The Eyes Tell No Lies (14 page)

Two doctors approached them and helped Cris get Kylee out of the car and onto a gurney.
Cris and Arie followed behind the doctors, neither wanting to let Kylee out of
sight
since they still had no clue who the killer was.

****

Arie
pulled her coat tighter around her as a blast of cool air blew in from the hospital
emergency room entrance.
She watched as the children in the waiting room, even the sick ones who were snuggled
against their mothers and fathers, lose themselves in
Finding Nemo
. A father paced back and forth in front of her with a screaming baby in his hands.
The father’s face looked just as she felt: tired, nervous, and devastated that they
couldn’t help their loved ones. She desperately wanted to get up and pace with him,
but Cris’s head was on her shoulder as he lightly snored. No matter how anxious she
felt wanting to move, she wasn’t going to wake him, especially now that she knew just
how hard it was for him to get a few hours of uninterrupted sleep. For the life of
her
,
she couldn’t understand how he could sleep through all the screaming, moaning, and
groaning.

Dark thoughts joined together in her mind as the minutes went by. It was hard for
her to think positive as she waited on pins and needles to hear of any news on Kylee.
Kylee’s heart rate had slowed down and her breathing became erratic as they were bringing
her in earlier. The doctors had rushed her to the back leaving Arie and Cris on the
outside.
Jordan
was still another hour away so Kylee’s parents went into the room with her when the
doctors had resurfaced to give Arie and Cris a progress report. They had only been
back there for thirty minutes, but it felt like hours to Arie as she waited for more
news on Kylee’s health.

She turned at the sound of a door whooshing open on her left side and watched as Mr.
Craig came out with a haunted look on his face. Arie tapped Cris on his knee until
he woke without taking her eyes off Mr. Craig.

“Yeah?” Cris asked as he jerked awake then followed Arie’s line of vision when she
didn’t answer him.

“Come on,” Cris said as he took her hand and stood.

Arie took his hand hesitantly and followed without saying a word. She was shocked
and anxious when Mr. Craig pulled them into a hug and thanked them again for finding
Kylee.

“What’s wrong?” Arie asked Mr. Craig when she saw a fleeting look of panic wash over
his face.

“It’s Helen, she couldn’t take seeing
Kylee
like that and became beyond hysterical. The doctors had to give her a sedative to
calm her. She is in a room down the hall from Kylee now.

“Can you guys sit with
Kylee
until
Jordan
gets here while I sit with Helen?” Mr. Craig asked as a hint of exhaustion took over
his face.

“Of course, Mr. Craig,” Arie said as they followed behind Kylee
's father
.

Mr. Craig pointed them to where Mrs. Craig’s room was prior to leaving them at the
entrance of Kylee’s private room.

Cris sat at the far end of Kylee’s hospital room next to the window. He sat far enough
away to give Arie the privacy she needed with her friend yet close enough to be there
in seconds if she needed him again. His shirt was still damp from Arie’s tears, but
he didn’t care. He had held her tightly in his arms as she buried her head in his
chest and sobbed quietly when she saw Kylee hooked up to the heart monitoring machine
and needles poking into her left hand and arm. Not to mention her swollen, bruised
body.

What kind of person does this to another,
Arie thought as she held Kylee’s hand in hers.

Arie jumped when the door swooshed open with a bang and footsteps pounded in. She
relaxed when she heard a slight squeak and thump thumb in the footsteps. The look
on
Jordan
’s face when he rounded the corner and saw Kylee was enough for Arie’s heart to ache
all over again.

“
Jordan
, come sit here,” Arie said when she realized
Jordan
wasn’t moving.

She got out of her seat and gently guided
Jordan
to her seat. She wanted him to be able to touch his wife’s hand if he felt a need.
He wouldn’t have been able to do that with the other hand without the machines going
off.

