Fire and Rain, Season 2, Episode 5 (Rising Storm)
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Authors: R.K. Lilley
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Fire and Rain
By R.K. Lilley
Rising Storm
Season 2
Episode 5
Story created by Julie Kenner and Dee Davis
Fire and Rain, Episode 5
Rising Storm, Season 2
Copyright 2016 Julie Kenner and Dee Davis Oberwetter
ISBN: 978-1-942299-98-1
Published by Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated
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This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or establishments is solely coincidental.
Fire and Rain
By R.K. Lilley
Rising Storm, Season 2, Episode 5
Secrets, Sex and Scandals …
Welcome to Storm, Texas, where passion runs hot, desire runs deep, and secrets have the power to destroy… Get ready. The storm is coming.
As Celeste Salt continues to unravel in the wake of Jacob’s death, Travis grows closer with Kristin. Lacey realizes the error of her ways but is afraid it’s too late for reconciliation with her friends. Marcus and Brittany struggle with the continued fallout of Hector’s return, while Chase and Anna Mae face some hard truths about their past…
R.K. Lilley is the best selling author of the Up In The Air, and Tristan & Danika, and The Wild Side series. She lives in Texas with her husband and their two beautiful sons. She's had a lot of interesting jobs, from being a first class flight attendant, to being a stablehand, but swears she never knew what hard work was until she had children. She's been addicted to both reading and writing fiction since she can remember. She loves to travel, read, hike, paint, game, watch anime, and make the most of every single day. She is currently working on
Breaking Him
,
Boss
, and
Crossing Fire
,
Book #2 of Heretic Daughter series.
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THE LOVE IS WAR DUET
THE WILD SIDE SERIES
THE OTHER MAN
TYRANT - COMING SOON
THE UP IN THE AIR SERIES
LANA (AN UP IN THE AIR COMPANION NOVELLA)
AUTHORITY - COMING SOON
THE TRISTAN & DANIKA SERIES
THE HERETIC DAUGHTERS SERIES
CROSSING FIRE - COMING SOON
THE BISHOP BROTHERS SERIES
BOSS - COMING SOON
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We have wanted to do a project together for over a decade, but nothing really jelled until we started to toy with a kernel of an idea that sprouted way back in 2012 … and ultimately grew into Rising Storm.
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Table of Contents
An excerpt from Quiet Storm, Rising Storm Season 2, Episode 6, by Julie Kenner
Travis Salt studied his wife with a carefully gentle detachment.
She was a mess. She’d been unraveling for a while, actually. A slow and steady decline since Jacob’s death, but with Dakota’s revelation about Ginny and Sebastian Rush, things had taken a definite turn for the worse.
“Can I get you anything?” His voice rang out pleasantly, and he hoped it showed the amount of concern she deserved, whether he felt it or not.
They were in their bedroom, it was past noon, and Celeste clearly had no intention of crawling out of bed, let alone showering or getting dressed.
Her red-rimmed eyes swung to him, but she looked right through him. There he was, sacrificing his own wants and desires to please her, and she barely saw him.
When had this happened? And who was to blame? Which one of them had checked out of their marriage to the point that they took so little notice of each other anymore?
He didn’t let his mind linger on that question, because it didn’t really matter. The fact was that he didn’t know what to do with her, and he’d been trying his best.
Well, the best that could be expected from a man with one foot out the door.
He frowned to himself. It was his day off from the pharmacy, but he’d already come up with at least a dozen excuses why he had to go into work.
He wondered if he even needed to voice one aloud. He doubted Celeste would notice in her current state.
Then again, he supposed it could be worse. She could be passed out drunk at the cemetery again.
“Do you want me to bring you some tea?” He eyed the full glass of water by the bed. He’d placed it there the night before. “A fresh glass of water?”
She didn’t respond but her eyes shut suddenly, fresh tears seeping out.
In spite of everything, he felt something in him twist in pain, and not just for their lost son.
Did he still love Celeste? Yes, he reflected. Some part of his heart would always remain soft for this gentle, loving woman who had put her all into being a mother to his children. He wanted her to do well, to get better, and to be there for their daughters. To stand on her own two feet without him.
He wanted her to have that strength, yes. But mostly he had to admit that he wanted her to stand alone so that he would be free to continue his life without worrying about her.
Because while some part of him might still love his wife, he also loved someone else. He was, above all, a man. A selfish one. And he’d become completely wrapped up in a woman who made him feel passionate, alive again, and younger than his years.
Kristin.
Just the thought of her made his body quicken. Whether it was wrong or right, passion or love, he craved the escape he found in her touch. He
needed
her. Needed someone who put him and his desires first.
“I have to make a phone call,” he told Celeste blandly. Not that she was listening. “I’ll be in the office if you need me.”
She didn’t say a word and he slipped gratefully away.
He hadn’t been lying. He really was making a call.
Just thinking of Kristin had him feeling desperate.
* * * *
Kristin let the phone ring for a moment, staring at it. She knew who it was and that she shouldn’t answer it. A rare pang of conscience had been troubling her lately.
And on top of that, she’d begun to suspect that her affair with Travis would never become anything beyond the dirty secret that it had always been.
She wanted more. She was sick of being little more than a sidepiece to a married man, no matter how much she loved that man.
The guilt and worry were plaguing her to the point that she ignored the call.
But he called again right away. Her resolve did not go beyond that.
“Hello,” she answered breathily.
“I need you,” Travis began. “Can you meet up now?”
“Are you at home?” She could tell that he was. His voice was always hushed in just this way when he called her from inside of his house.
“Yes,” he answered quietly.
“Where’s Celeste?” she asked, making her voice light and soft to hide the sharpness of the question.
“In bed. She won’t even notice if I leave for a bit.”
She frowned. “We can’t do this forever, Travis. Maybe you should just stay at home. With your
wife
.”