Trusting You: The Switched Series book two Read Free Page B

cleaning, because I was determined to get this girl back here. “I’ll show you my room and you can stay in there.”
    “I feel really bad taking your room. I can sleep on the couch,” she says, looking at me. Does she really think I would bring her here and make her sleep on the couch?
    “My mama raised me right, there is no way I’m letting you sleep on a couch. You are taking my bed. It even has clean sheets and everything,” I say, carrying her bags into my bedroom.
    “You actually cleaned this house knowing I would come with you, didn’t you?” Callie asks, coming up behind me. I just turn around and smile at her. I guess I’m not as smooth with things as I thought.
    “Jax and Collin don’t live too far from here. It’s a very small town so we can all be here in a matter of minutes. There are horses here if you want to look around in the morning. I can also take you back to my parents sometime tomorrow and you can look around there too. I can crash with Jax and Collin tonight. If you need anything, just give me a call. I’ll give you a quick tour, and then I will give you some privacy,” I say, before leading her around the house.
    “I have a gun,” Callie blurts out when we walk back into the living room. Why would she tell me that? Did I do something to scare her? I hope she’s not some crazy girl that is fixing to shoot me.
    “Okay, how did you get it through an airport?” I ask.
    “I didn’t. I mean I have a gun at home. Actually I have two. They are legal. I have a permit for them both. I just don’t have them with me,” she says, looking at me with huge wide eyes.
    “Do you need them? Detective Clayton was going to surprise you with your car so you would have a way of getting around. I can call him and if he hasn’t left, he might be able to break into you place and get them if you want them,” I say, pulling my phone out of my pocket to call him.
    “There is actually one in the glove box. I keep one in my car and one in my purse usually. They make me feel a little safer,” she says, almost looking embarrassed. I put my phone back in my pocket and walk over to the couch. I am exhausted and have no idea when or if I will ever get to go to bed tonight.
    “Do you want me to stay here tonight? I promise you are safe out here, but if you would feel better, I can sleep on the couch.” I know Leighton told me she didn’t like to stay with people. I am totally confused now.
    “I would feel better if you would stay here, but if you don’t want to, I understand. I don’t really sleep very well. I have some medicine that helps me sleep I can take, but I might still wake you up during the night and would really hate to keep you up all night,” she says. Maybe I can get her to talk now.
    “Why would you wake me up?” I ask, but she just looks down. “You have nightmares,” I say, watching her nod her head at me.
    “They have gotten better, but after being here and meeting everybody today, I don’t know what will happen,” she says, sitting down beside me. “I’m sorry.  I’m a pretty big mess. You should have just left me in Florida,” she says quietly. Is she kidding right now? I want to find whatever monster has caused her this much misery and kill him myself. I can’t believe she could even possibly think I wouldn’t have wanted her to come if I had known.
    “When did they start?”
    “The night I found my parents,” she quickly says.
    “What are they about?” I ask, looking over at her. I know she probably doesn’t want to talk about it, but I need to know.
    “Blue eyes, that’s all I saw that night, but I will never forget them, probably because I have seen them hundreds of times in my dreams,” she says.
    “I’m really sorry you had to go through that alone. I have seen a lot of messed up things in my life, but I can’t even begin to imagine walking into a room and finding my parents that way,” I say, quickly regretting it. I don’t guess she needs to be