The Dream Jumper's Secret: (A SuspenseThriller with Supernatural Elements) (Dream Jumper Series Book 2) by Hornsby Kim

Author:Hornsby, Kim [Hornsby, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Top Ten Press
Published: 2014-04-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Tina bolted upright in her bed. The walls of her bedroom were shadowed from the street light filtering through the maple tree by her window. The clock said 12:45 a.m. It was a dream, not a dream jump, and nothing precognitive. Thank God. Those dreams had a definite look to them, like a photograph not quite developed. This had just been a bad dream, born from her mind playing tricks on her. War happened to be on her mind, that day as she studied photos of Kandahar online, thinking about Jamey being in danger. She’d fallen asleep worrying about Jamey’s safety in Afghanistan, and strangely enough, sympathizing with Carrie’s refusal to be a cop’s wife.

Her breathing eventually calmed, and she lay back on the feather pillows. Attempts to go back to sleep were met with resistance as she thought about Jamey. Wide awake ten minutes later, Tina swung her legs over the side of the bed and left her room. It had been a rough week. No wonder she was having bad dreams. The dream hadn’t involved her father. She’d stopped dreaming of the staircase. A crack of light showed under her mother’s bedroom door. When she knocked, her mother spoke. “Come in Kristina.”

“How did you know it was me?” She smiled and crossed to her mother’s king-sized bed. Elizabeth was propped up on a pile of pillows, reading a book.

“Wild guess. Couldn’t you sleep?” Elizabeth set the book face down on her lap. Two young lovers embraced on the cover.

Tina shrugged. “I had a bad dream. I just wanted to check on you,” she said and got into bed with her mother, something she never would’ve done a month earlier. Or ever. Pulling the covers up, she turned to her mother. “Is it a good book?”

“They’re all good right now because they’re distracting.” Her mother’s smile was tentative.

Tina propped herself up on her elbow.

“I started with a mystery,” Elizabeth gestured to her bedside table, “but it was morbid and I need something light right now. I’ll give it to Amy. Dad was reading the mystery when he went back into the hospital.” She smiled sadly. “It made me feel connected to him to read the same book. I wonder how far he got with the story, that sort of thing.”

Tina nodded and smiled. “I loved him so much.”

“He loved you.” Elizabeth reached over and smoothed Tina’s hair back from her face, something she never remembered her mother doing before now. It was comforting. “He was a good man, and a wonderful person.” Her mother took a deep breath. “I wanted that for you, Kristina. I wanted you to have the happy marriage I have. Had. The knowledge that no matter what happens, he’s there for you. Always your safety net.”

The lump in Tina’s throat made it hard to swallow. “Me too.”

“Do you think you would’ve had that with Hank?” Her mother’s voice was weak, careful, like she didn’t want to know the answer.

“I don’t know. The marriage was too new.

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