Corrupt Idol by Dinah Harper

Author:Dinah Harper [Harper, Dinah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-20T04:00:00+00:00

Seven

Eight Years Ago

She knocked on the door leading into Jesse’s room from the bathroom. She cracked it open and saw him sitting up in bed with a book. He frowned at her, but she ignored that and hopped onto his bed.

“They’re fighting again,” she said miserably.

“I noticed.”

“I hate it.”

“It’ll blow over.”

She leaned into him and buried her face in his shirt as the shouting got louder. “What if they break up?”

“They won’t.”

He didn’t sound concerned in the least.

“How can you be so sure?”

“My parents used to fight all the time.”

“But, don’t they love each other?” She twisted the ends of her shirt, a habit Lynne hated because it stretched out all her clothes.

“People who love each other can still fight.”

“We don’t fight!”

His brows shot up. “Didn’t we fight two days ago at the movie theater?”

She scowled. “You wanted to watch a war movie. Why would you do that when the new Harry Potter movie came out? And we don’t fight like that.”

She jabbed her finger at the door. Even though their parent’s room was down the hall and all the doors were closed, she could hear every word being said. It wasn’t pretty. They were having money problems again. Lynne and Dad rarely fought but when they did, it felt like World War III.

Jesse shrugged. “Fighting isn’t bad. It gets your feelings out.”

She shuddered. “I hate it.”

“It’ll pass.”

“It’s been going on for half an hour.” She flinched when she heard something crash. “Why does she do that?”

“She wants a reaction out of him,” he said mildly as he turned the page.

Desperate for a distraction, she peeked at his book. “What are you reading?”

“It’s about a sniper.”

She made a face. “You aren’t really going into the military, are you?”

His eyes moved from the book to her. “Why not?”

“What about me?”

“What about you?”

Her eyes bugged. “You’re going to leave me?”

“Mom and dad are here.”

“But, we do everything together. I think we should go to the same college. That would be fun, wouldn’t it? What am I going to do without you?”

His eyes moved over her upturned face. She didn’t know what he was thinking, but he put his arm around her and tucked her close. She closed her eyes and breathed in his scent. He always smelled nice. Her friends thought he was a hottie. She liked his face, but she didn’t allow herself to look deeper than that. Jesse was Jesse.

The fight continued, but she found she could handle it now that she was weathering the storm with her brother who wasn’t concerned in the least. He played with her hair as he read, which had a drugging effect on her. When she slumped against him, he told her to stretch out. She did so and tucked her face against his thigh. His hand returned to her hair and she fell asleep knowing that everything was going to be okay.

She roused slightly when she heard, “Jesse?”

“Shh, she’s asleep.”

Soft footsteps and then, “Why’s she in here?”

“You know she freaks out when you two fight.

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