Refractions Of Light (FISA Agents Book 2) by BL Jones

Author:BL Jones [Jones, BL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-10-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter nine

Leo

I let Jack rest on his own for a few hours, using the time to clean up the glass from the kitchen and deal with the tiny cuts that Jack's flying glass made on my arms before making an absurd number of sandwiches for him to devour. Considering how hungry he must be, I expect him to unhinge his jaw like a snake and eat them all in one go.

Jack is awake when I go in and watches me as I drop down next to him on the bed with two plates stacked with bread and meat. He sits up to rest back against the headboard, giving me a look of thanks and picking up one of the thick sandwiches. He offers up a little smile when he bites into the sandwich and realises what I've put on it.

I've learnt Jack isn't a very picky eater, which would make sense considering how he was raised, but he is partial to honey in his sandwiches. He'd probably eat sugar and honey from a jar if I let him.

Having already eaten in the kitchen earlier, I lay down beside Jack, resting my head on the pillow and allowing my eyes to flutter closed. After all the awfulness and high emotion today, I feel drained enough to sleep for a week.

Jack cards his fingers through my hair, tentative with his gentleness like he’s afraid of getting it wrong.

Once he’s finished eating, Jack moves the empty plates to the nightstand and shifts down the bed until we’re facing each other. The distance between us is a foot at most.

Still, Jack doesn't breach the divide to touch me, keeping one arm buried under the pillow and his free hand pressed to the white duvet. We gaze at each other from across the expanse that separates us, eyes locked on hard, like we're both waiting for something significant to happen.

I'm reminded of that day a month ago, right before we first slept together. I wonder if Jack will be as willing to be honest with me now as he was then.

"Will you tell me what he made you do that caused you to hate him so much?" I ask, knowing Jack will understand who I mean.

Jack is silent for a long time. So long, I think he won't answer at all. When he finally does, it's both a relief and a surprise.

"There was a girl who agreed to testify against him," Jack tells me, voice quiet and reserved, like he needs to distance himself just to remember it. "Young, not involved in the gunrunning business."

"Did she accidentally witness Bullet in the middle of a weapons transaction or something?" I ask, unsure how far to push this. The fact he trusts me enough to share awful things is the part that matters to me, not the actual content of his secrets.

"Nah." Jack releases a frustrated exhale. "Law enforcement knew they would never get Bullet on the arms dealing. His operation is too well-run. They did their usual thing of trying to get the bastard on something else, something they could make stick.

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