The Last Innocent by Rebekah Strong

Author:Rebekah Strong [Strong, Rebekah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798640664386
Published: 2020-04-26T22:00:00+00:00

TWENTY

Luke reached out to the nightstand. The light spiked into his eyes, and he slammed them shut. Squinting, Luke read 4:12 AM on his phone. Once the alcohol wore off, sleep became dodgy. He rolled over and kicked off the covers that had tangled around him as he tossed in bed.

He went to the sink for a glass of water, then lay back down. After another twenty minutes of racing thoughts, he gave up and slung his legs over the edge of the bed. He tried to rest his face in his hands, but his back was so tight that pain spiked up his neck. Instead, he stood to stretch then began to pace.

Before long, he pulled on wind pants and a wrinkled t-shirt. If he wasn’t sleeping, it made no sense to stay in his dismal, sterile hotel room. He could pace at the office and get some work done.

Luke slipped on his sneakers without tying them and grabbed a tattered leather briefcase. It held every document he and Thad had deemed sensitive. Anything they wanted to keep from Greg went in the briefcase and back to the hotel each night. A discouragingly small amount of paperwork.

He took the stairs three at a time and pushed the door open into a warm Lowcountry night. Even a party town like Savannah had settled down by this late hour. Or early hour. The traffic on Bay Street had dwindled to nothing but an occasional taxi. The streets took on an eerie feel. Without cars whizzing around, the city had a different aura. Streetlamps were the only technology competing with the ghosts.

Luke walked two blocks to the office entrance and swiped his card key. Productivity was looking good for the day. No one else would show up to work on a Saturday morning. Greg would be golfing, and Thad was in Atlanta. The rest of them didn’t matter. With the exception of Susie, they hardly talked to him anyway. Given the choice between Luke and Thad, people usually talked to Thad.

The scanner beeped again and the door by Susie’s desk clicked open. Luke left the hallway lights off and walked to the break room. He flipped on the light and put his bag down long enough to start a pot of strong coffee. Then he continued to the broom closet.

Leaving the office door open, he threw his bag on Thad’s chair and sat down in his. He closed his eyes listening to the whoosh of the air conditioner and the whir of the computer booting up. For a moment it was soothing. Until it wasn’t. He usually liked the quiet, but this was a little too quiet. Thoughts get louder when nothing drowns them out.

The fact that she bothered him so much irked him. She was nothing special. There were plenty of other women to occupy his time. More beautiful and successful than Tully Meara. He never had a hard time finding a date, but there was never a woman he couldn’t forget.

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