Chapter 30

    The snow was coming down heavily after she drove to his house, Melissa found them at the entrance and smiled but noticed how weak Keira was and Logan looked like he just spilled his guts.

 Lucius helped them with their coats and steadied Logan in his hangover.

"I'm fine, I'm going upstairs..."

Keira froze when he pulled her hand and turned when she resisted. 

"Come along...wife" Her eyes grew bigger at his emphasis and she followed.

Melissa gave Keira a concerned look and Lucius' eyes narrowed while they left the corridor.

  She looked at his broad back and the back of his head while he pulled her along with him to the stairs.

He turned when she resisted "I forgot my purse in the car"

"Leave it"

"What if there's an emergency?"

"Don't stall" He said as he trudged forward.

"And if Sam calls?"

 She slithered out of his grip and hurried down the steps where they came from, it would soon be lights out and she was just on the second floor.

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Logan tossed feeling like crap, this had to be the quickest hangover, he ever had.

"Stupid headache" He muttered and felt queasy and put up with a walk to the bathroom and took a hot shower and brushed his teeth.

 He put on a grey sweatshirt and pants climbing into a king-size bed, already sluggish as it is, he forgot to turn the heater on, the back of his head throbbed as he started for the heater by the door.

Setting it to room temperature, he watched the door handle curl and open when she entered.

"...don't forget to cover his head and make sure you check on him in case the blanket falls off.."

He lit up pulling her in and closing the door.

"...I know there's a list but it's just a reminder...yes, I'll be home first thing in the morning..."

  She inched away when he barricaded her from the large room, listening while she made the call. She resisted when he took the phone.

"Hello, Sam?"

"How much ransom are we talking?"

"She won't be coming home anytime soon, Merry Christmas"

"Oh, that's too bad, I'm going to miss her worrying, hope you can put up with that"

"Not likely," He said as Keira hopped to reach for her phone.

"Hold on, there's another call."

"Hello?... oh, Keira is unavailable right now" His eyes lowered to her angry one as he heard Jenny talking, dodging Keira's attempt to swipe her phone.

"He just went through surgery and he's doing great"

"Is he?... When did you get the news?" He nodded at the timing of the emergency.

"Get well soon"

"C_could you tell Keira a big thank you for me? I know Darby's a handful and you are handsome, you know what I mean?"

He chuckled at that massaging Keira's hair, she looked like she was going to rip him to shreds. The phone was on the loudspeaker.

"Good night Jennifer...here"

She walked around him to the end of the bed to take off her shoes "Whatever happened to be discreet?"

She winced when he let out a big sneeze and coughed touching the wall.