Saving Savvie by Elle James

Author:Elle James [James, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Page Inc

Chapter 9

Of all things Hunter could have said, Savvie hadn’t expected that.

“You killed your high school sweetheart?” She shook her head. “Surely, it was an accident.”

Hunter ran a hand through his hair. “I was young, invincible and stupid. Unfortunately, I took Sarah along for my ride of stupidity.”

“Okay,” Savvie said, “that’s clear as mud.” She took his hand and walked him to the stairs leading up to the war room and sat, pulling him down beside her. “Care to enlighten me?” she urged softly.

He shook his head. “Not really.”

“Then we’ll just sit here. I have nowhere else I have to be.” Her thoughts ran with what little he’d said. How could he have killed his high school sweetheart?

Had he been in a jealous rage? She looked at his face. The shadows beneath his eyes made him appear sad, even haunted.

Savvie hadn’t known Hunter long, but she knew this man wasn’t her stepfather. He would never hurt a woman in a fit of rage or anything else.

Hunter leaned forward and buried his face in his hands. For a long moment, he remained unmoving.

Savvie figured he wasn’t going to tell her what had happened. And she wasn’t going to press for the details. She understood the effects of trauma, having lived through her own version. If he didn’t want to talk about it, she wasn’t going to push him.

Not knowing how to comfort him, she laid her hand on his back. She didn’t move it up and down, just let it lay there on his taut muscles. She hoped that the warmth of her hand let him know she was there for him.

Hunter sat up straight and scrubbed a hand down his face. “I was eighteen, a senior in high school, planning on going to college the next fall. Sarah and I had applied to the same university. We had our lives mapped out. We had a plan.” He stared straight ahead as if seeing his past replaying like a silent movie.

“It was February, and we’d had a cold snap. It had started to rain, but it was Friday night. I refused to let a little rain keep us home. Sarah and I had planned a date to celebrate our third year together as boyfriend and girlfriend. I wasn’t going to miss that. Wearing my best dress slacks, a button-down shirt and a blazer I’d borrowed from my father’s closet, I left my house and drove to town. I had a bouquet of red roses, a necklace and a reservation at the restaurant where we’d had our first date.”

He drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly before continuing.

Savvie sat quietly, listening without comment.

“I showed up at her house in my pickup. Her father mentioned that the weatherman predicted the rain would turn to freezing rain, and that I should get Sarah home before that happened.” His lips pressed together. “I promised I would.”

Savvie’s chest tightened, already guessing he hadn’t kept his promise.

“We went to the restaurant. I gave her the flowers and the gift.

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