Cursed Hadley: A Reverse Harem Series (The Cursed Series Book 1) by Jessica Sorensen

Author:Jessica Sorensen [Sorensen, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

My sisters and I spend the rest of the night unloading boxes and furniture into the house and making a quick trip to the grocery store to buy some food. Our dad helps for a bit, but eventually goes up to his room and passes out, obviously hungover.

The house has three bedrooms, so Londyn and I bunk up in one and Payton and Bailey in the other. We don’t have much for furniture, just some mattresses, bedframes, and a couple of dressers, so organizing doesn’t take too long.

Once we’re finished for the night, Londyn climbs into bed, while I stare out the window at the next-door neighbors’, playing guard basically. The lights in the house are off, but the back-porch light is on, highlighting all the cars in the backyard. Strangely, the way the light cascades across them gives off the illusion that shadows are dancing between the vehicles. Well, either it’s from the lights or my imagination is getting the best of me.

“So, what do you think about Dad already having a job, but not telling us where he’s working?” Londyn asks.

“I’m not sure.” I sit down on the dresser and continue to stare out the window. “He could’ve been lying, or he could be doing something illegal.”

“Where do you think he was last night?”

“I have no idea. Probably at a bar.”

“All night?”

“Wouldn’t be the first time.”

“Yeah, but … didn’t he seem sort of, I don’t know, evasive about everything?”

“Isn’t Dad’s middle name evasive?” I question. “While I spend a lot of time trying to keep an eye on him, I feel as if I barely know him.”

“Me, too,” she mumbles through a yawn. “One day, maybe we’ll have to do some detective work and figure out what he really does.”

“Wouldn’t that be funny?” I muse. “To use the detective skills he taught us when we were younger to bust his ass for doing something illegal.”

She laughs tiredly. “It would be pretty funny. He’d probably get pissed off, though.” A beat of silence drags by. “Had, if he ever hits one of us again, I think we should report the incident to the police.”

My fingers drift to my cheek. “I thought about that, too, but at the same time, if the police try to intervene and social services gets called, we might be separated.” My hand falls to my lap. “But if he hits any one of you, I’ll do it. And I’m going to get him back.”

“I wish we could just gain guardianship of each other.” Londyn yawns again. “You’re almost eighteen and way more responsible than Dad.”

“I wish I could, but I’m not sure the system works like that.” No, unfortunately, if our dad ever does lose guardianship, my sisters are probably going to end up in group homes, even though I’ll be a legal adult in just a month.

I remain sitting on the dresser for a few more minutes, staring at the neighbors’ creepy backyard, listening to Londyn breathe heavily as she dozes off. Eventually, my eyelids grow heavy and I move to my bed, deciding playing guard all night isn’t possible.

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