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He’s quiet for a moment before trapping ten years of pain into one sentence.
“For saving my life too.”
And I squeeze my eyes shut to my tears, to Redix’s hands in mine again.
The weight of us is brutal and beautiful, and we hold on, sinking together.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
It’s too dark.
I’m trying to find him, my feet stumbling over mounds of sand. Terror fills my lungs when I think I hear his groans of pain.
I’m hurting too.
“Redix!” I scream into the black wall of night. Only the ocean answers back with crash after crash.
“Redix!” It screeches from my soul, shredding my vocal cords.
I have to find him.
I have to save him.
It’s all my fault.
A cracking noise startles me out of my nightmare. I shoot straight up on the sofa.
My police radio. It calls out across the dawn of my living room…
“We have a possible ten-ninety-five. Coligny Park. White female. Unresponsive. Medic is en route.”
I jump up and grab the radio from its charger. “Bryant. One-forty. I’m en route.”
It sounds next across the room. “Jameson. Two-twelve. I’m en route.”
“What’s going on?” Redix mumbles from the sofa while I dart down the hall to my bedroom. I grab a pair of khakis and a white polo with the Sheriff’s emblem.
“Work,” I call out over my shoulder, throwing them on.
“Will he be there?”
Suddenly, his voice is behind me while I pull on my boots.
Guess he heard Jameson’s voice.
“Yes, he will. It’s his work too.”
I smooth my hair, tucking my bangs back before I clip on my duty belt. My gun is still secured in its holster.
“The real question is”—I turn to Redix leaning in the doorway—“will you leave again?”
He gently grabs my hand while I brush by him.
“I’ll be here, with you, for the week. We can talk about the rest when you get home.” He kisses me before saying, “Be safe.”
I screech to a halt.
I’ve never had someone worry about me.
