Fitting The Pieces (The Riverdale Series Book 3)

Fitting The Pieces (The Riverdale Series Book 3) by Janine Infante Bosco Read Free Book Online Page B

Book: Fitting The Pieces (The Riverdale Series Book 3) by Janine Infante Bosco Read Free Book Online
Authors: Janine Infante Bosco
condolences. Screw them
too.
    Now
I’m sitting in the hospital waiting in the lobby for Luke to pick me up.
Someone has to drive the junkie to rehab, and with one best friend six feet
under, and the other about to become a distant memory,
    Luke
was my only option.
    Screw
all of you.
    I
still love you, you asshole.
    I
miss you like crazy.
    Screw
This.
    I’m
pissed.
    Cara.

Chapter
Three
     
                Luke glanced at Cara out of the corner of his eye as he
drove along the interstate. She was fidgeting with her hands that were lying in
her lap. She was looking out the window as they drove out of New York. He
turned his attention back to the road that was open ahead of them.
    He was beginning to
hate silence and was growing increasingly uncomfortable with only his thoughts
to occupy him. He reached down to turn the radio on hoping to release some of
the tension.
                After she had asked him for help he immediately went to
work researching different facilities that would help her kick her addiction.
She hadn’t fought him on any of his suggestions and simply told him her only
concern was that she didn’t want to be too far from home. He chose Lakeview
Health and Treatment Center in Pennsylvania. It was the closest in-house
treatment center to home.   He watched as
she wrapped her arms around herself, a chill traveling through her body.
                “Are you cold?” He said reaching for the heat.
                “A little bit.” She said as she rubbed her arms
vigorously.
                “There’s a sweatshirt in the back seat.” He said simply
and raised the temperature in the truck. Cara unsnapped her seat belt and
leaned over the console, her arm brushed Luke’s and he caught the scent of her
perfume. His fingers gripped the steering wheel as she dug around the back seat
looking for his sweatshirt. He damned himself to hell as he stole a glance at
her ass that was just inches from his shoulder.
                “Did you find it?” He said huskily just as she snatched
the sweatshirt and crawled back into her seat.
                “Got it.” She declared and pulled it over her head,
pushing her arms through the sleeves. The sweatshirt was swimming on her. Luke
supposed if she stood it would come down to her knees. She rolled the sleeves
up and then buckled her seat belt again. “Thanks.” She said.
                “No problem.” He said with his eyes on the road. He was
not about to admit he liked the way she looked in his shirt. Christ, Luke, get
a hold of yourself, he reprimanded and clutched the steering wheel again for
good measure.
                She turned around and looked at him for a moment. She
needed a distraction. Something to take her mind off the fact that she was an
addict on her way to a rehabilitation center, so she took in the outline of his
jaw and how his hair curled peeking out from underneath the baseball cap he was
wearing, just above his ears. She tried to think if she had ever seen him with
a hat on.
                “What’s with the cap?” She asked as she tilted her head
to get a better view. It was a New York Yankee hat.
                “I need a haircut.” He answered honestly and spiked her
curiosity. “And besides, the Yankees are in the playoffs. Need to root for my
team.” He said lightly.   He glanced at
her and winked easing the tension.  
                “I’m a Met’s fan.” She said although she wasn’t really.
She didn’t have a preference, but for some reason she needed to be on the
opposing side.
                “Of course you are.” He said with the faintest hint of a
smile playing on his lips.
    She turned her head and
stared back out of the window. He looked at her. “Are you warmer? I can turn
the heat up more if you’d like.” He offered even as his forehead perspired
underneath the rim of his

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