All the Broken Pieces: (Broken Series Book 3) by Anna Paige

Author:Anna Paige [Paige, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance
Publisher: Anna Paige
Published: 2016-09-18T21:00:00+00:00

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“See? I told you there was nothing to be nervous about. They love you.” Brant moved around the kitchen, filling the shiny chrome tea kettle and placing it on the massive six-burner cooktop. He’d refused to let me do anything, relegating me to a bar chair at the overhanging counter of the enormous center island. The cool marble felt good on my arms as I stretched them across the broad expanse.

“Clearly. I got not one but two proposals.” I chuckled when Brant frowned at that.

“Yeah, I remember.” He groused.

“Those two are really something. I think it’s nice that they are so close.”

He tilted his head, watching me. “Yeah. I always wanted a brother growing up. Someone to go on adventures with and get into trouble with. Know what I mean?”

I nodded, watching him pull an expensive-looking tea box from the cupboard. He placed it between my outstretched arms and leaned back against the counter while I perused the contents. Lemon Zinger, Chamomile, Sleepy Time, Earl Grey… there were at least two dozen flavors all neatly separated in the little compartments. I chose one at random and closed the box, which Brant immediately retrieved and set aside.

“You have Clay and Spencer for that now, though,” I offered, smiling when I realized how similar their banter was to that of Kade and Kane.

“Pains in my ass, both of them, but you’re right. They are my family now, for better or worse.”

Family.

There was a pang in my chest, the hollow feeling that overcame me every time I thought of Teach. Then I thought about Isaac and the sickeningly satisfying sound of the utility knife tearing through his flesh. God, how could I sit out there with rock royalty and act like I wasn’t completely fucked in the head? How could they not see it when they looked at me? I barely suppressed a shudder as I thought about it all.

I caught Brant watching me, clearly reading the shift in my emotions. I decided that Teach was the safer of the available explanations, so I shifted my focus away from Isaac as best I could and promised myself I could have a proper meltdown later, in private.

In the meantime, I needed to say something before Brant’s worried expression got any worse.

Not bothering to guard my tortured expression, I turned on the backless stool, pointing toward the media room that branched off of the kitchen. “Teach would have had a fit over this room.” I announced thickly, fighting back tears. “A huge television right in the middle of all those bookcases? He would have popped a new frown line. He liked to keep the two things mutually exclusive. Television in one room, books in another. It was his firm belief that there was nothing worse than trying to sink into a good book while someone had the nerve to turn on The Price is Right five feet away. All those cheers and bells dinging… it drove him crazy.”

Brant looked over at the built-ins, smiling. “I’ll pass your critique along to Clay.

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