Deadly Prospects by Lily Harper Hart

Author:Lily Harper Hart [Hart, Lily Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperHart Publications
Published: 2015-02-03T07:00:00+00:00

“THEY’RE here,” Mandy said, pulling away from the bay window in Ally’s living room.

“I can’t believe they’re together,” Ally said. “I thought for sure James would have killed Jake and buried his body out in the country somewhere.”

“I told you, James is going to accept your relationship with Jake,” Mandy said.

“I don’t have a relationship with Jake,” Ally said. “I’m a ‘lapse in judgment.’”

“You’re being dramatic,” Mandy said. “It looks like they brought food.”

Although curious, Ally refused to get up from her chair and spy with Mandy. “What are they doing?”

“They’re talking,” Mandy said.

“Does it look like they’re arguing?”

“No.”

“How does Jake look?”

Mandy turned back to Ally, a small smile tugging at the corner of her lips. “He looks scared.”

Ally wrinkled her nose. “That’s not what I meant.”

“He looks the same as he always does,” Mandy said. “He just looks scared on top of it.”

“So, he didn’t somehow have a disfiguring accident last night?”

“No.”

“Dammit,” Ally said. “I’m going to take one look at him and forgive him.”

“Hold your ground,” Mandy said, navigating around the couch and heading toward the front door. “Make him beg.”

Ally rolled her eyes.

Mandy pulled open the door, accepting James’ kiss as he greeted her. “Hey, baby,” he said. “I brought dinner.”

“Ooh, Olive Garden,” Mandy said, taking a step away from the door. “I think you had bribing someone else in mind this evening.”

James smiled, the expression rueful. “I might have.”

“Well, she’s right over there.”

James nodded, handing the bag of food to Mandy. “I guess I’d better get this over with.”

“Be nice.”

“Do I have a choice?”

“No.”

James walked across the room, palms turned upward, and faced Ally. Her face was pinched and tight as she regarded him.

“I’m sorry,” James said.

“Why?”

James was prepared for this. He’d been running various conversational scenarios through his mind all afternoon. “Because I walked into your house without knocking, embarrassed you in your own home, and treated you like a child.”

Ally frowned. “Have you been practicing that all day?”

“Yes.”

“Do you mean it?”

“Yes.”

“Are you going to stop treating me like a child?”

James tilted his head to the side. “Probably not.”

Ally leaned forward in her chair. “Probably not?”

“Ally, I know in my head that you’re an adult,” James said. “In my heart, you’re always going to be my baby sister.”

“Oh, you’re not going to change at all,” Ally said, throwing up her hands in disbelief.

“You know, Ally, the day Mom and Dad brought you home from the hospital, I was the first one who got to hold you,” James said. “They made me sit on the couch and then they put you in my arms. You were so small and tiny. You were helpless. Do you know what the first thing Dad said to me was?”

Ally shook her head.

“He said that I always had to protect you,” James said. “He said that you were different from Grady and Finn, and even though I had to take care of them, too, you were special.”

“Oh, that’s not fair,” Ally said. “You’re saying something sweet, and I’m really mad at you.

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