Chapter Twenty-Four
Lucia looked down at the long, strong fingers that gripped hers. Jackson’s hand had wrapped around hers when he'd found her with Pierce the other night. He'd held onto her as he made love to her later that night, and then again in the morning sunlight. She couldn't remember a time when his fingers hadn't been between hers.
This evening, they sat in plastic chairs that scraped on linoleum floors. Lucia tapped her toe only to have the tap-tapping sound stutter as the sole of her shoe met with a sticky substance on the floor. She stopped her mind from wondering what that substance could be and kept her feet still.
Jackson wrapped an arm around her shoulders. He lent her his strength, and she took greedily from him. The momentary anger she'd felt at him for planning to k
