Jessica Patch - Protective Duty

Eric wadded his napkin. “Bryn has been almost killed three times. Bryn needs backup.”

Holt slid his hands through his midnight-black hair and frowned. “Eric and Bryn need to stop referring to Bryn in third person.”

She went for the coffee canister by the pot, but it wasn’t there. Huh. She opened the pantry and dug around. What had she done with the coffee? Probably ought to settle for tea the way her nerves were frayed.

Eric cleared the trash from the table. “I’d sleep better if someone was here. Inside.”

She snorted. “Yeah, because this is about you and your solid eight hours of shut-eye.” Bryn rifled farther back in the pantry. Had she thrown away the canister? Too much crowding her mind. She slammed the cabinet and folded her arms over her chest.

“What are you looking for?” Eric asked and stepped out of her way. She opened the cabinet by the fridge.

“The coffee.”

“Where do you keep it?”

“By the coffeepot.” She hurried through several more cabinets, then opened the trash can. Maybe she had emptied and tossed it this morning.

Eric covered her hand. The earnestness of his touch silenced her hunt and sent a flush into her cheeks.

“Take a breath.” He placed his index finger on her temple, and a lazy grin slid across his face. “You’ve got too much rolling around in that head of yours.”

She inhaled. Exhaled. “I thought I put it on the counter before feeding Newton.”

“Where do you keep the dog food?”

“In the laundry room.”

Eric stalked from the kitchen into the laundry room near the back door. A minute later, he came out carrying the canister of coffee. “Now, let’s make sure you didn’t scoop the dog food from this canister and feed Newton coffee grounds, though I’d believe it. He runs on the hyper side.”

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