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We got down to the preparations of doing that, then we did it.
I was sauntering off to dreamland, Cap spooning me at the back, Patches having draped himself over our feet, and I was on that trip, eventually reaching my destination, not realizing I didn’t mention anything to him about Clarice or Divinity or Jinx or Luna and my nightly activities.
Not a word.
THIRTEEN
HE TOOK HIS BAG
I’d forgotten to change the music on my alarm, but that wasn’t what woke me the next morning.
My hip was shaken, not rough, not gentle, but it got my attention and pulled me from sleep.
Added to that was Cap demanding, “Raye, get up.”
I opened my eyes and turned to my back, beginning to smile.
My smile died on my face when he lifted his hand, his fore- and middle fingers holding a business card.
“What the fuck? You know Clarice?”
His voice was vibrating deeply and his handsome face was hard with anger. I’d never seen that look on him, heard that tone, and both scared me.
Not yet quite awake and facing an alarming unknown first thing, I asked, “What?”
“Clarice Davis. You know her?”
I looked to the business card, pushing up to a hand in bed. “Where’d you find that?”
I thought I’d tucked all that away in my TV/stationery/odds-and-ends cabinet.
Was he snooping?
“Who gives a fuck?” he clipped, then ordered harshly, “Answer me.”
My attention shifted back to him, some of the sleep left me (though, it was important to note, not all), and as I was wont to do when I thought someone was being unreasonable, I got unreasonable back.
Or, another way to put it,ticked.
“Can I get up and brush my teeth before you interrogate me?” I snapped.
His answer was to scowl at me then turn and prowl from the room.
“What on earth?” I mumbled irritably and threw the covers aside.
I hit the bathroom and did my business.
I did this trying to get my head together.
It sounded like he knew Clarice.
He’d been in town six months, but he was a PI. Maybe he’d had run-ins with her, considering her occupation, and his.
Though, it seemed he didn’t like her much.
I also was realizing I should have found the time to share with him about her.
Even so, him shaking me awake before my alarm even went off to get in my shit about it wasn’t cool.
