Drake Sisters 06 - Turbulent Sea by Christine Feehan

Author:Christine Feehan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

"JOLEY. Wake up. Wake up, honey."

Joley groaned and squeezed her eyes closed tighter. "Go away."

There were whispers. She heard them from a distance and tried to turn her head to see who was disturbing her. Her body felt heavy and cumbersome and her eyelids barely opened. Tish and Brian huddled together over the bed. Jerry stood at her table with the shreds of two white packets in his hands.

Joley?

Ilya's voice shredded her heart. That perfect pitch. No one had such a perfect, heartbreaking tone. She closed her eyes and pulled the covers over her head. She couldn't hear him or see him. She needed to stay asleep where he couldn't get to her to destroy her further.

"Joley, what the hell did you take?" Jerry pushed Brian and Tish aside and crouched by the bed, shaking her. "What did you take?" He dipped a finger into the envelope and tasted it, scowled and handed it to Brian.

"She doesn't do drugs," Brian said, repeating the same action and tasting the powder.

"She took something," Jerry snapped. "Joley, what the fuck have you done? I swear you'd better tell me or I'm calling a fucking ambulance right now. Get her up. Walk her up and down the bus. Get some water on her face. What did you take?"

Joley frowned at them, forcing her lashes to lift. "Go away. I'm sleeping."

"You're getting up," Jerry decreed. "I don't expect this kind of drama from you, Joley. Denny maybe, but not you. What the hell did you take?"

Her mouth felt like cotton. "I can't take drugs. You know that. They don't work on my body. They just make me sick." She rolled over and stared at the ceiling, keeping the comforter wrapped tightly around her body.

Tish took the packet from Brian and sat on the edge of the bed. "What is this, honey?"

"Hannah made it up for me. I'm only supposed to use one envelope, but I couldn't sleep so I took two—and it worked." She glared up at Jerry. "Until you decided to barge in."

"What's in it?" Jerry demanded, relief making his voice gruff.

"I don't know. She grows all that stuff. She's like supergardener, and all her powders and creams work." Joley put her hand over her eyes. "Did you have to raise all the screens?"

"Only two," Brian said. "I'm getting you something to eat. I'll be right back."

"Get her moving, Tish," Jerry said and awkwardly patted Joley's head.

Tish waited until the men had left and shut the door. "You're covered in bruises, Joley, you have marks all over your body. What happened? Do you need a doctor?"

Marks all over her? Ilya's marks. Inside and out. She could feel him touching her, whispering to her, his breath warm against her skin, his hands like magic. She pulled the comforter closer to hold the marks tight against her skin. The absolute compassion and caring in Tish's voice was her undoing. Tears burned in her eyes and clogged her throat. She shook her head. "I'm all right. Nothing bad happened.

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