Page 94 of Spiritwarrior

Jody turned the water off, pulling her out of the shower to dry her.

“I don’t want to wait. I want to marry you now.”

“We’ll wait.”

Hurt, she put her glasses back on.

Jody grinned at her. “Oh, we’re going to get married, baby, have no doubt about that fact. But I’m not going to drag you to the courthouse after you just had a terrifying experience. A week should be long enough for Ginny, Alanna, and you to plan the wedding.”

After blow drying his hair, Jody went to call Silas while she did hers. Jody was still in the living room when she lay down. Leaving the light on, she closed her eyes while she waited for him to come to bed.

Half-asleep, she snuggled against him when she felt him slide in bed behind her.

“Did the sheriff get the clock?” she asked drowsily. She had given the restaurant key to the sheriff at the hospital.

“No, it wasn’t there.”

Her eyes flew open in the darkness.

“How is it gone?”

“Greer thinks whoever took it broke into the restaurant’s back door after the man who you met in the parking lot called him.”

“No one saw anyone break in?”

“No, and the clock wasn’t at the house where your parents were kept.”

“So, there was one more person involved who we don’t know who they are?”

“That pretty much sums it up.”

Sophie hesitated to ask the question she wanted the answer to but debated if she really wanted to know.

Jody’s hand slipped around her waist to rub tender circles on her stomach.

“What happened to the man who drove me here?” she asked softly.

“Don’t ask.”

“Okay.” She wasn’t going to argue for an answer she didn’t want to know, anyway.

His hand slipped between her thighs. “Why haven’t you asked me about hearing Silas’ voice at your apartment building?”

“Because I already figured it out.”

“You did?”

Wiggling her hips under his exploring hand, she slid her hand until she found his shaft. “Mmhmm … Silas must have hidden a microphone in my purse.”

Jody laughed. “That’s ridiculous.”

“No more ridiculous than him telepathy-talking to me.”

“He wasn’t talking to you through telepathy.”

“That’s a relief. For a few seconds, I thought I was going crazy.”

“You’re not crazy,” he assured her.

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