Page 4 of Stalwart Ridge Security: Murray
I’m still impressed the fucker learned ASL for her.At first, he only picked up crucial words and filled in the blanks, but he has been getting good at it in the last couple of weeks with Jaxie’s help.
Elodie snorts.“I’m just taking pictures and doing stuff online.You’re the real artist here, I’m just helping out.”
“Sounds like a great team effort.I won’t keep you guys, but I would like to buy this robin if you don’t mind.”Orson is still staring at the piece of art Jaxie created.
Jaxie signs at Seamus and those two are in conversation with the sheriff while I step closer to Elodie.
“What you do is complicated for most people,” I tell her.“Getting the product out there while handling everything behind the scenes is difficult as fuck.”
I have no clue why I feel the need to tell her, but I don’t like the way she makes it sound as if she’s doing nothing.She’s been working non-stop on shit since the day I met her.Describing the wood carvings, taking pictures, marketing plans, research in books about websites and shit.It damn well is complicated with all the time she puts in it.
Her cheeks pink up again and I’m getting lost in her green eyes.They spark and deepen in color like the forest surrounding us.Damn magnificent.She licks her lips and now I’m staring at her glistening mouth.The enthralling view draws my complete attention.Slowly leaning in, imagining what it would be like to taste her, and...
The clearing of a throat breaks the moment.
Seamus is smirking before the fucker rumbles, “Mind explaining what the sheriff was doing here?”
I glance around and notice Orson has left.Fuck.How long were Elodie and I staring at one another?That right here is the whole fucking reason why I’ve been trying to ignore the attraction between us.Giving in to the attraction between us can be a life and death situation neither of us could survive with the shit we’re wrapped up in.
Clearing my throat, I shoot a quick glance at the two women and state, “We should go outside and check the perimeter.The decoy power line of the security was cut.It was what triggered the alarm and sent me outside.I ran into the sheriff and I’m guessing he spooked whoever cut the power line.”
“Fuck,” Seamus grumbles and glances at Jaxie and Elodie.“You two stay here while we make our rounds.”
I don’t spare them a chance and stomp out the door.Seamus’s footsteps are right behind me, and I wait until I hear the door fall shut to face him.
“It was Nolan,” I grit.“I’m fairly sure I caught a glimpse of the fucker right before Orson called out to me.He got spooked and disappeared.I could hardly chase him and ditch the sheriff.Fuck, man, they found Burk’s body.”
Seamus curses and follows me when I round my cabin to check on the power line for the security system.
We both stare at it when I grunt, “Fucker cut it in an effort to take out the security system.If it wasn’t for the sheriff I could have killed the fucker already for trespassing.Bad intentions and all, cutting the damn security to get inside the cabin unnoticed.”
“What if you did shoot him point blank without voicing a warning with the sheriff right there in the woods, eh?”Seamus fires back.“You’d be locked in a jail cell and we’d have a damn hard time explaining everything.”
I hate to admit it, but I know he’s right.
Rubbing the back of my neck, I grumble, “I didn’t tell Elodie yet how we dumped the body instead of feeding it to the pigs.She found out when the sheriff mentioned they found the body.”
“Why the fuck didn’t you tell her?”Seamus whisper hisses.“Hell, Jaxie knew the second I changed my mind.”
We fall silent and my mind thinks things over until I realize, “Which means Elodie and Jaxie don’t talk about it.”
Seamus shrugs.I release a deep sigh.He doesn’t get it.If Elodie isn’t talking about such a traumatic event to her best friend who was right there with her, she’s keeping everything locked inside.No wonder she’s been having nightmares.Nightmares I can’t do shit about because she locks her bedroom door each and every night.
Another thing to put on my long to-do list.Though, I doubt fixing Elodie’s issues will be as easy as fixing the fake security power line.
