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CHAPTER 13
Zach opened his eyes early the following day when he felt Jacinta rolled to her side with her back to him as she continued with her sleep. He watched the rise and fall of her shoulders before turning to his bedside table and checked the time. It read four-thirty in the morning.
He ran a hand over his face to get rid of sleep and remain lying on his back. As much as he wanted to sleep longer, he couldn’t get rid of the habit ever since he entered the bureau and became a field agent.
“You have dark circles under your eyes, dear,” his mother, Marian Montgomery commented one time during one of their recent family dinners over the weekend in his parents’ house. “Aren’t you supposed to be getting more sleep now that you had been promoted? You’re no longer a field agent.”
“It will take a while for Zach to change that habit, mom,” his sister, Eleanor responded calmly as she reached for her glass of wine. &ldquo
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