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.She had to turn herown head to see him, but at least she could do that now without settingoff the nausea."Like a couple of Mac trucks ran over me, and then rolled back and forthover the dying body a few times."He reached out and touched her bare arm.She flinched a little.Thatwas one of the bruises she'd gotten fighting Amir's guards, shesupposed, looking down at the place his fingers had found.She waswearing only her underwear, she realized, but she couldn't rememberundressing.Or remember Hawk undressing her.She thought she mightlike to be able to remember that.Of course, she didn't remember much of anything after the injection.And all of what she could remember was hazy, like something that hadhappened a long time ago.Or had happened to someone else.But she remembered Hawk finding her, appearing out of the crowd at theairport like a miracle.She remembered him picking her up and carryingher in his arms through the terminal building and outside.He had toldsomeone he was a doctor.Since they couldn't possibly believe what hereally was, that was probably as good a lie as any. ABC Amber Text Converter Trial version, http://www.processtext.com/abctxt.htmlShe didn't remember much of anything else until she woke up in thisroom, and Hawk was taking care of her.Caring for her as her mothermight have long ago.His hands, long, dark and so strong, had been asgentle as hers."Thank you," Tyler said softly, fighting tears that she recognized, dueto the lingering effects of the drug, were too close to the surface."For what?" he asked, his voice amused."For everything," she whispered."For coming to my rescue again.For this.For.being here.""Go back to sleep," he said, dismissing her gratitude."You'll still be here when I wake up?" she asked, her eyes searchinghis.He had never lied to her.He hadn't told her everything, but whathe had told her had always been the truth."I'm not going anywhere," he promised."Not without you."The tears threatened again, but they were different tears.Happycrying, her mother used to say."I'll be here when you wake up," Hawk said softly."I'll be right here beside you until you tell me to go away."She smiled at that, but she didn't tell him why.She'd tell him later,she decided, holding the blue eyes until her heavy lids drifteddownward.Once or twice she forced them up again, just to be sure hewas still there.To be sure he wasn't a dream.And she would find thatsame surety in the steady blue gaze.Finally, trusting in what he hadpromised, she slept."I was planning to make new curtains for in here," Tyler said, watchingHawk's face.He seemed so out of place here.Alien to this ruralpeacefulness.To this little house.His life had been so different.Of course, she admitted, for the last twenty years, so had hers.Butthis would always be home to her, and so she felt as if she belonged.She had wondered, even when she suggested they come here, if it wouldever feel like that to Hawk.Like home. ABC Amber Text Converter Trial version, http://www.processtext.com/abctxt.html"And I want to paint the walls," she added, when he didn't respond."And the ones in the bedrooms, too."She knew she was talking about things that couldn't possibly meananything to a man like Hawk.Domestic trivia.They hadn't evendiscussed what came next, if anything, but still she couldn't seem to doanything about the hope that had been growing in her heart.A hope thatHawk would want to stay, now that it was over."It is over, isn't it?" she asked, needing his reassurance."I mean.Steiner won't expect you to go back? He won't try to makeyou, will he?""We had a deal.Which I honored until Steiner broke it.He's got toknow from what happened at the airport yesterday that he didn't fulfillhis part.I don't think they'll come after me, but.if they want to,Tyler, they can find me anywhere I go.I don't intend to run from them.Or to hide.""But you think Steiner will leave you alone.""I think even Steiner should have trouble sleeping at night when hethinks about what he almost let Amir do to you," he said, his voicebitter.She nodded, remembering what had happened.And thinking about whatwould have happened if it hadn't been for Hawk.She thought aboutexpressing her gratitude again, but he wouldn't want to hear that.,She took a breath, her eyes finding the mark the bullet had made on thedoor frame.She wanted every bit of evidence of the nightmare they hadlived erased.Even the scars, if possible."And I want to do something about the damage to the wall in thebedroom," she said."Are you expecting me to offer to fix that?" Hawk asked, his lipstouched with the small smile she had seen there too seldom.Exactly what had she been expecting, she wondered, when she suggestedthey come here?"Do you know how to fix it?" she asked, smiling back at him."I don't know anything about taking care of a house.About paint.Orfixing walls."She nodded, but she didn't say anything.This was up to him [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.She had to turn herown head to see him, but at least she could do that now without settingoff the nausea."Like a couple of Mac trucks ran over me, and then rolled back and forthover the dying body a few times."He reached out and touched her bare arm.She flinched a little.Thatwas one of the bruises she'd gotten fighting Amir's guards, shesupposed, looking down at the place his fingers had found.She waswearing only her underwear, she realized, but she couldn't rememberundressing.Or remember Hawk undressing her.She thought she mightlike to be able to remember that.Of course, she didn't remember much of anything after the injection.And all of what she could remember was hazy, like something that hadhappened a long time ago.Or had happened to someone else.But she remembered Hawk finding her, appearing out of the crowd at theairport like a miracle.She remembered him picking her up and carryingher in his arms through the terminal building and outside.He had toldsomeone he was a doctor.Since they couldn't possibly believe what hereally was, that was probably as good a lie as any. ABC Amber Text Converter Trial version, http://www.processtext.com/abctxt.htmlShe didn't remember much of anything else until she woke up in thisroom, and Hawk was taking care of her.Caring for her as her mothermight have long ago.His hands, long, dark and so strong, had been asgentle as hers."Thank you," Tyler said softly, fighting tears that she recognized, dueto the lingering effects of the drug, were too close to the surface."For what?" he asked, his voice amused."For everything," she whispered."For coming to my rescue again.For this.For.being here.""Go back to sleep," he said, dismissing her gratitude."You'll still be here when I wake up?" she asked, her eyes searchinghis.He had never lied to her.He hadn't told her everything, but whathe had told her had always been the truth."I'm not going anywhere," he promised."Not without you."The tears threatened again, but they were different tears.Happycrying, her mother used to say."I'll be here when you wake up," Hawk said softly."I'll be right here beside you until you tell me to go away."She smiled at that, but she didn't tell him why.She'd tell him later,she decided, holding the blue eyes until her heavy lids drifteddownward.Once or twice she forced them up again, just to be sure hewas still there.To be sure he wasn't a dream.And she would find thatsame surety in the steady blue gaze.Finally, trusting in what he hadpromised, she slept."I was planning to make new curtains for in here," Tyler said, watchingHawk's face.He seemed so out of place here.Alien to this ruralpeacefulness.To this little house.His life had been so different.Of course, she admitted, for the last twenty years, so had hers.Butthis would always be home to her, and so she felt as if she belonged.She had wondered, even when she suggested they come here, if it wouldever feel like that to Hawk.Like home. ABC Amber Text Converter Trial version, http://www.processtext.com/abctxt.html"And I want to paint the walls," she added, when he didn't respond."And the ones in the bedrooms, too."She knew she was talking about things that couldn't possibly meananything to a man like Hawk.Domestic trivia.They hadn't evendiscussed what came next, if anything, but still she couldn't seem to doanything about the hope that had been growing in her heart.A hope thatHawk would want to stay, now that it was over."It is over, isn't it?" she asked, needing his reassurance."I mean.Steiner won't expect you to go back? He won't try to makeyou, will he?""We had a deal.Which I honored until Steiner broke it.He's got toknow from what happened at the airport yesterday that he didn't fulfillhis part.I don't think they'll come after me, but.if they want to,Tyler, they can find me anywhere I go.I don't intend to run from them.Or to hide.""But you think Steiner will leave you alone.""I think even Steiner should have trouble sleeping at night when hethinks about what he almost let Amir do to you," he said, his voicebitter.She nodded, remembering what had happened.And thinking about whatwould have happened if it hadn't been for Hawk.She thought aboutexpressing her gratitude again, but he wouldn't want to hear that.,She took a breath, her eyes finding the mark the bullet had made on thedoor frame.She wanted every bit of evidence of the nightmare they hadlived erased.Even the scars, if possible."And I want to do something about the damage to the wall in thebedroom," she said."Are you expecting me to offer to fix that?" Hawk asked, his lipstouched with the small smile she had seen there too seldom.Exactly what had she been expecting, she wondered, when she suggestedthey come here?"Do you know how to fix it?" she asked, smiling back at him."I don't know anything about taking care of a house.About paint.Orfixing walls."She nodded, but she didn't say anything.This was up to him [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]