Free (Sequel to Through The Dark) Complete

Chapter 40

The next morning, Harry reached over for the dark-haired beauty he'd shared a bed with lately and found an empty, cold bed. She obviously had been up for a while. He sighed as he sat up and looked around the room. Nothing. He looked over at the adjoining doors, and hers was still open, so he got up and looked in her room, but she wasn't in there either. Ok, a bit weird. He never expected her to go out in South Africa alone. He wondered if she'd run. Part of him wondered when it would become too much for her to be able to process, but would she really just up and leave South Africa on her own? Especially when things were going so well. He tried to put it out of his mind while he took a shower and got dressed. When she still wasn't back after he was ready, he pulled out his phone to check with James and Scott. He heard a phone ringing in the hall as his was ringing in his ear. Then he heard the door to her room opening, so he hung up the phone. He walked to the adjoining doors and watched her walk in laughing with James who was carrying a few things.

"Hey." Julie said. James set the few bags he was carrying down. She set the food bags down she was carrying. "I got breakfast." She thanked James who said hello and goodbye to Harry and left. She pulled a coffee out of the drink carrier. "And, I got coffee." She held it out to him.

Harry smiled and shook his head at her. "What time did you get up?" He took the coffee and then leaned down and kissed her lips. He wrinkled his eyebrows at her and then licked over his lips. "You taste like sugar."

She covered her face with her hands and then giggled. "I couldn't wait to eat the donut. Or whatever that yummy delish thing was that was just like a powered donut. It was SSSOOOO good and filled with raspberry jelly."

He chuckled. She was so cute when she covered her face. Like he'd noticed in Jamaica, she seemed to have let things go more. She seemed almost younger, more carefree now, than he'd ever seen her. "Well, let me see." He pulled her closer and kissed her deeper sweeping her mouth with his tongue and then pulling back. "Ahhh, yes, I get the raspberry jelly now." He let her go when she swatted his chest and walked back towards the bag. "Well, did you bring me more than just the taste of your lips?"

"Yeah, I think there's a couple kale leaves, and like two grapes or something. Figured that's all you'd be able to eat." She joked as she pulled a couple of breakfast sandwiches from the bag and a couple more of her donuts.

"Ah, I see, doesn't look like kale and grapes to me." He walked towards her.

"Oh, these are all mine. You wanna keep threatening me with more waterfalls and rocks, I need more padding." She teased as she handed him his share of the breakfast.

"I'm not sure how many times I've said this already, but you really are evil. Get me thinking about that night again. I wonder if they have any waterfalls comparable in South Africa. We should go check them out. One by one, until we find the right one." He sat on the edge of her bed and took a bite first of the pastry. "Oh, yeah, ok. It's really good. I see what you meant."

"We are not traveling all over South Africa to find a favorite waterfall." She looked over at him and shook her head. "You need to get a grip, love. I think I need a little more wining and dining before you get any more of my fruit."

Harry let out a booming laugh and threw his head back. "Seriously, who are you? If you didn't look exactly the same, I would swear you were a completely different girl."

"Well, maybe I'm Jaime, in drag." She said as she took a bite of her sandwich. "Would explain a lot, wouldn't it?"

Harry choked on the bite he'd just taken of his sandwich and started coughing. He set his sandwich down and covered his mouth with his fist. Damn her. When he finally got control he started laughing. "Not funny, lucky you have all the right parts in all the right places, or I just might have believed you."