Hers for a While by Danica Chandler

Author:Danica Chandler [Chandler, Danica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction
Amazon: B00SM5GFZE
Published: 2015-01-22T08:00:00+00:00

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The next few weeks were a blur for Alice. If Jack wasn’t at work he was asleep on the couch or in bed early. He tried hard to stay up with her, but the exhaustion won and it was normal to see him dozing not long after dinner. And the fact that he still wasn’t eating much made it where she wasn’t eating much either. The coughing wasn’t getting any better and his clothes were starting to hang off of him from weight loss.

Saturday’s when he had a tour made for long times spent alone. She wanted to get the house cleaned up. Maybe that was a factor – maybe there was something making him sick. She gathered up her cleaning supplies and went into the bathroom. Gathering up the trash, she dropped the liner and it went everywhere across the floor.

“Damn it.”

She bent over and picked it up, pausing when she saw several pieces of toilet paper balled up in the bottom of the trash bag. Was that blood? It was disgusting digging through it, but she had to know. There were about three different blood splotches on it and a wave of heat overtook her. What in the hell was going on? She was no doctor, but was Jack coughing up blood? Why didn’t he tell her?

She felt angry. She felt sympathetic. But most of all, she was completely scared. She put all of the trash back in the bag, but made sure to keep the bloody tissue on the top. How would she even confront him? He was definitely sick with something.

Washing her hands, she grabbed her phone and tried to call him. After a couple of rings, it went to voicemail. Why was he ignoring her call? Did he know something she didn’t? Why was he betraying her?

Sitting on the couch, she buried her face in her hands. She wanted to cry, but the tears didn’t come. She was either too tired or too infuriated to do it. The mixed emotions felt odd. At least his tour would be over in about an hour, that is, if he came home right after. He might know she was on to him and avoid her, but how would he know that? It wasn’t odd for her to call him while he was at work.

To her surprise, she heard the backdoor kick open. Jack pushed through, his skin pale, his brow sweaty. His eyes were sunken in and the bags were darker than she could remember. He looked worse than just that morning, and her heart sank.

“Jack?” Standing up, she met him in the hallway. “Babe…” Any anger she felt dissipated at the sight of him. Her nurturing side kicked in, and she grabbed his arm and helped him to the bedroom.

“Chief sent me home early. Said I looked like…” he paused to catch his breath as he sat down on the bed. “Said I looked like the walking dead.” Though he was having a hard time breathing, he still managed to smile.

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