Circus Summer (Circus of Curiosities Book 1) by Gow Kailin

Author:Gow, Kailin [Gow, Kailin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: theEDGEbooks.com
Published: 2012-06-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

I head home with Thomas, walking with him back through the town to my house. It’s good just walking with him like this. I always feel so safe when he’s around.

“What are you thinking?” Thomas asks.

“I’m just thinking about how much I like walking back with you.”

He looks like he doesn’t quite believe me. “I bet you’d rather walk with Zachary Niles though.”

I laugh at that. “Thomas, anyone would think that you’re jealous.”

He doesn’t answer as we head back. I try to hurry, because I want to get back to Mom. If she has been acting strangely then I want to get back there to make sure that she’s all right. It isn’t long before we’re back and I step back through the front door, looking for her. It isn’t my mother I see first though.

Dr. Dex is there. He must have left while I was still working on my performances with the trainers to get here. He’s standing in the middle of the living room, and he just looks so strange here in that strange long coat and those black leather riding boots of his. He’s taken off the top hat he wears for performances, and is holding it in one hand as he looks around the room. It doesn’t make him fit the place any better. In the middle of the Circus of Curiosities’ big top, he might look normal. Here, he just looks strange. Especially with my mother asleep on the couch.

“Hello, Leela,” Dr. Dex says. “Did you have a good day of training? I trust my assistants have been working you hard.”

I can’t help staring at him. “Why are you here?”

Dr. Dex shrugs. “Your family is your reason for being in my show. It seems only fair that I should come see them.” His voice grows softer as he continues. “Plus, Kinley was a close friend of mine when we were younger.”

He actually steps over to take my mother’s hand, raises it to his lips, and presses it against his cheek. My mouth is almost open in surprise. Just how close were they when they were younger? It’s kind of hard to think of my mother ever being my age, not because she’s particularly old, but just because she’s my mom. But she was once my age, and from what everyone says, look a lot like what I looked like now. The same thing kind of applies to Dr. Dex. He must have been just Dex once, young and excited, just enjoying life in Sea Cliff, but it’s kind of hard to imagine. Yet I find that I can imagine the two of them together if I try. Both of them, my age, holding hands like they are now.

I’m not here to think about the past though. I’m here to check on Mom. I go over to her. She’s asleep, but she looks peaceful, not as ill as she is sometimes. I look over at Thomas, who is standing at the entrance to the living room, looking back at me.

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