Twisted Obsessions (SIN CITY HEAT SERIES Book 2) Read Free Page A

virtual stranger to them. It took the better part of six months, but Marcus and his sister eventually began to feel secure again with the older woman.
      However, tragedy struck twice. Aunt Maggie died in her sleep of a massive heart attack. Once again, the lives of the two siblings were disrupted. This time, there were no relatives to come forward and claim responsibility for them or take them in, so they became wards of the state and were put into foster care.
      Although terrified and not really understanding what was going on, Marcus tried to be brave for his little sister. She clung to him as if he were her lifeline and wouldn’t let him out of her sight. The foster mother was a very impatient, no nonsense woman. She placed them in different rooms, but after waking up and finding that Marcus’ sister had gotten up in the middle of the night to sleep next to her brother for two weeks straight, she’d given up and just let them be.
      A month later, the only person Marcus had left in the world was literally snatched from his arms. His sister was adopted by a couple who came by to meet her several times. Marcus wasn’t told about the adoption until two days before his sister was scheduled to leave with her new family. When that time came, Marcus pleaded with the couple adopting his sister to take him too. He fell to his knees and begged them, promised he wouldn’t be any trouble; they would barely know he was there. With tears in their eyes, they tried to explain to him that, financially, they were unable to take care of two children. That was the last time Marcus saw his sister.
      Two years later, he was sent to an orphanage, again with no warning, but after everything he’d gone through for one so young, the change barely registered. He’d endured more than some people experienced in a lifetime. As far as he was concerned - he had nothing.
     Sighing, Marcus’ arms tightened around Aleesha . He’d waited for someone like her his entire life.He wanted her in his bed like this every night and was determined to find a way to make it happen.
     
    Chapter 2
     
     Finished with his rounds, Marcus was finally ready to go home. After working eight consecutive twelve hour nights at the hospital, he was off for the next four days and ready for some serious R&R. Hopefully, Aleesha would be able to fly out for a long visit. He hadn’t seen his lady in a couple of weeks and was feenin’ for her presence as well as her lovin’.
     “Hello, ladies,” he smiled at the nurses staffed at the nurses’ station. As soon as he signed the last of this paperwork, he was out of there.
 “Hello, Dr. Bennett.”
 “Hi, Dr.”
 “Dr. Bennett...”
     The respectful greetings flowed like a well-orchestrated song from the adoring women. Marcus was one of their favorite doctors.
 He flashed them a tired but teasing grin as he flattered them. “I swear you ladies are like a much needed breath of fresh air right about now."
 "You don't look so bad yourself."
     One of the nurses, Paula Charles, made no effort to hide the fact that she was openly flirting with him. Marcus never looked up from the papers he was signing. The only indication he gave that he heard her was a raised brow and smirk.
     He and Paula had been involved in a short fling years ago. She was an ex-girlfriend who’d taken a handful of pills the night he’d met Aleesha three years ago, but Marcus found out later it hadn’t been enough to cause her serious harm. He still felt like kicking himself in the ass for ever having gotten involved with her, but at the time, his little head overruled all else. The sex had been great and Paula could suck dick like a pro. Plus, she had been so damn fine and sexy – and full of some serious drama. The woman had become very possessive, very quickly. After the incident with the pills, she’d taken a leave of absence and gone to counseling in order to deal with the break up.
     The shifts they worked together were few