clock on the bedside table next to
her. According to it, she’d only been sleeping for an hour, and she seriously
doubted she’d be able to go back to sleep.
She rubbed her eyes, remembering what she’d dreamed about.
She’d been calling for Macy, searching for her, knowing she had to find her.
When she did, her sister lay bloody and broken, her eyes staring sightlessly at
Sage. Tears threatened to rise to the surface, but she pushed them back. There
was too much to do. She had to call Hank’s parents in an hour to arrange a time
with them to go to the funeral home. She dreaded it.
Sage lay back on her side and clutched the other pillow to
her chest. It smelled like Grady. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Without him, she didn’t know how she would have been able to keep it together.
And making love to him had her not wanting to lose him. For the first time in
her life, she wanted to depend on a man.
Even though her emotions were in turmoil, Sage was falling
for Grady. After having the kind of father she’d had, she’d never believed she
would be able to fall in love with someone so quickly, or even at all. Macy had
found it with Hank, but Sage hadn’t thought she’d ever have it for herself.
That was part of the reason she’d focused so much on a career that a
relationship came last.
Now she didn’t know how she was going to handle being a cop
and raising Josh. There was no way she could continue working the night shift.
He’d lost his parents, he didn’t need her being absent most of the time. At
least she’d be given time off because she’d lost a family member, and more
after that since Josh was now hers. She could get maternity leave, she hoped.
It wasn’t something she paid too close attention to.
Giving up on sleep, Sage threw back the covers and got out
of bed. She’d changed her clothes before leaving with Grady, but she hadn’t had
a chance to take a shower. She didn’t think he would mind if she took one. It
would help wake her up.
Sage took her first good look around Grady’s room. It was
huge. There was a small sitting area complete with a couch, side table and
brass floor lamp. She figured there would be an en suite bathroom since this
was more like an apartment than a regular bedroom. The first closed door she
tried opened up to a large walk-in closet. Grady’s clothes took half the space.
The second door ended up being the bathroom.
Like the rest of the room, its proportions were huge. There
was a two-person whirlpool tub at one end, two sinks set in a granite
countertop and a glassed-in shower stall that had been done in black-veined
white marble.
Sage found some fluffy bath towels on a shelf near the
shower along with shampoo, conditioner and a bar of soap. Already naked, she
stepped into the stall and closed the door behind her. Once she had the water
at just the right temperature, she ducked her head under the spray. She didn’t
take very long to wash her hair and body. The water did help wake her up. She
turned off the faucet, then stepped out and dried herself.
As she walked out into the bedroom Grady came in from the
hall. She gave him a small smile. “I hope you don’t mind. I took a shower.”
He closed the distance between them and gave her a kiss. “Of
course I don’t. What’s mine is yours while you’re here. I was only coming to
check on you. I figured I’d let you sleep for another hour.”
“I couldn’t sleep anymore. Do you have a comb I can borrow?”
He took her hand and led her over to the dresser, then
handed her the one that sat on it. “Here.”
“How’s Josh?”
Grady smiled. “Fine, and getting spoiled rotten by my mom
and sister-in-law. They’ve pretty much claimed him as their own and won’t let
anyone else have him.”
Sage nodded. “Would you mind watching him again while I go
to the funeral home? I don’t want to take him there.”
“How about I have my mom and Katarina look after Josh and I
go with you? You
her. According to it, she’d only been sleeping for an hour, and she seriously
doubted she’d be able to go back to sleep.
She rubbed her eyes, remembering what she’d dreamed about.
She’d been calling for Macy, searching for her, knowing she had to find her.
When she did, her sister lay bloody and broken, her eyes staring sightlessly at
Sage. Tears threatened to rise to the surface, but she pushed them back. There
was too much to do. She had to call Hank’s parents in an hour to arrange a time
with them to go to the funeral home. She dreaded it.
Sage lay back on her side and clutched the other pillow to
her chest. It smelled like Grady. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Without him, she didn’t know how she would have been able to keep it together.
And making love to him had her not wanting to lose him. For the first time in
her life, she wanted to depend on a man.
Even though her emotions were in turmoil, Sage was falling
for Grady. After having the kind of father she’d had, she’d never believed she
would be able to fall in love with someone so quickly, or even at all. Macy had
found it with Hank, but Sage hadn’t thought she’d ever have it for herself.
That was part of the reason she’d focused so much on a career that a
relationship came last.
Now she didn’t know how she was going to handle being a cop
and raising Josh. There was no way she could continue working the night shift.
He’d lost his parents, he didn’t need her being absent most of the time. At
least she’d be given time off because she’d lost a family member, and more
after that since Josh was now hers. She could get maternity leave, she hoped.
It wasn’t something she paid too close attention to.
Giving up on sleep, Sage threw back the covers and got out
of bed. She’d changed her clothes before leaving with Grady, but she hadn’t had
a chance to take a shower. She didn’t think he would mind if she took one. It
would help wake her up.
Sage took her first good look around Grady’s room. It was
huge. There was a small sitting area complete with a couch, side table and
brass floor lamp. She figured there would be an en suite bathroom since this
was more like an apartment than a regular bedroom. The first closed door she
tried opened up to a large walk-in closet. Grady’s clothes took half the space.
The second door ended up being the bathroom.
Like the rest of the room, its proportions were huge. There
was a two-person whirlpool tub at one end, two sinks set in a granite
countertop and a glassed-in shower stall that had been done in black-veined
white marble.
Sage found some fluffy bath towels on a shelf near the
shower along with shampoo, conditioner and a bar of soap. Already naked, she
stepped into the stall and closed the door behind her. Once she had the water
at just the right temperature, she ducked her head under the spray. She didn’t
take very long to wash her hair and body. The water did help wake her up. She
turned off the faucet, then stepped out and dried herself.
As she walked out into the bedroom Grady came in from the
hall. She gave him a small smile. “I hope you don’t mind. I took a shower.”
He closed the distance between them and gave her a kiss. “Of
course I don’t. What’s mine is yours while you’re here. I was only coming to
check on you. I figured I’d let you sleep for another hour.”
“I couldn’t sleep anymore. Do you have a comb I can borrow?”
He took her hand and led her over to the dresser, then
handed her the one that sat on it. “Here.”
“How’s Josh?”
Grady smiled. “Fine, and getting spoiled rotten by my mom
and sister-in-law. They’ve pretty much claimed him as their own and won’t let
anyone else have him.”
Sage nodded. “Would you mind watching him again while I go
to the funeral home? I don’t want to take him there.”
“How about I have my mom and Katarina look after Josh and I
go with you? You
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