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just stood there holding her. He felt her body jerk a second before she stepped out of his arms, turned back around and started throwing up again. He stood by her, holding her hair out of the way, wishing he could do something for her. When she started to shake again, he pulled her back into his arms, but she stopped him this time. “I’m okay,” she stated again, trying to sound convincing, but her body was still shaking.
    “You’re cold,” Kade stated flatly and walked her back to his truck. He reached behind the seat and pulled out another blanket exactly like the one he’d given her the day he first met her. Wrapping her in it, he picked Krista up and gently placed her back in the truck. This time he didn’t fasten her seatbelt, but just shut the door. He got in on his side, reached over and pulled her in, close to his body. There! She could sit in the middle, right beside him, and only then did he reach over and fasten her seatbelt. “Lean on me if you want, or turn to the side and lean on the back of the seat,” he told her, trying to help her the only way he could. When she turned to her side but lay her face against his shoulder, he heard her whisper quietly.
    “Warm.” He placed his arm across her legs and over the top of the blanket which was covering her and got back on the road. He hoped she would sleep, and this time when he carried her into the house, he would use his key and he wouldn’t have to wake her up.
    Chapter Ten

    Kade worked all morning on paper work. His retirement couldn’t come soon enough. He’d known these last few weeks would drag by. Especially since he wouldn’t be working on any new cases, but damn, the paper work was a bitch. He thought of calling Krista at least a hundred times, but didn’t want to wake her up if she was still asleep. When they’d arrived back at her house after her treatment yesterday, he had carried her inside carefully. Kade hadn’t wanted to wake her up, so he’d placed her on her bed, slipped off her shoes, and just sat down beside her on the bed to watch over her. Sometime during the night—after practically staying up all night again, getting up before the sun, and driving back to Krista’s to get her to her treatment on time—lack of rest had finally caught up with him and he’d fallen asleep. Right beside her. When he woke the next morning, they were tangled together. Her little body was wrapped around him, with her head lying in the middle of his chest and half her upper body on top of his. One of her legs was thrown over his with the other pressed tight to the side of his leg. And as for him, he had one arm wrapped around her with his hand lying on her lower back. Kade sighed, contented. He lay there just holding her. Feeling her breathe. He didn’t want to move, and felt as if he could stay lying beside her forever.
    Then he glanced over and saw the clock. Hell! He had just enough time to get home and get ready for work. Not wanting to leave her, Kade lay there just a little bit longer, and then slowly and carefully, he moved out from under Krista, so as not to wake her. Before he left, he went to the kitchen and wrote her another note.
    Now, here it was mid-day and he hadn’t heard a thing from her. Kade decided it was time to take a break, and he was using his break to go and check on Krista.
    Krista woke up in her bed, not remembering how she got there, how long she had been there, or what time it was. But, the one thing she did know—she was feeling great! Stretching big, she raised her hands over her head and smiled, because not hurting was the best feeling in the world. Getting up, she padded barefoot into the kitchen where she saw a note on the bar. Kade! Her heart pounded with happiness. Grabbing it, she read what he had written.
    “Baby, I had to go to work this morning, but if you need me, call. I can be there in ten minutes. If I take a cruiser, I can be there in five. Do not hesitate to call me if you need anything.