Retribution by Heather Atkinson

Author:Heather Atkinson [Atkinson, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-08-13T22:00:00+00:00

Jules climbed into bed, feeling awkward. Before the coma she’d always slept naked but that didn’t feel right anymore, so she wore a long vest and a pair of shorts. She lay on her back, staring up at the ceiling as Jackson got in beside her.

“Don’t,” she said when he tried to wrap an arm around her waist.

“Sorry,” he said, retracting his arm. “It’s just so good to have you back. I’ve missed you so much.”

“You had Cindy to keep you warm,” she retorted.

“I wish I’d never clapped eyes on the woman.”

“Don’t lie to me Jax any more than you already have. I know you’re excited about being a dad.”

He knew she deserved the truth. “Yes, of course I am but it’s only about the baby. Not her.”

“It will be when you see her belly growing. I remember how excited you were when I was pregnant with Cara and she wasn’t even yours. You’ll love that child and so you should but one day your emotions for the baby will become tangled up with feelings for Cindy.”

“No way. I love you, not her.”

“You might not always feel that way,” she said sadly.

“Yes I will. Don’t destroy us Jules, we’re great together. You’re still settling in. Once this place feels like home you’ll feel different.”

“Yeah, maybe.”

Gently he took her face between his hands, forcing her to look at him. “I love you. I don’t think you realise how much.”

There was so much she wanted to scream at him but once again she kept it all in and she just nodded.

“Do you still love me?” he said.

She nodded again, looking down at her hands.

He pressed his lips to hers, running his fingers through her hair, wanting to feel the dynamite that exploded between them every time they had sex but she barely responded.

“I can’t,” she said, pushing him away.

Jackson was stricken. She’d never done that before. Jules had a very high sex drive and they used to be all over each other. The sex was incredible and he was desperate to feel her again but there was no way he was going to push her. He didn’t want her retreating even further from him.

Helplessly he watched as she rolled onto her side, facing away from him, pulling the duvet up to her chin and closing her eyes. With a sigh he lay down beside her, wanting to touch her but not daring.

Just as he was drifting off to sleep she said, “I reckon Cara thought I’d hurt Flopsy because she remembers the Slatterys abducting her and taking her away and putting her through so much fear. But it’s got mixed up in her head and she thinks somehow I was responsible for handing her over to them.”

“We took her to see the psychiatrist you see. Cassandra is a child psychiatrist too. Mikey recommended her because she can be trusted to keep things to herself and DI Dwyer was sniffing about. She came to the conclusion that thankfully Cara didn’t see you injured or being attacked but she did realise that something bad had happened to you.

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