Fiction by Sydney Katt
Sunday, July 4
My plan fell apart before it even got started. Everything had been in place. The restaurant confirmed my reservation, the ring was in my suit jacket in the car and I’d gone over what I was going to say to Jenna at least a thousand times since that morning. Every single angle was covered.
Except for Jenna getting out of the shower and telling me she didn’t feel like going out to eat. [Read more...]
Skylar hated the Fourth of July and she especially hated the fact she had to wait until afterwards to start making some progress in her life. She knew it was wrong to be angry at Caldwell for wanting to spend the holiday with his family; she just didn’t care. Not everyone cried at the mere thought of fireworks, she reminded herself time and again.
It never helped. [Read more...]
Saturday, July 3
I had a plan. For the first time since deciding I wanted to marry Jenna, I actually had some idea how I was going to ask her. No more worrying about what to say. It was perfect in every way.
But it would be a miracle if I didn’t fuck things up before I put my plan into action. [Read more...]
“Let me make sure I understand what’s going on,” Jane began, clearly confused. “You dated back in high school, he cheated on you and now you’re talking about marrying him?”
Sara sighed. Of course it would look that way to someone on the outside of things. “There’s a little more to it than that.” [Read more...]
Jenna could have kicked herself for saying anything. Trista had asked if the big smile was because Lana was home and it would have been so easy to just say yes. Instead, she’d spilled her guts about everything, starting with Jackson’s strange behavior over the last few weeks and ending with their parking lot escapades. Now, Trista was staring at her, turquoise eyes sparkling with mischief.
“What, Trista? Say something already.” [Read more...]
I spent the better part of the day pretending to work on my case. Looking busy was actually more work than being busy. Brandon wasn’t thrilled with me, but at least he had an office he could hide in while he played solitaire. When I’d pushed all the paperwork I could, I let myself into his office and made myself comfy while he finished a game.
“What do you want, Caldwell? I’m still pissed at you for cutting that deal.” [Read more...]
Eric was still unsettled from his discovery earlier in the week. So Ramsey was in love with Skylar? It was simply unacceptable. He’d be damned if the two of them would live happily ever after while he spent the rest of his life looking over his shoulder. [Read more...]
Friday, July 2
Last night made something very clear to me. I needed a plan. Now that Lana was safe and back where she belonged, I pretty much had the green light for popping the question. Well, I did still have to leave town with Skylar to wrap up my case, but at least I didn’t have a red light anymore.
That meant I had a few days of alone time with the woman I loved. [Read more...]
Jenna was still grinning from our morning in bed as we took the familiar drive home from Elaine’s house that night. I had a little personal time coming to me so I’d arranged to take the whole day off. We’d spent the better part of it in bed until we had to get ready for dinner with Elaine and Lana. Of course, we were late because I hadn’t been able to keep my hands off Jenna once I saw her all soapy in the shower. [Read more...]
Thursday, July 1
Jackson was already asleep when Jenna got home. She considered waking him, but thought better of it. Working on two cases at the same time probably caused him more than his fair share of sleepless nights since Lana was taken. Instead, she curled into him and tried her best not to be disappointed.
She failed. [Read more...]
We found Banks sitting in a bed looking thoroughly annoyed when we got to the hospital. She had a sling on her left shoulder, a busted lip, and some bruises on her face and arms. Other than that, she looked like it could have been a lot worse than it was. Some people might actually be counting their blessings that they hadn’t been killed instead of scowling at every hospital employee that walked by.
Not Banks. [Read more...]
Jenna had been pacing around Elaine’s living room since Jackson called asking her to get Croaky off the couch and meet him at Elaine’s house. He hadn’t gone into too many details, but he had Lana and was taking her home from the airport.
He had Lana with him? That meant she was safe. That meant she was coming home. [Read more...]
I’d recognized Mara from her picture the instant I spotted her. Unfortunately, Lana was nowhere to be seen. And there was a big guy ushering her out of the airport towards the parking garage. She acted like she knew the guy, but there was something in her expression telling me something was very wrong. [Read more...]
Mickels spotted them as soon as he got to the ticket counter. Mara picked up her tickets, looking as though she didn’t have a care in the world. Dumb blonde syndrome, he guessed. His ex-wife had been a dumb blonde, completely oblivious to everything going on in the world – oblivious right until he put the bullet between her eyes. [Read more...]
It took Sara another ten minutes after Nika left to screw up enough courage to leave the bathroom in search of Michael. For all she knew, he’d already left with Jess. Based on the way he’d been all hands with her just before the party, he was desperate to get laid tonight. It probably didn’t matter to him which one of his girlfriends he was with.
Sara shoved that thought out of her mind. It was too painful. [Read more...]
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