The Eyes Tell No Lies (11 page)

She pulled the cover over her head and turned away from the window. The bed fel
t
so warm and cozy she snuggled in deeper and would have stayed there the whole day
i
f her overactive bladder didn’t need
emptied
.
Arie
closed her legs tightly and held it in as long as she could, trying to delay getting
out of the bed
for as long as possible
. She threw the cover back
then
swung her legs off the bed and onto the floor.

Earlier, she noticed there were two other doors besides the one leading out of the
bedroom. She knew one had to lead to the closet and the other to the bathroom but
didn’t know which was which. She stood in the middle of the room looking back and
forth between both doors as she shifted from side to side. While contemplating
which door to try first, she grabbed her suit
case and dr
a
g
ged
it along.

I might as well shower while I am in there
,
Arie
thought as her stomach began to rumble from hunger.

Yes, defin
i
t
e
ly
a
shower and then breakfast time
,
Arie
thought as she patted her stomach before heading into the bathroom to relieve her
bladder and take a nice warm shower.

Arie threw on the same kind of sweat suit from last night
,
just in black this time. Her stomach growled as she pulled her hair into a loose
damp ponytail. She grabbed her dead phone and charger as she made her way out the
door and into the kitchen.

“
Definitely c
offee first or else I will be full of sugar, spice and nothing nice
,
”
s
he
mumbled to herself as she started a pot of coffee.

She
looked through the cabinets as she sipped her coffee and got excited when she saw
everything was there to make chocolate-chip pancakes.
Wow
,
you know you don’t have a life when you get excited at the thought of making chocolate-chip
pancakes. Just pathetic
,
Arie,
get a life.
P
ull
ing
out everything she needed
, she
started on
enough pancakes for her and Cris for
when he woke up.

Cris
rubbed his already burning itching eyes as he slid to the edge of the bed. He hadn’t
got much sleep last night between his sensual dreams of
Arie
returning and the nightmares invading
.
Since he
had
met
Arie
a
lmost a
year ago
,
he had been having dreams of them exploring the spark he felt whenever he was near
her. Until the nightmares of his sister’s death took over.

He ran his hands through his hair as his dream from last night drifted into his mind.

Cris
and
Arie
danced in the middle of
Arie’s
living room in front of the fireplace as soft music filled the room.
Cris
wrapped his arms tightly around
her
waist as they swayed back and forth. A fiery heat burned throughout his body as
Arie’s
soft curves melted into
his
hard muscular body. He moaned and pulled her even closer as the enticing sent of
strawberries and kiwi filled his nostrils. Damn
, she smelled and felt so good, Cris
though
t
as
Arie’s
body brushed up against his hardening cock and her scent encompassed him once more.

Arie
looked up at him and bit her bottom lip seductively as she felt his cock hardening
against her.
His
left hand ran through
her
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.

It was
as if
their minds were connected as one
, and
without breaking their connection
,
he
lifted
Arie
up as she wrapped her legs around his waist. The
ir lips parted just
long en
ough for
him
to walk up the stairs
.
H
e shoved
Arie’s
bedroom door open and entered her room
,
kicked the door closed behind them
,
then
turned around and swiftly pinned her against the door.

Arie
moaned in his ear as he kissed down the side of her neck until he reached her nipple.
He sucked and licked her nipple through her silk button
up shirt causing
Arie
to tighten her hold on him and arch into him. That
took the rest of the control
he
had
.
He pulled her away from the door and made his way to her bed. When he got there
he lightly tossed her onto the bed before sliding his clothes off and leaving them
in a pool on the floor.
C
limb
ing
onto the bed
, he
positioned himself so he was over
Arie
.

Unbuttoning her pants, Cris
roughly pulled her pants off
her
leg
s
.
He put all his weight onto his left hand as he
began to unb
uttoned her shirt making sure to kiss, bite, and lick a trail down to her navel as
he
revealed her smooth skin
.

Moving back up her body, and aligning his cock with her slit, Cris looked into Arie’s
eyes. And j
ust as he was about to thrust into her and feel the heated bliss of having her sweet
wet walls wrapped around his cock
,
h
is sister
’s
corpse appeared in front of him and looked into his eyes and said
,
“What kind of brother are you? Sitting here having sex and you still haven’t found
my killer.”

