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Es, especially not ressman’s domestic priorities for the rest of the session, which islation likely to come up before the su she lusted after
But why did it have to happen today?
"Eo!" Sharon’s voice was sharp with iressman’s inner office
Erabbed a bottle of water, tucked her laptop under her arm and rushed to follow
Chapter Nine
Eered up to the house she shared with Lacey, thankful she’d ust of wet air blen the street, chasing the remnants of a newspaper soutters, rattling as they rushed ahead of the icy wind She cliers nearly numb as she inserted her key into the lock The door opened to a cold, dark house, and E lost
She was lucky to be hoed into the evening, she’d expected Sharon to order in some cots so they could have a sleepover And Eone into the wee hours Today was the first ti the job she’d been promised when she came to work for Guy Coffer And yet, it didn’t feel like any kind of victory There was no adrenaline rush and none of the excitement she would have expected Somehoith no Lacey to help her celebrate, it all felt ehed and kicked the door closed, then dropped her keys into the ugly dish on the sht switch on the living rooh a dark rooet a s herself that saot hohts, so most of the tiain?
"No," she said out loud "She will coreat stories about the hot, vampire lover ept her away for--" A whole week, Emma?
Her throat closed up with fear, and she wanted to sit right down on the stairs and bawl her eyes out But she refused to give into the urge She was just so da hours at work, coupled with sleepless nights, were beginning to take a toll, and today had been the longest day of all
Bracing a hand on the newel post, she lifted her feet one at a time and took her heels off, then walked up the stairs in her stockinged feet, shoes in hand One thing about sitting in s all day, her feet didn’t hurt nearly asall over the Capitol building like an overpaid er On the other hand, her ass hurt and her lower back was killing her
By the time she reached her bedroo baysticking out over the small front yard like a turret on the old Victorian house--her blouse was unbuttoned and she was already yearning for the hot bath she’d prolanced down at the street before twisting the rod on the cheap blinds over theand shutting out the night The house she and Lacey had rented wasn’t in the best neighborhood in Washington, but not the worst either And it had been co the bathrooer bedrooand the attached bath, because she paid the bigger share of the rent In the , that is
Dropping her shoes in the closet as she walked by it, she went directly to the tub and turned on the water, letting it run It sometimes took a few minutes for the hot water to make its way up to the second floor
She had pulled off the rest of her clothes, throwing the whole bunch into the laundry basket, and pulled on a warlass of wine to go with the bath Nothing was lass ofh of the cold hardwood floors, she shoved her feet into a pair of UGGs, turned off the water and hurried down the stairs, not perlance at Lacey’s empty room at the other end of the hall A part of her still expected to co over, full of stories and apologies about her unexpected getaway in the aruy she’drun ragged by her job, her thoughts had turned to far darker iain
"Stop it, Eain as she rounded the bottom of the stairs and headed for the kitchen The ould help that, too Help dull the worry and shut down her brain for a few hours
She was reaching for the kitchen light switch when a heavy car door slammed out front Two more doors slammed hard after the first, and a deep,she couldn’t hbors Few of the houses here had garages, and most of the residents parked on the street, just as E about the noisearound her own house?--over to thenear the door and lifted the thin, fabric shade away froe so she could look onto the street<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>