Cutting Ties (Book 2) (Piper Anderson Series) by Stewart Danielle

Author:Stewart, Danielle [Stewart, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Danielle Stewart
Published: 2013-07-20T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Everyone was more than ready for bed by ten that night. Each was exhausted from the day and full from the meal Betty had cooked. It had been a veritable feast of pasta fagioli, lasagna, and cannoli. Betty had spent the entire afternoon toiling away, filling the house with amazing smells. Little Chris had perched himself on the stool at the kitchen counter and watched her intently, asking a litany of questions that mostly began with why. They ranged from “Why are you here?” to “Why is that pot making that noise?” Some people may have been annoyed by his persistence, but every time Big Chris came to check on her tolerance level, Betty would shoo him away.

She missed having a set of eyes fixed on her as she cooked. She missed what it meant to set an example for someone. All her people were grown now, and sure, she gave them advice at times, but none of them looked at her with such interest and admiration as Little Chris was now. She loved seeing the wonderment on his face as he tried to understand how she knew how to grease a baking dish and fill a frosting bag. At that age, the things she was doing in the kitchen were as entertaining and impressive as magic tricks, and she loved an audience.

Now that the meal was over, the dishes clean, and the house quiet, Piper was restless. She crept through the house and out the front door, settling onto one of the cushioned wicker porch chairs. It wasn’t quite the escape she’d found on the swing at Betty’s, but it would have to do. She didn’t want to step over Bobby on her way to bed and have to lie there awake, fighting every urge to speak to him. She’d hide out here until it was late enough to assume Bobby was asleep. The porch was screened but the air was freezing, and she was grateful for the soft throw blanket hanging on the back of her chair. She draped it over her and pulled her knees up, curling herself up for warmth.

She was shocked when out stepped Chris, two empty glasses and a bottle of amber alcohol in his hand. After her run-in with his brother, Sean, it would be expected that she’d never want to share a drink with another Donavan. But hey he wasn’t really a Donavan anymore was he? Her mind should have been filled with anxiety about sitting alone on the porch with a man who’d done some very criminal things in his life. But Piper had watched him that day back in the warehouse, the day he’d almost killed the judge. She watched him wrestle with the evil inside him and beat it back. That, paired with the way he clearly adored his son, was enough to put her at ease. No one could have that type of tenderness for a child and also be a danger to her. She had the

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