Just Friends by Mia Archer

Author:Mia Archer [Archer, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2016-04-06T22:00:00+00:00

17: Cats, Bags, Etc.

I figured when we got back to the hotel we’d be up for a little bit of fun. I figured maybe Savannah would finally deliver on the promises made by that outfit that had been distracting me for so long. Only instead we fell into bed together and rather than getting hot and heavy we just kind of stared at each other in disbelief.

That went on for a little while before I finally broke the silence.

“So that whole thing was pretty interesting,” I said.

Savannah shook her head and giggled. “You were absolutely right. I should have done that a hell of a long time ago!”

I leaned in and gave her a kiss. Though surprisingly I didn’t feel the urge to climb on top of her. At least not too much. This seemed like a time of for talking and processing all the craziness that had just happened. Not a time for getting hot and heavy with each other.

“You know he’s going to make trouble for us when we get home,” I said.

Savannah sighed. This time there wasn’t any hand of a giggle. There was a something else there. Resignation? It was hard to tell.

I tried to imagine how she might feel. I could get an inkling. After all, I was the one trying to keep things a secret because of my job, but at the same time I really was telling the truth when I said she had a hell of a better reason for wanting to keep her own secrets.

“Yeah, what I did tonight was kind of stupid. It’s going to force our hand,” she said. She looked at me and there were tears welling up in her eyes. “I’m so sorry Kirsten.”

I leaned in and wiped some of those tears away. I hated seeing her like that. Still, it was better seeing her like this than seeing her afraid. Crying was something I could deal with. Something I could help with. Her retreating in on herself every time she saw pastor Dan was a harder nut to crack, though. That fear was her own demon. One that she’d exorcised good and proper tonight with one hell of a right hook.

“You have absolutely nothing to apologize for Savannah,” I said. “I was the one who told you that you needed to stand up to that asshat. Granted I didn’t think we’d run into him tonight. Or that you’d stand up to him in quite such a spectacular fashion… But still.”

“I know,” Savannah said. “But we’d just put together this whole plan. We were both in a good place. At least I thought we were. And now I’ve taken that good safe plan and thrown it out the window.”

I shrugged. “We figured out a way to make things work earlier. We’ll figure out a way to make things work now. What else can we do?”

“We could just run away together? Go to a part of the country where nobody knows us!”

I stared at Savannah. A long, flat stare.

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