by Dean, Sierra
In Shreveport.
He looked at me, his face dark and unreadable, and then he left the room. About fifteen minutes later he came back with a duffle bag and stopped in the kitchen, staring at the door, not looking at me. His whole body was coiled with tension.
“I really wanted us to have it, you know?” he said.
“Have what?” I could barely forced the words from my lips.
“One good week where nothing went wrong.”
Then he walked out of the kitchen, and a moment later his motorcycle roared to life before vanishing into the night.
I sat back down on the couch, looking at the two glasses of wine, the untouched pizza, and the paused TV.
I waited, hoping he’d change his mind.
When twenty minutes ticked by and he still hadn’t returned, I turned off the TV, put the pizza in the fridge, and grabbed my car keys.
At this time of night I could get to Shreveport in five hours.
I wasn’t coming back without him.
About Sierra Dean
Sierra Dean is a reformed historian. She was born and raised in the Canadian prairies and is allowed annual exit visas in order to continue her quest of steadily conquering the world one city at a time. Making the best of the cold Canadian winters, Sierra indulges in her less global interests: drinking too much tea and writing urban fantasy.
She’s also a book lover (of course!), obsessive collector of OPI nail polish and the owner of way too many pairs of shoes. You can usually find her spouting off Kroll Show references or imagining what her wedding to Richard Madden will be like (hopefully not red).
Find her online at http://www.sierradean.com
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-six
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-one
Chapter Thirty-two
Chapter Thirty-three
Chapter Thirty-four
Chapter Thirty-five
Chapter Thirty-six
Chapter Thirty-seven
Chapter One