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“Not much to say,” he said.
Luke felt he’d talked enough last night.
There was no way he was telling Heather he was the one that had taken the shooter out. But then he got thinking she probably knew.
Or she guessed.
He was all over the place emotionally last night.
The minute she asked him what she could do or what he needed, he just had this hunger clawing inside of him that had to be unleashed.
But then he had to dial it back.
He didn’t want to scare her. He didn’t want her to worry he had no control.
But being soft and gentle wasn’t what he was good at either.
The worst part, it was almost like she knew what he was doing.
Which of course piled more guilt on his ever-confusing life.
“You never did afterward.”
“What is there to say?” he asked. “I had a job to do and did it.” He waited a second. “Did you talk to Heather yesterday?”
“I did,” Zane said. “Grab that toolbox over there if you can.”
He did what Zane said, loaded it up and then they started to walk back to their vehicles. He’d seen Heather’s SUV parked by her greenhouse but no sign of her.
It was probably for the best, as he wasn’t sure what to say right now.
Staring at the ceiling last night hadn’t helped.
All he thought of was how nice and pure Heather was to him.
The life she’d led was nothing like he’d had or knew much about.
She had family in her life that cared for her. That called and checked in on her. That wanted her to return home.
His father was in prison and his mother was out turning tricks and getting high yet again. He figured the next call he got, if anything, would be to say his mother’s body was found.
He wasn’t going to try to save her again. He tried once and it was more than she did for him.
Did he feel a bit of calm over wiping this from his mind?
Yeah, he did, and then the guilt popped up with it telling him he was a piece of shit person and not worthy of his girlfriend.
The problem was, he didn’t want to let her go.
“You told her it was me, didn’t you?” he asked.
“No,” Zane said. “I wouldn’t come out and say that.”
“But she asked enough questions and your silence was answer enough?” he asked, letting out a sigh.
“Probably,” Zane said. “I told her to not let you get in your head again.”
He wanted to be annoyed over that but then realized that Zane was the only family he had. He’d moved here for a reason and he wouldn’t turn that one person away.
