Come Tomorrow by Tess Thompson

Author:Tess Thompson [Thompson, Tess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 4kids5cats Editions

Wesley killed the engine in front of his family’s estate. I’d only seen it from town, looking up to the hill. Up close the brick house seemed even finer, with large windows framed in white trim. The garden was full of blooming roses, foxgloves, lilies, and green scrubs. A rolling lawn went all the way around both sides of the house.

He smacked both hands against the steering wheel. “This is going to come as a shock to my sister. As well as Roland.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means that I didn’t announce my intentions before I did it.” He cut himself off. “Sadie, do you see that swing there on the tree?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Would you like to play on it?”

Sadie nodded. “Yes, please.”

“Great.” He got out of the car and, instead of opening the door, lifted a squealing Sadie from the back seat. Gus jumped out of his own accord and waited for Sadie, wagging his tail.

I watched in amazement as she ran toward the swing with Gus on her heels.

He offered his hand to me and helped me out of the car. I’d never been more aware of the calluses on my hands.

We strolled over to stand before a flower bed. Bees buzzed happily from flower to flower. He picked a daisy from a clump that grew at the edge of the flower garden and offered it to me.

“I’m afraid I may be in a dream.” I took the flower from his outstretched hand. “I often wondered if I’d made you up.”

He brushed the daisy petals under my chin. “I’m real.”

I closed my eyes, enjoying the sensation of the flower on my skin. I’d not felt safe in the world since Sadie had come. I was a protector, not the protected. With him, I felt as if I was melting into a softer version of myself.

“I’m going to need a moment to explain all this to Lillian and Roland. Would you mind terribly sitting on the front porch? Just for a few minutes?”

“Yes, that’s fine.”

Sadie was happily playing on the swing. I wandered up to the porch and sat in one of the rocking chairs that looked out over the valley below. So this was what it was like to look down instead of up.

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