“I am so sorry, I should have been there for you. I almost lost you,
Kylee
, and I should have been the one to save you,”
Jordan
said to
Kylee
as he took her hand in one of his large hands and swept her hair out of her face with
the other.

“It is not your fault and all that matters is we are here together now,” Kylee cro
a
ked out as she brushed
Jordan
’s tears away before they could fall.

“I thought I lost you,”
Jordan
said.

“You can never get rid of me that easily,” Kylee whispered with a slight smile.

Watching Kylee and
Jordan
together made Cris ponder his true feelings for Arie. The ones he had been holding
back and making excuses from since he met her almost a year ago. Cris looked over
at Arie, he didn’t want to wait until something happened to her before he admitted
what he felt for her. Being scared of the way she made him feel didn’t matter anymore
because losing her before knowing what they could have was even scarier. His body,
mind, and heart ached to reach out to her now and never let her go. He wasn’t going
to let her get away from him—not now, not ever. So he was going to swallow whatever
was scaring him and tell her how when she laughed, it lit his insides on fire. How
every time he smelled her or looked at her he forgot everything else around him and
his body came alive. When they kissed his fears of the future vanished away and all
he pictured was them together. She made him want things he never thought he would.
Like settling down, getting married, and having little Cris
's
and Aire
'
s running around one day.

The more he was around
Arie,
the more he found himself wanting to be around her. So he could
ogle
her and hear more of what she had to say.
When
she got this passionate look in her eyes as she explained everything she was zealous
about. He didn’t like some of the things she wanted to discuss but when her passion
for it surged out
,
h
e couldn’t help but
become
interest
ed
in it as well and listen to her.
It
was one of the things he loved about her
,
she
became
so passionate about everything she loved and made you passionate about it as well.
He also loved how she fought for everything she
felt was right and didn’t let any
thing in life hold her back.
He especially found her attractive when she laughed at something causing her to light
up from the inside out.

Cris knew it was time to let go of his fears and let out his feelings for Arie. After
watching
Jordan
go through the possibility of losing Kylee this past week, he knew he couldn’t wait
any longer to tell Arie how he felt and it had to be soon, before he lost his courage
to do so.

“
Jordan
, Kylee, we are going to leave right now to give you two some privacy and let Kylee
get some rest. Call either of us if you need anything,” Cris said as he slowly made
his way to the door.

“Wait, before you guys go I have something to say,” Kylee whispered before Cris reached
the door.

“
Jordan
and I want to thank you two for finding me. Arie, come here, I have to tell you
something important before you go,” Kylee said as she reached out her hand for Arie
to take.

Cris watched as Arie took Kylee’s hand and bent down so her ear was close to Kylee’s
mouth. He would give anything to hear what Kylee was saying to Arie.

A few seconds later, Arie and Cris
were
on their way out the door and to the safe house.

****

Arie felt as though her mother’s cruel words were still holding her back even though
her mother was dead. She would catch herself dreaming about the life she and Cris
could have, how he made her feel just by looking at her and how his touch lit her
entire body on fire. He made her dream of a future with them together, something
she didn’t do even when things were going great with Xavier. When all of a sudden
her mother’s words would pop into her head making her forget any chance she thought
she might have with Cris.

Truth be told, she had liked Cris ever since he started checking on her after her
parents’ death. He would make up an excuse to come over on the days he had off and
stay for hours just talking. During their time together, she realized he accepted
her for who she was on the inside and out. She loved how he knew just when to make
her laugh or what she needed to hear and when.

She wasn’t scared of the feelings taking over her body for him then. Since she
felt as though he would never fall in love with a blind girl, which was something
she told herself often when she got scared that they were both developing feelings
for each other and it was becoming more than a friendly relationship with a cop.
She was glad when he was called out for an important case that took up a lot of his
time just as she was about to tell him how she felt about him.

