Full Throttle Yearning (13 page)
“Roxie?” he whispered, scrambling from his knees and heading toward her.
He turned his cell phone light on. She lay on her side, trembling. Her tear-streaked face was eerily blue in its light. “Did I kill him?”
“I don’t think he could see much of you in the dark. You didn’t have anything to do with his death. It’s all right. He can’t hurt you.”
A sob broke through the darkness. “I didn’t mean for any of this to happen. If I had known his son was sick, I’d have paid all the medical bills.”
Charlie hunkered on the floor, took her in his arms and stroked the silky hairs at the back of her head. “I know you would have. I know you would have.”
He punched speed dial five. “Eddie, I’m getting us out of here,” he said as relief poured through him and Roxie clung to him, her fingers clutching at his shirt.
“Where are we going?” she asked as he lifted her onto the bed. She held on to him relentlessly.
Charlie hardly dared to ask the question. If Roxie decided she wanted to leave him, could he handle that or would the loneliness he’d lived with return? “Where would you like to go?” He waited with bated breath.
“I’d like to go back to my apartment and get my bike.” Her expression was hopeful.
That was a simple enough request. “We can do that. And then what?”
“And then I’d like to make love to you under the stars.” She pressed her nose against his cheek. “To fuck you real good.”
His heart swelled almost to bursting in his chest. He’d better be careful or he’d end up like Rowter. “I want that. After that?” he prompted, feeling her warm breath against his face.
“I go back to work at Woody’s?”
Her scent was driving him crazy. He didn’t know what to think. “That sounds more like a question.”
“After that, what I decide depends on you.”
He kissed her earlobe. Marriage was a possibility but he didn’t think she was ready and he didn’t wish to frighten her away. “I want you with me but you might not want me because you want to be free.”
Off in the distance, he heard emergency vehicles approaching.
“I can be free, work at Woody’s and make love to you when you come to LA.”
“What if I want to stay here?” The notion had never entered his head, but suddenly he found the possibility intriguing, especially if Roxie—or Elizabeth—was with him.
“Then I’ll make love to you much more often,” came on a drawn-out sigh as she pressed her breasts against his chest. “On one condition.”
Charlie suspected he knew what it was. “What would that be?”
“You don’t tell my father where I am?” Her voice sounded expectant.
“He’ll find out sooner or later,” he warned, “considering all the action you’ve been through and that you might appear in the media.”
“We’ll take that as it comes, but let’s get my bike. I think we have an appointment with the stars.”
He laughed with a resounding heartiness. Life was good, and somehow Roxie would find her place in it, as she already had in his heart. He had no doubt about that.
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