Who is she referring to?
“I’m sure you’re not like them.”
“I’m not. I’m a good person—” Her voice breaks and she dissolves into tears.
Jesus Christ.
Ever since she got that phone call, her mood has plummeted, transforming her from a jovial woman to a recluse. Even the lure of dessert wasn’t enough to get her to leave her room. She barricaded herself in until I walked in to assume my nightly post.
I shouldn’t have let it slide when I demanded to find out what the fuck was going on.
Her sobs turn into wails as her body trembles in my arms.
“Shhh.”Fuck, I feel useless.
Whoever called her this evening triggered something in her.
What’s her connection with thisA. Monte Cristo and what kind of hold does he or she have on her?
As her crying subsides, I brush her hair with the palm of my hand. “You should try to get some sleep.”
She grips my t-shirt with both hands, holding on like she’s afraid if she didn’t, she’d be swept away in a tide. “Don’t go.”
Her plea is like a fist to the gut.
“I’ll be in the armchair.” I jerk my head toward the window.
She shakes her head. “Don’t go. Don’t leave me. Please, Kaz.” The pain in her voice lacerates me.
Who is the bogeyman I need to slay?
I blow out a breath. “Okay.”
I ease her down, slide underneath the sheet beside her and wrap her in my arms.
She shuffles closer to me as if she’s trying to fuse our bodies together.
She uses my chest has a pillow, her arm slung around my waist, and one of her bare legs curled around mine. I curve a hand around the calf of the leg she hooked over mine.
I kiss the top of her head.I’ll keep you safe.
A few beats pass as I hold her in my arms.
Her breathing slows.
Good. She’s fallen asleep.
Her body jerks.
I tense.
“I’m not like them,” she says in a faint voice.
When I find out who’s putting her in this state, I’ll wring themotherfucker’s neck.
Hold the presses because Hell just froze over.
Kazimir Lindstro¨m stepped onto the red carpet with a new belle hanging from his arm and the man smiled. Yes, you read that correctly. The brooding hockey legend actually smiled. And the miracle happened on the red carpet at the Active Kids charity gala last night. The sighting of that elusive smile is causing as much commotion as the first sighting of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal.
