14 Christmas Spirit
“"Well, do me one anyway. Put the gun away before my son sees you? It took me a long time just to get him to sleep through the night without waking up screaming. Nightmares." She waited for several seconds while Jon stayed where he was. "Please?" Finally Jon nodded, pursing his lips as he put the gun back into its holster. "Doesn't mean we're friends," he told her.
"'Kay." She smiled, apparently more sure of their friendship than Jon was.
Connor, JoEllen's son, had every reason to... have nightmares in Darcy's opinion. Kidnapped by a psychopath, held as leverage against his mother, kept in a dark pit for days on end. She'd have nightmares too.
"Where is Connor?" she asked JoEllen.
"Asleep on your couch, for now. I hope that's all right?" "Well," Jon said, sarcasm curling his lip, "if you're going to go to all the trouble of breaking into our house I guess you should at least get to use our couch." Darcy barely kept herself from rolling her eyes. She'd forgotten how easily these two baited each other.MoreLess
"'Kay." She smiled, apparently more sure of their friendship than Jon was.
Connor, JoEllen's son, had every reason to... have nightmares in Darcy's opinion. Kidnapped by a psychopath, held as leverage against his mother, kept in a dark pit for days on end. She'd have nightmares too.
"Where is Connor?" she asked JoEllen.
"Asleep on your couch, for now. I hope that's all right?" "Well," Jon said, sarcasm curling his lip, "if you're going to go to all the trouble of breaking into our house I guess you should at least get to use our couch." Darcy barely kept herself from rolling her eyes. She'd forgotten how easily these two baited each other.MoreLess
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