Lovin' Blue by Zuri Day

Author:Zuri Day
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Nightmare
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp
Published: 2011-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Jansen hummed along with will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas. “Yeah, I have a feeling, too, man.” He looked over at the roses he’d impulsively bought from the seller at an intersection on Hawthorne. Only in Los Angeles, he’d mused after the purchase, could one buy anything from fruit to nuts, to flowers to bean pies without leaving their car. He entered the gate, turned onto his block, and the song died on his lips. Eden’s car was gone. It had been on his mind all day: coming home and having Eden there waiting for him, still wearing his oversize tee, perhaps the smell of something healthy yet delicious wafting from the kitchen. Eden had looked good in his home. It had felt right falling asleep with her last night and waking up pressed against her lusciousness.

He turned into his drive and, with motor running, dialed her cell. She picked up. “It had better be good.”

“What?” Eden asked, already knowing the answer.

“The reason you’re not at my house, woman!” Jansen’s tone softened. “Knowing I’d find you here is what got me through the day.”

“Oh, baby, I’m sorry.” And she was. Sorry that she’d looked into his top desk drawer to find screen cleaner and had found a handgun instead. Sorry that after jumping from the desk as if the semiautomatic could shoot, well, automatically, she took a good look around the room. A collection of handcuffs was framed on one wall, along with his college degree and various commendations from both his military and law-enforcement careers. On the other wall was a case housing an extensive gun collection. Eden was sorry that instead of leaving the house right then, she’d turned into the snoop she said she wasn’t and found guns in a kitchen drawer, the laundry room, and inside the walk-in closet of his master suite. She was sorry she didn’t make up the bed, didn’t even take the linens out of the washing machine, but instead had dressed as quickly as she could and fled the feel of death.

“Why’d you go, baby? I want you here. I want you now.”

“Something came up,” she said, her mind grasping for an excuse to cover the truth. Eden didn’t want to mess up the amazing vibe she’d felt with this man by mentioning the real reason. It would simply cause a debate, and Eden was not in the mood. All day she’d grappled with the reality of Jansen’s chosen profession and its dichotomous position to her own truths and desired career path. How did one balance holistic living with weapons of destruction? Yet how could she judge Jansen’s path when she didn’t want anyone judging hers?

“I should have left you a key,” Jansen said into the silence.

“It’s okay, I had to come back to Santa Monica anyway to take a yoga class.” At least I can tell you the truth about that.

“You still needed stretching after my workouts last night and this morning? Damn, I need to step up my game!”

“Trust and believe, Jansen, your game is top-notch.

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