Changing Fate (Book 3) (Piper Anderson Series) by Stewart Danielle

Author:Stewart, Danielle [Stewart, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-10-04T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

It wasn’t really necessary to send a whole group of people to the airport to pick someone up. But when that someone was Betty, and the image of her flying was a cross between comical and terrifying, it tended to draw a crowd.

“Ten dollars says she had some pointers for the pilot when they landed,” Jules laughed as they all craned their necks to get a look at the crowds coming down the escalator, knowing Michael and Betty would be arriving soon.

“I’ll take that bet and I’ll raise you that she refused to take her shoes off in the security line because ‘This ain’t the cornfield, and we aren’t savages,’” Bobby mused, giving his best Betty impression.

“I’m sure she did fine,” Piper insisted as she dug her elbow into Bobby’s ribs. “Look, there they are.” She pointed to Betty and Michael as they stepped through the last security gate.

The hugs exchanged were hardy ones with tight squeezes and happy coos. Bobby and Piper froze as Michael leaned down to hug Jules. Would he notice the way she had changed? Could he tell something was different?

If he did notice anything, his face didn’t show it. The only thing that passed between them was an awkwardly mumbled, “Hey.”

“So, I’m here,” Betty said breathlessly, handing the bag weighing down her shoulder to Bobby. “Now what?”

“You’re going to love it here, Betty,” Piper assured her, happy they were all together again.

“Well I better since I risked my life to be here. What a ridiculous form of transportation that is. The whole idea of it is completely unnatural and I nearly lost my breakfast. Not to mention I was sitting next to the snootiest woman who ever lived. She didn’t want to chat at all. She had her nose so high in the air, she’d drown in a rainstorm.”

“Thank goodness you had Michael with you,” Piper chimed back, trying to remind Betty that it could have been worse.

“Yes,” Michael laughed as he pulled up his sleeve and exposed his forearm. “I’m not sure a stranger would have enjoyed your nails digging into his arm for two hours.” His arm was filled with multiple crescent-shaped indents, all in varying shades of red.

“Well I didn’t make the plane bump all around like that. Every time we bounced I said the Lord’s Prayer, and thought we were goners.”

“It’s done now,” Bobby said, herding the group toward the exit. “Let’s all go get checked into the hotel and you can rest for a little while. We have plans to meet up with Connie and Marty for dinner tonight.”

As they walked out the doors of the airport and joined the bustling noisy crowd, Piper watched Betty’s body language quickly change. She pulled her purse closer to her body and knit her brows as she watched cars and taxicabs whiz by with almost no regard for pedestrians. Piper watched as Betty’s nose wrinkled at the smell of exhaust and that mysterious musk of the city. It was the mix of

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