Read Her Only Salvation Online
Authors: J.C. Valentine
Her Only Salvation (17 page)
A scrap of paper dislodged from the bucket and floated to the table. Stopping, they both stared at the innocent scrap of paper. Then, with mechanical movements, Terri set the bucket on the floor and pulled out a red pen that had been tucked inside. Sitting forward, Luke watched curiously as she took the pen and scratched it across the paper. Laying the pen down, she picked up the bucket again and left the room.
After Terri was gone, Luke leaned forward and spun the paper around to face him. It was a simple list of chores Terri must have made, each one numbered and scratched off as she completed them. Eyes tracking to the very bottom, to the fresh ink scratched deep into the paper, Luke read the words aloud. “Take out the garbage.”
Easing back into the cushions, he looked off in the direction she had gone and shook his head. Even after everything, that one small act said it all. Lips curving into a relieved smile, Luke dragged himself to his feet and went in search of her, sure that for the first time in his life, everything was going to work out just fine.
J.C. Valentine is the USA Today and International bestselling author of the Night Calls and Wayward Fighters Series and the Forbidden Trilogy. Her vivid imagination and love of words and romance had her penning her own romance stories from an early age, which, despite being poorly edited and written longhand, she forced friends and family members to read. No, she isn't sorry.
J.C. lives in the Northwest with her three amazing children and far too many pets, and together they spend much of their free time enjoying movies or the outdoors. Among the many hats she wears, J.C. is an entrepreneur. Having graduated with honors, she holds a Bachelor's in English and when she isn't writing, you can find her editing for fellow authors.