Aiden (A Next Generation Carter Brother Novel Book 2) by Lisa Helen Gray

Author:Lisa Helen Gray [Gray, Lisa Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-06T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

BAILEY

Today, I decided to give my hearing aid a rest. I miss the solitude, the silence, which is I why I spent the morning without it in. I’ve got the doorbell device in my pocket, switched the lights to work if it rings, and my phone is set to vibrate. If anyone needs me, which I doubt they will, I’ll have everything on me.

The past week has been a blur. The doctor said I’ll have my appointment through in a couple of weeks and that everything looked promising. I’m excited and scared all at the same time.

Another highlight of my week was spending time with Aiden and Sunday. He fills my life with laughter and joy, but most of all, happiness. He makes me so incredibly happy that sometimes I wonder if he’s real or not.

And the way he is with his daughter… they have a bond so strong it hurts to witness. It reminds me of my parents; of how much they loved me. Missing them has become a part of me. And my brother, Thomas; I see the seven old boy who was taken far too young. I sometimes dream about what we would be like now. Would he argue with me, tease me, like Aiden’s siblings do to him? Would he still want to play video games with me, or would he have outgrown my presence and played with his own friends?

So many possibilities, so many scenarios, but I’ll never know who my brother would have grown into, the man he would have become.

I wipe at the tear that drops down my cheek, blowing out the candle placed in a small cupcake.

“Happy birthday, baby brother.”

Later, I’ll place some flowers on their graves, and make sure to leave one of Thomas’s favourite action hero figures too. He would have loved all the new action movies that have been released, and demanded for every game, toy and merchandise out there. And he deserved it. He was the best brother a girl could wish for.

A hand on my shoulder startles a scream out of me. I turn, ready to hit my intruder over the head. My gran’s face brings a sob bubbling to my throat, and I throw myself in her arms.

Her chest vibrates against me, but I don’t pull back to read her lips, instead I soak in her warmth. Granddad’s arms wrap around us both, and I smile, so happy they’re here.

I pull back, wiping at my tears with one hand whilst reaching for my hearing aid with the other. I put it in, and a door slamming open is the first thing I hear. I jump at the same time my grandparents do, my granddad grabbing a rolling pin from the side.

“Bailey?” Aiden shouts, running into the kitchen with Sunday in his arms, a look of panic on his face. “Thank fuck you’re okay. I thought something had happened to you when I heard you scream. Shit, girl, I thought Sunday could scream.”

I giggle through my tears.

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