Ellis
I texted Laurel when I landed making sure she cancelled my previous acceptance of a dinner tonight. Of course she did and I already knew it but I needed to connect with her in any way. What I wouldn’t give to have her waiting for me to come home right now. Takeout and a movie on the couch snuggled up to her is my idea of heaven tonight.
Sighing with disappointment as I open my door, I drop my bag seeing her pacing in front of the couch I was dreaming of holding her on. “Laurel what are you doing here?”
She turns her face toward me and I instantly see the puffy eyes and weariness on her face. I move to her side in three long strides. “Laurel what happened? Who hurt you?” I tip her chin up to look at her closely. She reaches up to touch my hand and fury rolls off me as I see her swo
