Homerun Daddy by Liam Kingsley

Author:Liam Kingsley [Kingsley, Liam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

12

Bryce

3:32

That’s what the glowing red of my bedside alarm clock read.

I didn’t know what had woken me up from my deep sleep. I closed my eyes and rolled from my side to my back. My arm brushed up against warm skin.

Eyes flying open again, I caught my breath when I turned my head slightly and saw Jaxon’s sleeping form next to me. He’d stayed the night?

I didn’t remember him crawling into bed next to me. I really must have been sleeping like the dead. Though it was better than the alternative—staying awake replaying the car accident over and over. Maybe my mind had sought to shield me from it and just shut off.

I tried to recall what had happened yesterday after Jaxon brought me home after my panic attack. I’d told him all about Lori and the accident. Made it clear it was my fault. Then I’d broken down in his arms. All that was clear, but it didn’t explain why he was still here.

I’d seen the look of horror on his face when I’d told him what happened—how Lori had died because of me. Jaxon apparently thought I was to blame too. And I was, obviously. So why was he still here?

Snippets of the day before came back to me. Jaxon going to pick up Liam from school. Making sure he had both an afternoon snack and dinner. Playing catch again in the yard. I remembered Jaxon checking up on me several times through the course of the afternoon and evening. Each time when I wasn’t actually out of it, I’d pretended to be asleep, not wanting to have to see the look on his face now he knew the truth.

I gazed at him again. He was sleeping, his breath shallow, his face relaxed. I took the opportunity to really study him. The wide set of his jaw, his full lips. The dark lashes that rested on his defined cheekbones. I almost reached out to brush his dark waves from his forehead, but then caught myself. I didn’t want to wake him.

My mind working now, I knew I wouldn’t be falling back asleep any time soon. I slid from the bed as quietly as I could, reaching for my cane, then limped out the door. With one final glance at Jaxon, I pulled the door shut then went into the kitchen.

With a heavy sigh, I hobbled to the counter and pulled out a teacup then set the kettle on the stove. Maybe if I drank something calming I might be able to go back to sleep. It might also help settle some of the churning I felt in my stomach, though I wasn’t sure if that was a residue from the nausea I’d felt Saturday or if it was just my nerves.

As I waited for the water to boil I leaned against the counter and squeezed my eyes shut. God, how I wished I could take back everything that happened yesterday. I hadn’t known where Jaxon was taking me, but the minute I’d seen that hill, I’d lost my shit.

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