The Big Keep by Melissa F. Olson

Author:Melissa F. Olson [Olson, Melissa F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Westmarch Publishing
Published: 2014-06-19T00:00:00+00:00

Pep talk completed, Cristina gave me one last hug and left for a late date with Miguel. I knew she wanted to give me some space, and I appreciated it. I also appreciated what she’d said too, but it didn’t make me feel much better. Starla was twenty-two and barely scraping by with herself and two kids: even if the courts would allow her to, she could never be responsible for Nate. It would be like the blind leading the...well, not-quite-so-blind, but underaged.

I changed into pajama pants and a t-shirt and curled up in front of Cristina’s television for awhile, paying no attention to what was on. I was busy silently cursing out Jason Anderson for his idiocy. Why did he have to be so...him? Why couldn’t he have been happy with two gorgeous children and a loving (if slightly dim) girlfriend? Hell, for that matter, why couldn’t he have been happy back in Chicago? We’d missed him by only a few days, but it was Jason’s stupid choices that had led to that dumpster.

After half an hour of self-pity and resentment, I realized that I was starving. I hadn’t eaten anything since a drive-thru at lunchtime, and I was starting to get nauseous from the combination of hunger and baby hormones. Cristina didn’t keep much food in the house, so I turned off the TV and grabbed the car keys. Without bothering to change out of my pajama pants, I went down to the Volvo, intent on going through the drive-through at In-N-Out burger. Granted, eating In-N-Out Burger two days in a row was probably not my healthiest idea. But I was past caring.

The line for the drive-through was seven cars long, even at 10:30 at night, but there were only two cars parked in the lot. Americans. I was too hungry to wait, so I shrugged to myself and parked the car to walk inside. Being seen in public in my pajama pants would have sent Rory into palpitations of shame, but I just couldn’t work up the energy to give a shit what the In-N-Out employees thought of me. They should just be grateful that I’d remembered to put on flip-flops. And a bra.

The food calmed my stomach a little, and by the time I left the restaurant and headed back for Cristina’s car, I was trying to focus my thoughts on the future. First thing in the morning, I needed to call Nate. I figured he’d want to stop the investigation, since finding Jason Anderson’s killer wouldn’t help his situation at this point. Which meant that the case was over. Which also meant that as soon as I got home, I needed to talk to Toby. It was time to face the fact that I was going to have a baby, Cleary’s anniversary or not.

The LA night was cool and dry, and a little breeze played on the raised goosebumps that covered my arms. I didn’t mind the chill – it was probably thirty degrees cooler in Chicago just then.

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