Protection by Carla Blake

Author:Carla Blake
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lesbian, thriller, erotic, erotica, suspense, gay, sapphic, romantic, romance, love, girl
ISBN: 9781849891486
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Published: 2010-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Gambling had never been very near the top on Carrie’s life agenda. Having never been quite able to understand why anyone would want to bet large sums of money on something that was destined to fail.

Even something as innocent as a fruit machine was primed to keep more than they paid out. The odds so heavily stacked in its own favour, that by the time you did finally manage to get a line of matching symbols, the celebrations were on par with winning the lottery jackpot!

To her mind, only people who got excited about being broke gambled.

Which was why, after finally coming out of the closet, Carrie Shilling, film star, sex symbol and until now, all round straight girl, was waiting to see just how broke she was going to be.

Sighing, she rested her head against the window of her study and followed the tracks of the rain as it dribbled down the glass. Outside, wind blown leaves tumbled across the lawn and the window rattled sharply, causing her to step back and hug herself. Unable to explain why suddenly her study didn’t feel like the sanctuary it usually did, but more like a prison cell in which she fretted and worried over the recent events that had put her there.

Yesterday had been a disaster. First the intruder at the leisure centre, then the awkward embarressment of hearing Andrea yelling at everyone for their total lack of security. Followed by Brick’s confession that he’d been dozing in the car and as a result seen nothing, all topped by the awful uncertainly of what exactly they’d got away with?

It had been enough to give her grey hairs and that was before they’d been forced into telling Carmichael she was gay! But what other choice was there? With her big secret on the threshold of discovery, there’d been nothing else to do but call an emergency meeting.

Awkward hadn’t even come close and seated around the kitchen table, the silence that had followed her revelation had stretched far longer than was comfortable while Carmichael had just sat there. His face pale. A gamut of emotions twisting his features from one to another until eventually, he had settled on anger.

And exploded. “Gay! How the hell can you be gay?”He’d cried angrily. “You’re Carrie Shilling for Christ’s sake! A bloody sex symbol! You can’t be gay! Your entire career has been based around the fact men want to get inside your pants! How the hell can you be bloody gay!”

“Because I am!”Carrie had replied and promptly burst into tears, leaving Andrea to comfort her and look daggers at Carmichael, who stared right back at her and looked ready to take the argument well into the next day, until Amanda stepped in and stopped things from going any further by fixing Carmichael with a disdainful look.

“Are you that insensitive that you can’t see what effect all this is having on Carrie?”She’d demanded, planting both hands on the table and leaning over him. “She’s tried

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