Blackout by Kimberley Anne

Author:Kimberley Anne [Kimberley Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Whitelion Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Zach took my overnight bag in one hand as I shouldered my handbag. As my hand dropped to my side, Zach’s other hand took a hold of my free hand. We moved towards the rumble of his truck, a sound I had grown to love. Zach dropped my bag onto the back seat then helped me into the passenger seat. He manoeuvred us out onto the road that would lead us to the freeway, and we continued south towards Melbourne and closer to what I needed to sort out in my life.

‘It’ll be okay.’ Zach reached for my hand, his fingers curling around mine, before he brought them to his lips to kiss.

‘I know you think that, but I still have to confront my family.’ The very thought made my pulse quicken, and I didn’t know if I could do this.

‘We can do that together. I know I overstepped with Connor, and I’m sorry.’ To hear Zach apologise said something about the way he felt about me, and I liked it.

‘Together.’ I shook my head in disbelief. ‘We don’t know each other, not really, and you don’t know anything about the mess I’m in.’ It was too late to take back those words. ‘Oh my God. That came out mean.’

Zach squeezed my hand for my attention. ‘You’re right.’

I turned my head to face him. His eyes caught mine before he turned his attention back to the road. ‘I don’t know anything about the mess you’re in. But I know who you are, Harley.’

‘You do?’ I asked still looking at the side of Zach’s face.

Zach nodded.

‘How?’ I whispered. ‘How do you know?’

‘When I saw you seated at my bar that first night you rolled into town, I thought maybe I recognised you. Then I couldn’t help but wonder why I felt a connection to you, and you seemed oddly familiar. When you passed out, I didn’t want to let you out of my sight, and taking you to my birthday party meant I could spend some more time with you, talk to you and get to know you.’ Zach stopped for a breath, then he smirked before he continued. ‘When I was told a debit card was left behind, I was thrown for a loop when hearing the name on the card. Then all I could think of was the girl who lived next door with pigtail braids and red-framed glasses and sang with her sister and Dad every chance she got.’

So Zach had been suspicious from the moment I drank myself under the bar. ‘You never said anything.’

‘I was trying to wrap my head around seeing you again after all these years. You disappeared, and I told myself if I ever saw you again, I would be cautious. But after spending the last couple of days together, holding your hand and seeing your tattoo, I didn’t want to be cautious anymore.’ Silence filled the cab of Zach’s truck, then he said, ‘I don’t want to let go of your hand.’

I gasped at Zach’s whispered words.

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