Cole by Christine Donovan

Author:Christine Donovan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christine Donovan

She locked up after him, and not wanting to face her empty bed, grabbed a fleece blanket and crashed on the couch. Staring blindly into the fire, she contemplated her life. Why was it so complicated? Cole loved her. She loved him. So why weren’t they together?

Her brother Mitch loved a woman named Lynn. Did Lynn have secret feelings for him? Shannon sure as hell hoped so. She’d never seen him like he was tonight. Vulnerable, anxious and nervous, not to mention his eyes positively glowed with love. She just hoped his heart didn’t get stomped on because there was no pain, and she meant no pain, in the world that compared to the piercing pain from a shattered heart. And Shannon should know.

She pulled the covers up under her chin and felt her body relax. Soon her mind emptied of all thoughts as she drifted off. The sound of the waves crashing on the beach and the hiss from the fireplace became her world. And slowly, ever so slowly, her heart beat soft and steady, her eyelids too heavy to keep open, and she floated into sleep.

Her dreams plagued her with crazy images, images of Cole, John and Cameron swirling around in the air over her head. They were like ghosts flying, yelling and fighting all around her. She couldn’t understand what they were saying, but she didn’t need to hear, she knew. They were fighting about her. She awoke with a start, drenched in sweat even with the nighttime chill hanging in the air.

She stared out the windows and watched the stars twinkling in the dark sky as her heart settled down to a reasonable beat. The clock glowed three-twelve in the morning, and suddenly she was wide-awake and wondering what Cole was doing?

Something flickered directly outside her house and the silhouette of someone moved. Shannon dropped to the floor, her heart exploded, and she gasped for air. She hated that man in Chicago for making her afraid of her own shadow. It could be anything or anyone out there. It didn’t mean the man was here to kill her. Hadn’t Cole said he would only kill her if it could be pinned on him? Inhaling deeply, she held her breath and rose up to her knees to peer out. She dropped back down, wrapped her arms around herself and groaned.

“Shit, shit, shit.” She looked around for her phone and spotted it across the room. She crawled across the floor and cradled her cell phone to her chest for a moment then called 911.

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