If she was honest with herself, what her mother said and did to her all those years
ago had nothing to do with what was holding her back from Cris. She had dealt with
her issues with her mother in therapy for the past couple of months. During therapy
,
she learned she had started to use her mother’s words as excuses for when she felt
scared and vulnerable to protect herself from getting hurt again. It was her defense
mechanism.

Cris made her feel protected, loved, safe, and vulnerable all at the same time. What
scared her the most was feeling vulnerable. She thought when she felt vulnerable
it was easier for someone to hurt her. Arie knew it was time to not let fear control
her for once in her life and do something utterly out of character. It was time for
her to stop being scared of her feelings for Cris. She made up her mind right
then
to tear down the walls surrounding her heart and let Cris in.

“Stop being scared and go for it. If I had let my fear over take after I left my
ex-husband, then I wouldn’t have found
Jordan
’s love. And what scares me the most is when I think ‘what if I was too scared to
let
Jordan
love me?’ I never would have gotten the chance to feel and experience true love.
Don’t let your fears make my worst fear become your reality.
What Kylee said to her at the hospital played over and over in her head as they made
their way to the front door of the house.

****

Arie walked into the house ahead of Cris as he held the door open for her. She waited
until he closed and locked the door before turning him around and pinning him to the
door.

A scorching warmth blaze
d throughout Arie’s body as her
soft
, rigid
curves melted into
Cris’s
solid well—
built body when she pressed herself against him. She reached up, grabbed the back
of his neck, and pulled his head down toward hers. She looked up at him and licked
his
bottom lip seductively
until he parted his lips for her
.
Capturing his lips with hers in a fervent kiss, their tongues dueled as they fought
for dominance over one another.

Cris broke their connection as he lifted Arie up and she wrapped her legs around him.
He turned her around and pinned her against the door.

“You know if we continue this, you are mine and I am yours. Our relationship will
be sealed as soon as I enter you. So are you sure about this?” Cris asked Arie as
he looked down at her with hooded eyes.

“Yes!” Arie whispered.

Cris’s
hand
s
ran
freely
through
Arie’s
hair as he leaned forward and captured her slightly parted lips in a heated kiss
.
He could feel the heat radiating off her body as she whimpered
against his lips
.

Cris never broke their
connection as he turned and walked them up the stairs. He continued to kiss
and caress
her as they made their way into Cris’s bedroom.

Damn, my fantasies are about to become reality,
Cris thought as Arie
moaned in his ear as he kissed down the side of her neck
, and bit at the bend of her neck and shoulder, then continued kissing until
he reached her nipple.

He sucked and licked her nipple through her silk
shirt causing Arie to wrap her arms around his neck as she
arch into him. That
took the last of Cris’s control, causing him to quickly make his way to his bed
.
H
e lightly tossed her onto the bed before sliding his clothes off and leaving them
in a pool on the floor.
He climbed onto the bed and positioned himself so he was over
Arie
.

Cris untied her sweat pants,
pulled
them and her panties off at the same time and tossed them to the floor. Putting all
his weight onto his right
hand
,
he unbuttoned her shirt
,
m
aking
sure to kiss, bite, and lick a trail down to her navel as he
opened each
button.
Once her shirt was completely opened, he kissed his way back up to her lips, licked
her lower lip,
then
she opened for him.
As they began to expl
ore each other’s mouths, Arie
wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a deeper kiss.

Arie arched her back toward him, causing her nipples to graze against his chest, silently
begging him for more.

Leaning back, Cris looked down at Arie with lust in his eyes.
Damn her tits are perfect.
Helping her out of her shirt, he tossed it to the floor right next to her pants.
He gently ran his finger around her areola, watching her nipple tighten to a hard
bud. Bending forward,
he sucked her nipple into his mouth. He felt his cock grow harder as
he felt her
nipple
against
his tongue
for the first time
. After switching to the other
nipple, he knew he had to taste her soon or he was going to go crazy.

“I need you to come kiss me, Cris,” Arie said as she pulled Cris from her breasts.

