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“Thank you, sir.”
Luke was given a small apartment to live in. He was exhausted after the flight from his house to the shifter world and all the red tape he had to go through before he could get settled. He slept for two days straight on the floor, wrapped up in a sleeping bag.
He furnished his apartment and met with the chief, who told him that training started in a week. That would give Luke a couple more days to settle in.
Noah and his family stopped by. They talked for a long time.
April said, “We’ve met Jamie. She is a terrific woman. I love her to death.”
Luke’s heart almost stopped. He knew that she was in the shifter world. One of the things he brought with him was the ring.
“Is she doing well?” Luke asked, nonchalantly.
“She is,” April said. “She would kill me for telling you, but she misses you.”
“I miss her, too,” Luke said.
He waited a couple of weeks before tracking Jamie down. He wanted to get through the training at the fire department and get started at the job. Luke would have loved to have a nice house to offer Jamie, but that would be a while down the road. He had to rebuild his life here, first.
It wasn’t hard to figure out where Jamie was. April wrote down Jamie’s address and told him Jamie’s work schedule. She practically offered to lead him to her apartment.
Luke thanked her and said that he would take care of it.
April looked at him sideways as though she wasn’t sure that he would actually go through with his promise to seek her out.
That evening, Luke waited until Jamie had enough time to unwind after work, and then went to her apartment. He took a deep breath as he stood in front of her door. Luke had faced down killers, mercenaries, and all types of evil people. However, for the first time in his life, he was afraid. Luke knew that Jamie had been hurt before and then he had hurt her. He wouldn’t blame her if she shut the door in his face.
He knocked. There was movement as she looked out the peep hole to see who was standing in the hallway.
Slowly, the door opened.
“Luke,” she said.
“Hi, Jamie,” he said. “Can I come in?”
Jamie opened the door wider and motioned for Luke to enter.
“How have you been?” Luke asked.
“Okay. I miss the people in Ivy Springs, but I’ve made some new friends here, and I have a job with some great people. You?”
“I’m good,” Luke said. “Like you, I’ll miss home and some of the people there, but I like the shifter world. There seem to be a lot of great people here.”
There was an awkward silence for a minute.
“Can I get you something to drink?” Jamie asked.
“No, thank you,” Luke said. “I need to talk to you about something.”
Jamie sat in a recliner across from him and folded her hands primly in her lap.
“I’m sorry,” Luke said.
Her head tilted to the side and she frowned.
“The last time we were together, you told me that you needed to talk to me. I was distracted and didn’t pay attention to you. Clara told me about what Alexis and my father put you through.”
“It’s not your fault,” Jamie said.
