Eric Cocker (Cocker Brothers Book 12) by Faleena Hopkins

Author:Faleena Hopkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hop Hop Productions Inc.
Published: 2017-08-13T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

ERIC

N ow that the tears have stopped, I’m devising a way to keep them gone, of a way to keep her mind off that jerk. “You want to hear a story?”

Staring at the path she nods.

“When we were kids we spent a lot of time out here and at the old mill in Roswell. A lot of time with our cousins. Ben, who you met. And Hannah was almost as old as Emma, my sister, so they were very close. Hannah has a couple of twin brothers, they’re a little younger than me.”

“And how much older is your sister than you are?”

“Almost five years. Hannah’s seven, almost eight years older than Gabriel and Elijah.”

“Gabriel, the singer, right?”

“That’s the one. You a fan of just football or do you like music, too?”

She smiles like I’m scratching the surface of a great love of hers. “I like music.”

“Yeah?”

“I was in a band for a heartbeat.” She quietly says, then jumps and grabs my arm. “Sorry, the rustling there in the leaves. It was just a squirrel. We saw a snake earlier. Got me spooked.” Her fingers release but I still feel where they were even in their absence.

“It’s okay. If we see one I’ll stomp on it.” That gets a smile out of her. “You were in a band? Playing what?”

Inhaling like she’s not sure about this subject, she pauses, “Singing mostly. And writing. I play guitar but not well enough for stage.”

Impressed and wishing this was a day she’d be up for allowing me to hear those pipes, I settle for merely asking, “What do you like to sing?”

“Alternative music, folky stuff. You’d probably find it boring.”

There’s that insecurity popping up again. “You think I like Metal?” I tease her, bumping our arms together.

She glances up, a shy smile sending light into her eyes. “No, probably classic rock.”

Laughing outright I admit, “You’re not wrong!”

“See!” she grins. “I knew it.”

“Sure, I like the classics, but I’m a sucker for a woman’s voice.”

Her smile fades, eyelashes dropping back toward the ground. “Tell me more about your family.”

Wondering why the subject closed her up, I’m happy to talk about something else. Anything that could inspire those little crinkles around her eyes to come back. “Oh right, I didn’t finish my story. So, we’d come here with our cousins, but sometimes it’d be just our immediate family. Emma, Ethan and I would race each other while Mom and Dad would stay back, strolling hand in hand. Back then I thought they were so cool to let us run off like that, all that freedom! But now that I’m older I figured it out that they wanted to be able to kiss in private.”

Wren glances to me, “Your parents used to kiss like that?”

“Used to?” I laugh.

Her eyes widen. “They still do?”

“All the time! Are you kidding? They’re crazy about each other. Been that way since day one. And holy shit, the fights? They’re just as passionate. Usually my dad getting all loud, pounding on

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