West Pacific Supers: Rising Tide by Johnson-Weider K.M

Author:Johnson-Weider, K.M. [Johnson-Weider, K.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Moon Aurora, LLC
Published: 2011-06-29T00:00:00+00:00

He pulled the car into their driveway, turned off the ignition, and turned to look at her. “I never know what’s happening to you, Camille. An hour late in your job and, well - I fear the worst.” He looked pale, old, and on the verge of tears.

She laid her hand gingerly on her husband’s arm. “Jules, I’m sorry, I… ”

“I listened to the radio but there wasn’t anything about you,” he continued, staring out the windshield at their house; the light inside suggesting that Meghan and the babysitter were probably eating dinner. “We don’t have the police scanner hooked up yet and I left my HoloBerry at home. I didn’t know what was happening.”

“You don’t have to worry so much,” she said softly, wishing she could put her arms around him to reassure him. “I’m quick and pretty darn hard to hurt. You know that.”

He shook his head. “Remember Les Mis?” he said.

She fell silent. How could she possibly forget? It had been their anniversary and they had a babysitter for the first time since moving to Chicago. Jules had made reservations at a fancy Italian restaurant and she had scored front-row seats for the revival of the famous musical. They were supposed to meet up at the restaurant at seven; the show was at nine. She never came.

“I didn’t even start to worry until quarter to eight,” he said, his voice distant, as if lost in the memory. “You’re always running late. And even then, I was more worried that we’d have to rush dinner or risk not being seated before intermission. When I called, you didn’t answer, but you hardly ever answer, so that wasn’t a big surprise. I just ordered another glass of wine and kept working on the lyrics - I was writing Autumn Day then and I couldn’t get the second verse right…”

She took his hand in hers and squeezed it.

“Around 8:15 I started getting upset. I thought maybe you’d forgotten. I tried calling Infinity HQ, but I couldn’t get through. That’s when I started to worry. And then I heard the sirens and started to panic. I ran out and grabbed a cab to head downtown, but the traffic was gridlocked. The cabbie was the one who told me that there had been a superbrawl downtown - that’s when I knew you were hurt. I didn’t get to the hospital until nearly midnight. You’d already been through two surgeries…They didn’t know if you were going to pull through… ”

Camille squeezed his hand again, feeling close to tears herself. “I’m so sorry, Jules, I didn’t mean to put you through that again - I didn’t think…”

He turned to look at her, his eyes tender and red-rimmed. “I never know what’s worse,” he said, reaching up to touch her face. “To know exactly where you are and what you’re doing, to watch every excruciating blow on live news coverage, or to know nothing at all and have my imagination create endless horrors as I wait. Waiting and worrying, waiting and worrying.

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