Chapter 33
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
Jump ended the call and turned to face Blakey. “That was Kevlar making sure we were fine.”
She leaned back against the counter. “It’s wonderful you have so many friends. I think they’re great, too.”
“Good, because they’ll be around for a while.”
He’d had at least twenty calls and so many texts he couldn’t keep track. In the back of his mind he knew he and Blakely needed to find a place to rent because Wave would be home soon, and he would have his sister with him.
Blakely pushed off the counter and moved to him. He wrapped his arms around her, thinking he really was one of the luckiest men in the world.
“I like this.”
He nodded. “I like it, too, and I’m falling in love with you.”
She blinked up at him a few times. “I never knew love really existed. With you it seems so easy to love you.”
“When we leave this place, you’re moving with me, right?”
She nodded. “I’d like that.”
“We need to find a place soon.”
“What about the house close to Willa’s place? Well, Pen lives there, too, so close to them? What do you think?”
“We should go look at it. If we like it, we can make an offer.”
“I’d like that.”
Jump’s phone rang, and he checked the caller ID, seeing it was the detective. He swiped to answer. “Hello, this is Jump.”
“Hello. So I have an update for you.”
“Let me put you on speaker.”
“Sure.”
Jump set the phone on the kitchen counter and tapped the screen, so it was on speaker. “Go ahead.”
“When we book someone, we collect their DNA just to have it. We ran Grayson’s DNA against what we have in the system.
There was a young lady who was murdered recently.
His DNA matched, so it’s doubtful he’ll ever be set free.
The DA is looking to charge him for the murder first and see what kind of sentence he gets. ”
“Wait, he murdered someone?” Blakely asked.
“Yes, ma’am. She was twenty-two. A college student who danced at a local club. Looks like he was there last week. We guess that’s when they met. She was dumped in the foothills outside of town.”
“Oh no. That’s awful.”
Blakely sounded truly horrified. Jump liked that she wasn’t jaded. She had a good heart. He liked that about her.
“That’s terrible. I hope she didn’t suffer too much,” Jump said.
“Hopefully,” the detective said. “I’ll be in touch if he ever gets out. It’s doubtful, though. I’m sure the case will be highly publicized. Stay safe, and we’ll talk at a later date.”
The call ended, leaving a thick silence hanging in the room. Blakely shook her head. “I’m not surprised he killed someone. Now I know for sure that Grayson really was a bad man.”
“Yes, he was. I’m glad you escaped. And I think that book is really a good idea. If you can get one person out of a cult like that, you’ve saved them.”
She wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head against his chest. He liked this. They had some stuff to work through, but they would get there. They’d find a good place to live, and they’d grow closer.
Blakely leaned back and smiled up at him. “When I left the cult, I never imagined my life would be this good. Thank you for making everything wonderful.”
He brushed his lips against hers. “You’ve made everything in my life wonderful. Thank you.”
He loved his work, but eventually he would have to give it up, but Blakely would be forever. The future was looking up, and he had his woman to thank for that. Together they could face anything.