He smiled at her right before taking her lips into a scorching hot kiss. The deeper
the kiss, the more cream she felt between her th
ighs. She had never felt anything like this while she was with
Xavier
.

Cris
kissed her with so much passion it startled her
in a good way
. He pulled back fro
m the kiss just long enough to whisper in her ear,
“I am
going to show you how much I need you in my life
.”

He kissed her with so much
fervor
it heated their bodies
, which
started in their toes and worked its way through. Cris
explored every inch of her mouth with his tongue
repeatedly
.
The flame of passion lit between Arie
’s legs and more o
f her sweet moisture escaped.

Arie moved her hips until she found what she was looking for. Cris’s hard cock.
She needed something to put out the fire blazing between her legs and she knew just
how. Her ground her pussy against his cock over and over again until she realized
it wasn’t enough to put out the inferno between her legs.

“I n
eed you inside of me, now!
”
Arie cried out, begging for Cris’s cock.

“I have to taste you first, babe,” Cris s
aid as h
e
kissed his way down her body.

“Hurry up, Cris, I need you,” Arie moaned out
in breathless anticipation.

“
Fuck, y
ou’re so wet
and ready for me. I have to taste
your p
ussy, the scent of your cream is driving me wild,” he
said
then
kis
sed her pussy with enough passion to have Arie crying out as she gripped the sheets
in her hands.
He brush
ed
his tongue
from the top of her
slit
to the bottom then he sucked her clit, repeating this over and over
.

It was as if her legs had a mind of their own and before she knew it, they were spreading
wider
. Goddamn
this feels so fucking good,
Arie thought. Then she draped her legs over his shoulders and thrust her hips toward
his waiting mouth.
She
gripped his head tighter
,
pulled him closer to her pussy
,
and moaned his name out loud as he discovered her
sweet spot
. Arie bucked and held his hair
as his
tongue flicked over and over on her glorious spot.

Fuck, she tastes so goddamn I want to taste her forever,
Cris thought as he sucked her cli
t
further into his mouth and inserted two fingers into her.
His mouth seized her clit and su
cked harder as she thrust her hips up to meet every suck, lick, and thrust from him
.

Arie didn’t know it could be like this and loved every minute;
she
had
never
experienced anything close to this. She cried out and gripped the sheets as he pushed
in a third finger and a powerful climax took over her body at the same time
.

Cris couldn’t stop even if he wanted to—she tasted so good. Not letting up, he quickly
took her from one orgasm to the next. He didn’t stop until Arie fell to the bed,
exhausted.

Arie’s body was drifting in bliss as Cris kissed his way back up to her lips. He
leaned down and kissed her with everything he had, letting her taste her juices left
on his tongue.

Something snapped inside of Arie as she tasted her sweetness on Cris’s tongue. “I
need you inside of me now.”

“Don’t worry, baby, I got you,” Cris
said as he reached over and grabbed a condom out of his dresser. He ripped the foil
open with his teeth and sheathed himself
.

H
e pressed the wide tip of his cock
at the entrance of
her mois
t pussy. He groaned and gripped
her hips tightly
as he drove in in one thrust
.
Arie
wr
apped her legs around Cris’s hips and moaned
as he pushed deep
er and deeper
inside of her.
Cris pulled out until his tip was just inside her opening and drove forward again,
holding still to give Arie time to adjust.

Her body quickly adjusted to
Cris
, draw
ing
him deeper
inside of her
.
She arched her hips meeting him thrust for thrust as they quickly found their rhythm.

Arie pulled Cris’s head down toward her mouth and sucked his bottom lip into her mouth.
“Harder.Faster.
I
.N
eed
.M
ore.
Cris
!”

T
hat’s was like music to Cris’s ears. “Shit, baby, I have you, just hold on tight,”
Cris groaned out as he surged deeper, harder, faster into her.

Arie groaned as he plunged, finding her
spot and started hit
ting
it with profound
hard
,
deep strokes
.