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need to see your drawing.”
She looked at Avery. Avery nodded.
Holly said, “Okay, but I didn’t draw her in the garden. In my sketch, she died here in the kitchen.”
“Well, then your warning changed that part of the future at least. I’d still like to see it.”
Holly nodded.
“Do you have a meeting place in mind?”
Holly shocked them all by saying, “I’ll come to your place.” She raised her eyebrows at Avery and shrugged. She didn’t know why she’d blurted that out, but it was said and she wasn’t going to back out.
Stryker wrote down directions to his home. “Why don’t you come around
12:30
?” He spared a look for Avery. “You?”
She shook her head. “No, I’ve got my kids tomorrow. I promised we’d swim all day.”
Holly smiled and for a second forgot where they were and what they were doing there. “They love the water. How’s Jessica’s diving coming?”
Avery said, “Not so good. She always raises her head at the last minute.”
Holly turned to Stryker and explained, “Jessica is Avery’s oldest. She’s more cautious than the boys, Aaron and Connor. They dive like ducks.”
At last, feeling ridiculous making polite small talk at a murder scene, Holly turned to Avery. “Let’s get out of here.”
Stryker grabbed her hand before she could leave. He squeezed it and Holly felt the shock of his contact spread through her body.
He looked at her and for a second she felt as if she was somehow vital to him.
He said, “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
* * * *
Back in the car, excitement, fear and relief made Holly giddy. She started to giggle. Avery joined her. They’d had an adventure. An onlooker would estimate their age at maybe thirteen as they let their tension out on each other. They made enough noise to be heard outside the car even with the windows up. Finally, Holly pulled herself under control and started the car. “I’m not going to sleep tonight, you know that, don’t you?”
“I’m not sure I will,” Avery said. “He’s amazing. He certainly had an effect on you kiddo. Hypnosis…that’s the only explanation.”
Holly shook her head. “I don’t know, Avery. There’s just something about him that calls out to me.”
“Yeah, and it’s in his pants!”
Laughing Holly said, “No. Seriously. There’s something there I can’t explain but man is it potent.” She fanned herself with a hand. Holly almost immediately regretted her words.
Avery looked at her askance, obviously prepared to make a joke about potency, but didn’t take advantage of the opportunity her friend’s words had given her. Instead she sobered and said, “I’m glad he has that effect on you because you deserve it. He certainly has a thing for you. There’s no way that man is married. He makes a meal of you with his eyes.” Avery sat forward, excitement in her own eyes. “Check out that whole stroking with his thumb thing. I don’t think he even realized he was doing it. Caressing you was so natural to him, something he did automatically…like breathe.”
Holly said, “Avery…I didn’t tell you about what happened in the shower this morning…”
Chapter 6
“Obviously it was just my imagination, but I saw him. It was so real. I almost reached out and touched him.”
Sitting in the passenger side of Holly’s car, Avery angled her body within the confines of her seatbelt and rested her head on the side window. She didn’t say a word, her expression said it all. The look on her face told Holly her friend was astonished, intrigued, excited and impatient to hear more.
Holly didn’t disappoint her as she proceeded to explain. “I must admit, I was thinking about him as the water poured over me. You know that whole liquid thing?” She took her eyes off the road for a second to see Avery nod knowingly. “The fluidity of the water sort of reminded me of him. When I opened my eyes I could see him standing in the mist.”
“Was he naked?” Avery asked, a look of
She looked at Avery. Avery nodded.
Holly said, “Okay, but I didn’t draw her in the garden. In my sketch, she died here in the kitchen.”
“Well, then your warning changed that part of the future at least. I’d still like to see it.”
Holly nodded.
“Do you have a meeting place in mind?”
Holly shocked them all by saying, “I’ll come to your place.” She raised her eyebrows at Avery and shrugged. She didn’t know why she’d blurted that out, but it was said and she wasn’t going to back out.
Stryker wrote down directions to his home. “Why don’t you come around
12:30
?” He spared a look for Avery. “You?”
She shook her head. “No, I’ve got my kids tomorrow. I promised we’d swim all day.”
Holly smiled and for a second forgot where they were and what they were doing there. “They love the water. How’s Jessica’s diving coming?”
Avery said, “Not so good. She always raises her head at the last minute.”
Holly turned to Stryker and explained, “Jessica is Avery’s oldest. She’s more cautious than the boys, Aaron and Connor. They dive like ducks.”
At last, feeling ridiculous making polite small talk at a murder scene, Holly turned to Avery. “Let’s get out of here.”
Stryker grabbed her hand before she could leave. He squeezed it and Holly felt the shock of his contact spread through her body.
He looked at her and for a second she felt as if she was somehow vital to him.
He said, “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
* * * *
Back in the car, excitement, fear and relief made Holly giddy. She started to giggle. Avery joined her. They’d had an adventure. An onlooker would estimate their age at maybe thirteen as they let their tension out on each other. They made enough noise to be heard outside the car even with the windows up. Finally, Holly pulled herself under control and started the car. “I’m not going to sleep tonight, you know that, don’t you?”
“I’m not sure I will,” Avery said. “He’s amazing. He certainly had an effect on you kiddo. Hypnosis…that’s the only explanation.”
Holly shook her head. “I don’t know, Avery. There’s just something about him that calls out to me.”
“Yeah, and it’s in his pants!”
Laughing Holly said, “No. Seriously. There’s something there I can’t explain but man is it potent.” She fanned herself with a hand. Holly almost immediately regretted her words.
Avery looked at her askance, obviously prepared to make a joke about potency, but didn’t take advantage of the opportunity her friend’s words had given her. Instead she sobered and said, “I’m glad he has that effect on you because you deserve it. He certainly has a thing for you. There’s no way that man is married. He makes a meal of you with his eyes.” Avery sat forward, excitement in her own eyes. “Check out that whole stroking with his thumb thing. I don’t think he even realized he was doing it. Caressing you was so natural to him, something he did automatically…like breathe.”
Holly said, “Avery…I didn’t tell you about what happened in the shower this morning…”
Chapter 6
“Obviously it was just my imagination, but I saw him. It was so real. I almost reached out and touched him.”
Sitting in the passenger side of Holly’s car, Avery angled her body within the confines of her seatbelt and rested her head on the side window. She didn’t say a word, her expression said it all. The look on her face told Holly her friend was astonished, intrigued, excited and impatient to hear more.
Holly didn’t disappoint her as she proceeded to explain. “I must admit, I was thinking about him as the water poured over me. You know that whole liquid thing?” She took her eyes off the road for a second to see Avery nod knowingly. “The fluidity of the water sort of reminded me of him. When I opened my eyes I could see him standing in the mist.”
“Was he naked?” Avery asked, a look of
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