at the time. But also unheard of, Kate’s great-great grandfather had lived with a “colored” woman. They hadn’t been allowed to marry, but that didn’t stop them from wearing wedding rings and attending social functions together. Edmée Darjean, a Creole from Louisiana, spoke fluent French and Creole English, but could speak flawless southern English if the occasion presented itself.

Her grandfather, Edwin Barrow, had apparently been Edwin Barrow IV. A grand family in the south. What an embarrassment her mother, Amy, must have been. Previous Edwin Barrows must have turned over in their graves. She wondered what they’d think of a cop living in this grand estate and laughed.

She hadn’t thought about Amy since the beginning of her PTSD therapy. And she rarely, if ever, thought of Amy as her mom. But then she didn’t really think of her adoptive parents as her mom and dad, either. Her adoptive parents knew Kate’s life story, and each decided to let Kate be Kate. Kate the loner.

Glad she hadn’t run into Azizi outside or in the house, Kate started to take the stairs two at a time, then remembered herself. Only three months out from her injury, she needed to start slow. And if her morning at the range had taught her anything, she had a long row to hoe.

It wasn’t until she jumped out of the shower, dressed, and walked slowly down the stairs that she remembered Zane. Usually, she thought of him in the shower. Strange. But thinking of him squeezed her heart a little. She loved him so much, but she just wasn’t grown up enough to admit she’d been wrong. She should have been more forgiving, more open, and not so afraid he’d leave her.

Therapy taught her a lot, but the one thing she came away with that surprised her was the knowledge she wasn’t afraid of commitment, but of being abandoned.

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