All The Things We Lost (River Valley Lost & Found Book 1) by Kayla Tirrell

Author:Kayla Tirrell [Tirrell, Kayla]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Julian

I must have been pretty damn lost in my thoughts the night before to not have noticed the extra vehicle in the driveway when Katie dropped me off. The fact my mom wasn’t sitting on the couch waiting for me when I got home, waiting to get on my back about something, also escaped my notice.

Maybe a secret part of me thought I was given a small mercy yesterday.

Unfortunately, when I woke up I knew there was no compassion for me. If I thought I was deserving of a gift, I’d had been reaching too far beyond my current place in hell.

I awoke to the sound of music, which was strange. My mom had all but abandoned listening to the radio or anything else that might remind her of my dad. I think that’s why she found herself with daytime soaps or talk shows on in the background so often. When I heard masculine laughter along with music coming from the other room, I jumped out of bed, my heart practically bursting from my chest.

“Mom?” I called out, as I pulled on some jeans. Just enough to make sure I was ready for whatever was out there. “Mom, what’s going on?” I yelled again.

I stopped dead in my tracks when I made it to the living room. Sitting on the couch, freaking guitar in hand and wearing the biggest shit-eating grin I’d ever seen, was my dad. Next to him, wearing an equally bright smile, was my mother. It was the happiest I’d seen her since he left.

“What are you doing here?” I asked, not bothering with a greeting.

“Julian!” My mother sounded horrified. “Is that anyway to talk to your father?”

“I don’t know. He sure as hell hasn’t acted like a father.” I raised my brows at the man sitting in front of me and smirked.

“Julian!” My mom cried again, sounding even more upset than before.

“No, love, the boy has a point.”

Love?

“Of course I do. You left us. You chose that guitar,” I spat the word, “over your family. Your family! And you left me to pick up the pieces. So you’ll excuse me if I don’t give you the same welcome as the wife you abandoned did.”

“Oh, Julian, don’t be so dramatic,” my mom argued.

“Are you kidding me?” I flung my arms up. “Mom, dad left. Marco went off doing God knows what. And I’ve been stuck here doing everything I can just to make sure you don’t lose the house and you have food to eat. I had to give up my wrestling scholarship.”

“No one asked you to do that,” mom said at the same time dad asked, “What’s going on with Marco?”

“Oh, didn’t mom tell you? He’s run off with a bunch of guys and has become a complete tool. And in case you’re wondering, yeah, he’s responsible for the bruise on my face. Or at least he didn’t try to stop it. And, mom,” I said, looking at her. At least she had the decency to look chagrined at this point.

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