Against the Heart - A Kat Martin Novella by Martin Kat

Author:Martin, Kat [Martin, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing
Published: 2013-12-04T07:00:00+00:00

"Mr. Brodie?"

Daniel looked up from where he sat on a bale of straw in the barn. "Go away. I’m not in the mood for conversation."

Ignoring him, Lily walked over and plunked down right next to him. "Please don’t be mad at my mama. She worked really hard to make your kitchen pretty. She thought you would like it."

"Well, I don’t. And she had no business changing it without my permission."

"She looked really sad. I think she’s sorry."

He grunted. "She oughta be. All of you coming in here, changing things around, changing a man’s life. That isn’t right."

Lily picked up a piece of straw and waved it through the air like a magic wand. "Your house was really dirty. You needed to get it clean and Mama helped you. It looks a lot better now."

He glared down at her, into blue eyes the same shade as his and Ian’s. He tried to frown, but the helluva it was, she was right.

"It’s my house. If I wanted it dirty, that was my choice."

"Did you like it better dirty?"

He tried not to smile. He liked it spotlessly clean the way Emma always kept it. "No. I didn’t like it dirty. I let things go and I shouldn’t have." He sighed. "The truth is, your mama and my Ian set things right. I’m glad they did, even if it means I have to change, all right?"

Lily started smiling. "I like it better clean, too."

He just nodded. His chest was no longer squeezing down the way it had been.

"So you aren’t mad anymore?" Lily asked.

He should be. Ian and Meri had taken a lot for granted when they had started messing with his things. But it took a lot of effort to stay angry. Somehow he just couldn’t muster the will. "No, I’m not mad anymore."

"Good. ‘Cause I’m really getting hungry. Mama made sandwiches and soup. She makes really good tomato soup. Let’s go eat." She jumped off the bale of straw and held out a tiny hand. Daniel reached down and took it, stood up and let her start leading him back to the house.

The hell with it, he thought, and lifted her up against his chest, set her on his shoulder the way he used to do Ian.

He was smiling when he walked back into the mudroom, ducking through the doorway so Lily wouldn’t hit her head.

"Where is everybody?" he called out as he walked into the kitchen. "We’re hungry!" Daniel set Lily back on her feet just as Ian and Meri hurried through the kitchen door.

"Daniel, I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean--"

He held up his hand. "Yellow looks better. Let’s eat."

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