Hearing those words instantly snapped him out of his dreams
.
He
had
laid there in bed
for
the rest of the night letting the guilt consume him. Even though he knew
Grace
would never think or say anything like that to him
,
i
n his heart he thought it was how
Grace
would feel
,
but in his head
,
he knew it was just his own guilty subconscious
p
ortraying
in a dream
the thoughts he had deep in
his mind
.

Surprisingly
,
despite all of this
,
he had gotten more sleep than he had in the past two and a half weeks. It was
as if
just having
Arie close to him
was enough to help him through the dreams
,
making him wonder
w
hat would it be like if he could feel her next to him every night
,
all night
.

The
only difference between Cris
's and
Arie
's bedrooms
, and the other two bedrooms in the house
was that
he
had unpacked his clothes and put them away during the night.
His mind felt like it was consumed with clutter when
items weren’t in their place
and he couldn’t function.

He slid out of bed, grabbed clothes out of the drawers, and jumped into a steaming
hot shower. The tension in his body evaporated as the steaming water massaged
him
.
He
stood under the steaming water until it grew cold
,
causing him to rush
the rest of
his shower.

The smell of coffee and pancakes drifted into his room
,
rush
ing
him to dress quickly. He threw on
black jeans, a t-shirt, and made sure his holster was secure on his jeans. As he
hurried out the door and started down the stairs
,
he
couldn’t remember the last time he had a home
-
cooked
breakfast.

When he walked into the kitchen
,
Arie
was placing a plate of pancakes and warm syrup in the middle of the table.

“Have a seat
,
there is fresh coffee on the counter and some orange juice in the fridge
,
”
Arie
said as she grabbed her plate and filled it with pancakes.

“Thanks
,
you didn’t have to go through the trouble of doing t
his, but I am glad you did,” Cris
said as he poured a cup of coffee and made his way back to the table.
He took the rest of the pancakes that were in the middle of the table and drowned
them in syrup.

“Do you mind if I turn on the news?”
Arie
asked.

Cris
just nodded his head as he inhaled his plate of pancakes. The only home
-
cooked meal he got was when he visited his mother.

“These are the best pancakes I have ever had
,
”
Cris
finally looked up and said to
Arie
as she sat back at the table.

“Thanks
,
”
Arie
said as she sat down and began to eat the chocolate chip pancakes
that
she had been craving for a while.

“Breaking news
:
we have more information on the victim from this morning’s kidnapping. It all started
when a witness called police early this morning around six
-
thirty a
.
m
.
to report a kidnapping. All we had earlier today was a description of the woman
,
but now we have her name and a picture of her.
The Daytime Killer
’
s latest victim has been identified as
Karlie “Kylee” Craig
-Johnson.

“If you have any information regarding this crime please contact your local police
station or contact us and we will get you in contact with the proper authorities.”

Arie
didn’t hear the rest of the news after seeing Kylee
’s
picture and hearing her name. The world around her went blank as her mind tried
to grasp it all. Her hands shook as she reached for her phone
,
which was turned off and charging on the table next to her. She let the tears fall
and buried
her head into Cris’s
chest when he enveloped her into his arms. The more she shook the tighter he wrapped
his arms around her.
Arie
couldn’t remember a time when she felt safer in her life.

Get it together
,
you cannot fall apart when Kylee needs you
,
pull it together
,
and find her
,
Arie
thought as she pulled away and tried to compose herself.

“Are you okay?” Cris
asked as she wiped the tears of her face.

“Yes, we have to find her
now and I have to call the Craigs’
and
Jordan
,
”
Arie
answered as she reached for her phone.

“Alright
,
I am going to call the
c
aptain and grab the keys to
Grace
’s storage. Knowing
Grace,
she will have more evidence in
there that could help us,” Cris
said as he disappeared out of the room to let
Arie
make her calls in private.

Arie
took a deep breath and dialed
Jordan
’s cell phone number first.

“
Arie, thank G
od.
Where have you been?”
Jordan
stammered.

“I am sorry my phone was dead.
I just saw the news.”

“We thought you were taken with Kylee or something.
Listen
,
my
brother and our
buddies
in
t
he
Navy EOD
are
due to arrive in a few minutes so I have to go. I will call and check on you in
a little while and
,
Arie,
don’t put yourself in danger trying to find Kylee on your own.”
Jordan
said right before hanging up.