Page 20 of Surge

He turned his head toward the door as if he was angling it to listen. He made a growling noise in his throat and then walked out without another word.

My body relaxed and I suddenly felt the need to sit down. I pushed into the tiled wall to keep from sliding to the shower floor. If he came back, I needed to be ready.

A few moments later, I heard the sound of sirens and then the front door being kicked in. I sagged against the wall and the knife clinked against the tile after slipping from my hand. I was safe.

Twenty minutes later, I was on the couch with a glass of water in my hands and a splitting headache. The adrenaline rush left me exhausted and weak.

"No signs of forced entry. I checked all the doors and windows and they were all locked." I sat, numb, on the couch as the detective filled out a report. Jax must have locked the back door when he left. "You're positive he was inside the house?"

"Yes." I furrowed my brows and looked inside my glass at the bubbles around the edge.

The detective's phone rang and he answered it, making nonverbal noises as the person on the other end talked to him. "The two officers that went to his house say he was in the middle of an extracurricular activity with a female."

I blinked so many times I thought my eyelids were going to ignite. "But that's impossible. It hasn't been that long. How could he get home and already be in bed with a girl?"

Detective Wilson leaned forward and put his clipboard on the coffee table before turning toward me with a sympathetic face. "Look... sometimes when the mind is under a lot of stress-"

I stood. "You think I made it up?" I couldn't believe someone that should be on my side was questioning me.

"I think you are a smart young woman who is worried about her mother." He grabbed his clipboard and stood. "I will swing by and speak to Mr. West. I want to suggest that you call a friend to come spend the night or go to their house until we send someone out to fix your door tomorrow."

I decided his disbelief didn't warrant a thank you. I shut the door and pushed an oversized chair in front of it until I went to Ivy's.

None of this would be happening if it wasn't for my sperm donor.

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