A Sudden Response

CHAPTER 19

“ J erk,” Joe muttered as she pulled her boots off and threw them at the wall. It made her feel a little better, but not by much. Hunting down Eric so that she could put him in a headlock would make her feel a hell of a lot better, she decided even as she pulled off her uniform shirt, leaving her in a tight baby blue tank top.

She climbed into bed only to climb back out seconds later when she decided it was too damn hot and she was too damn aggravated to try to sleep in her pants. She just wanted to sleep through the rest of her shift, go home, and take her anger out on cleaning her attic.

Twenty seconds after the light was shut off, she was curled up in bed and felt like crying. She hated fighting with Eric, absolutely hated it. There was a reason why she was so quick to forgive him because staying mad at him hurt. She still remembered when they were ten and she’d worked all day cleaning out Mrs. Pembroke’s garage. By the end of the day, she’d been dirty, tired, sweaty, and five dollars richer. Excited that she finally had enough money for a new bike, well new to her anyway, she ran all the way home.