Secrets (A Standalone Novel) (A Suspense Romance) by Claire Adams Page A

night. I
felt comfortable with driving by then and I really did want to sleep in my own
bed. I wanted Chris to sleep with me in that bed too, but I would have to work
on that idea when we got back to Bain.

 

Chapter 28

 
    I followed Chris for the whole drive back to town and
I felt like he was purposely driving slowly. Otherwise, he drives like an old lady. I had always been a slower driver, but since we
were just getting started I would have driven faster to keep up with him. After
following him to the airport the other day though, I knew he typically was not
so cautious and probably was just driving slow for me. It made me smile to
think that he was thinking about me on his drive back to town.
    When we both parked our cars in our garages, we met in between them to say
goodnight. It was almost midnight and I was exhausted. I certainly knew I would
be asleep in only a few minutes after I got to bed.
    “Well goodnight,” Chris said as he hugged me.
    “Night.” I turned to walk back to my house but then
stopped to look at him. “Do you want to come over?”
    He didn’t hesitate at all and was standing right next
to me within three seconds. His enthusiasm over the invitation to come visit my
house was really exciting to him.  
    “I think that’s a perfect idea, ” Chris said as we walked into my house.
    “I don’t know how exciting and fun I’ll be, I’m pretty
tired.”
    “ Well, I would
be happy to just lay next to you for the night.”
    And that is exactly what we did. Both of us were so
tired, we lay down on the bed and fell
asleep on top of the covers, fully dressed, our bodies on top of the comforter
and fully dressed in our shorts and t-shirts from the night before. It was the
first time I was going to bed with Chris without having sex. That wasn’t
something I had even thought about after our first meeting. But now I was
starting to get closer to him and this was just one more step in that
direction.
    Somewhere in the middle of the night Chris and I moved
under the covers because the draft from the old house was just too much. It was
nice to fall asleep next to Chris. The feeling of being next to him made it so
much easier for me to actually get some sleep. Just before dawn I woke up to
Chris peering out the window at his house. He was hiding from someone and just
barely had the blinds open.
    “What’s going on?” I said as I got up from the bed , still dressed in my shorts and t-shirt
from the day before.
    “I think someone is in my house.”
    I came close and was about to look through the blinds, but Chris grabbed my hand.
    “Let me see. What is going on? Why would someone be in
your house?”
    Chris just ignored my questions and dialed a number on
his phone. I thought it would be 911 to have someone come and investigate.
Although, living in Bain meant the nearest Sheriff or police officer could be a
half an hour away. There just was not a need to have more than a couple
officers on duty in the county at any one time.
    “They are here. How fast can you get here?” Chris said
to someone on his phone.
    “Who is here?” I said as I went to the other window to
try and look out.
    I continued to keep the curtains closed to prevent the
people at Chris’ house from seeing that I was watching them. He was right,
there were people in his house. I could see the curtains moving, just like the
other day when I thought I saw someone in there.
    “While you were gone I thought I saw someone in your
house. I came into my house and waited to see if I saw the movement again, but
I did not.”
    “What day?”
    “I think it was the night you left town.”
    “Alright.”
    Chris went back to talking to the people on his phone.
I couldn’t make out everything he was saying, but it sounded like he was trying
to get them to come to his house.
    “If their team could help out today that would be
great. Send them down as soon as possible.”
    I stood at the window and continued to look between
Chris and his