Anxiety--A Tale of Murder, Mystery and Romance by H. D. Thomson

Author:H. D. Thomson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense with paranormal and science fiction elements
Publisher: H. D. Thomson
Published: 2014-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Margot woke up to silence. She opened her eyes and wished she hadn’t. Even with the closed drapes and the room drenched in soft shadow, the headache deep in her skull still crashed against her brain.

Groaning, she turned away and glanced at the other side of the double bed. Empty. Just like inside her heart. Margot slipped her hand over the rumpled sheets and found them cool to the touch. Jake must have left long ago. But what had she expected? That he would stay? Keep holding her forever?

She’d loved having his arms wrapped around her middle, his chin resting against the crown of her head. He’d been there for her, lending his gentle, yet silent support, his strength. If Margot wasn’t careful, she’d find herself falling in love.

No. She wasn’t ready for that. She wasn’t ready to be vulnerable. She wasn’t ready to be hurt again. But, oh, it would be so easy to let her heart lead her down that path.

Pressing a palm against her brow, Margot struggled from the tangled sheets and stumbled to her feet. The shower’s warm water drumming over her chilled body did nothing to soothe her head. Turning the water too hot didn’t do any better, and it especially didn’t do anything to lessen her tumultuous thoughts. Carl. His murder. His life gone forever. Malcolm. Why? She couldn’t understand. She was afraid to understand, and she didn’t want to.

After donning a pair of jeans and a wool sweater, Margot went downstairs and into the kitchen. She froze by the counter. Three wine bottles lined the top. All empty. She hurried over to the cabinet where she kept a spare, white wine she didn’t particularly like. Gone. Someone had tossed it in the garbage with a bottle of scotch. Both empty.

Anger surged and burned through her veins. Jake had no right. None whatsoever. If he thought he was going to get away with pulling this stunt then he had another thing coming. She’d tell him so the minute she saw him.

Then she saw the note taped to the refrigerator.

“I had to run an errand. Will be back in a couple of days. Yours, Jake.”

At Jake’s salutation, her heartbeat accelerated into a jumble of hope and excitement. Then just as quickly, she smashed those emotions. No. She wasn’t going to read anything into that one little word. She didn’t believe in hope. Plus, why should she even feel like that when only a second before she’d been angry with him?

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For the next two days, if Margot wasn’t working at home doing e-book conversions for her clients or at least trying to make sense of the mess left of her business, she went into town, visiting and helping Joyce, and searching for hard to find books.

No matter how busy she kept, Margot couldn’t stifle her loneliness, a constant companion these last couple of days. Margot didn’t know how to fix it, even though she knew the cause. Jake. Far too quickly, she’d come to rely on him.

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