Page 54 of Making Home with You

I had no idea that just being this close to him, his teasing and the light touch of his skin to mine would elicit these feelings.And when he runs his hand up the inside of my thigh, my body squirms in response.

“Just wait till we get home,” Finn murmurs, his mouth next to my ear, and his voice deep, “But for now just look up.”

The panoramic sunroof moves open, exposing the cloudless sky and this time I do as I’m told.My eyes gravitate toward the darkness that is dotted with points of light.

“See that,” he says pointing out over the water and up into the sky at what looks like a star.It almost appears to be illuminated from behind, like it’s glowing.

“Yeah,” I say.

“That’s Mercury and if you look just a little bit to the left that’s Venus.It’s not nearly as bright, but you can tell it’s not a star.Stars twinkle, but planets glow.”

I laugh a little, thinking this doesn’t seem like the kind of thing a macho, hard ass policeman would know.But I find it endearing, a side of Finn I imagine very few people know.

“How do you know this?”I ask.

“When I was a kid, my mom used to take me down here and show me where the planets were.She could find all the constellations and she had stories to go along with all of them.I loved sitting here with her.It made me feel like we were the only people in the world.”

Finn leans down and nuzzles my neck, pressing a few soft kisses as he lets out a deep sigh.

I don’t know what to say to Finn.I know his mom passed away when he was young and I don’t deal well in these types of situations.I’ve never been one to know just what to say unless it requires a snarky comeback.

“I’ve never brought anyone here before,” he says and I smile, but still feel my heart break just a little.This was something he shared with his mom and something he obviously still holds close to his heart.

“I’m honored that you want to share this with me,” I say, choking back the tears I feel forming.

Finn wraps his arms around me, pulling me even closer as he whispers in my ear, “I want to share everything with you, Sarah.”

“I do too, Finn,” I say, turning so I’m facing him, eyes now off the stars and on the small glow of the night sky that illuminates his face.

There’s a sadness there and I know it’s not just from talking about his mom, and I lean in and press a soft kiss to his lips.

All the sexual tension from before has faded and that’s okay, because I think we both just need each other.

“I hate my job right now,” Finn whispers, his eyes closed as he rests his head on my shoulder.

His admission is huge, and I know that.

“It’s going to be okay.”

“I know it will be, but even if it’s not…” He trails off and I finish his sentence.

“You’ll always have me no matter what.”

The next day, I walk into the office bound and determined to stand up to Andrew should the need arise.I’m not going to let this asshole make every day of my life a miserable mess.I nearly let him ruin it yesterday, but today is a new day and I’m done with his shit.

I flop down at my desk and start up my computer.I know he’s already here, but I will not greet him.He can fire my ass if he wants to.

I open up my email, and the first message I have is from Andrew and it’s a link to a news story and I roll my eyes.

I’m sure it’s some fucking puff piece about what an amazing leader he is, something he probably paid someone to write about him, because every word that comes out of his mouth is either harassment or bullshit.

I mock his voice muttering to myself as I open the email.“Sarah, CC everyone under the fucking sun about how awesome I am.Make sure to include the article link.Send it to all my clients.”

Dickwad.

But when I open the article I’m met with the headline “Small Town Police Chief Under Fire”.

“What the fuck!”I practically yell and I clamp my hand down over my mouth when I realize how loudly the words flew from my mouth.