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“What’s happened?”
I checked the clock. I was figuring I had one hour, if even that.
“Feds found the house. They called; they’re trying to pull me in. My guess is you’ll be getting a call from them to notify you that your mother is alive this afternoon.”
“Wait.What?” She scrambled off the bed, following me as I went into the bathroom.
I stripped, turning the shower on and stepping underneath.
Bailey waited, just outside the shower door. “What’s going on, Kash?”
I stepped under the spray, my eyes finding and holding hers. “I’m in trouble.”
She drew in a breath, but she didn’t waver. She didn’t look away. She knew the risks we’d both taken the night before.
“What can I do?” she asked.
Relax.
Sleep.
Rest.
Smile.
Laugh.
Comfort her father.
Be herself.
“Nothing. Stay here, and wait for my call.”
She nodded.
My chest was tight. I didn’t know what was in store for me, if anything would even happen, and I needed one more touch. One more taste.
As she turned to go and change, I caught her hand. I pulled her in, my hand sliding behind her neck, and tugged her into my chest. My arms went around her. Her hands slid around my back, raising up, and she held me right back.
We both savored this time.
Ilovedthis woman, but I didn’t have time to say the words.
We didn’t talk.
Moving to the bed, I held Bailey, and fifty-three minutes, twelve seconds later, the call came through.
Feds were at the gate.
FORTY-SIX
Kash
Bright was pissed.
Her eyes were flat, her mouth just as flat, and if she could grind up acorns and spit them out like chew, she would’ve. I wasn’t being brought into their questioning station with handcuffs or zip ties around my wrists. I was being brought in with two federal agents as my “guides,” two agents not Bright or Wilson, and as a “courtesy.”
Their words, not mine.
