Evade (The Ever Trilogy) by Jessa Russo

Author:Jessa Russo
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Young Adult, paranormal
ISBN: 9781492268130
Published: 2013-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

Sometime later, I remained at the window, though Frankie was long gone. Tears still occasionally flowed, a varied combination of feelings fueling them. I was scared, and sad, and something inside me felt…content. Like everything had fallen into place as it was supposed to. Even though it meant Frankie had to leave, and that broke my heart, I knew it was right.

I knew he’d find his dad—it was what he needed to do—and I would never keep him from that, so I had to focus on me now, and what I needed to do.

My mom cleared her throat behind me, pulling me out of my thoughts. I guess this meant it was time to confront my demons. Pun intended.

What the hell am I even going to say to her?

I turned to look at her, noticing that her tear-streaked cheeks probably matched mine. She’d been crying—all night long by the look of her swollen eyes. Shit. All of my resolve slipped away after one look at her, and suddenly I was in her arms, crying right along with her. I’d always been such a baby when it came to my mom, especially since my dad’s death, and this time was no exception.

I’d tried to be such a hard-ass, ignoring her all day and night, and here I was, crying in Mommy’s arms.

“I’m so sorry, baby.” Her words were muffled into my hair. The one word held so much—sorry for Frankie’s sudden departure, sorry for the secrets Mom had kept from me, sorry for everything she and I had been through in our lives.

“I know, Mom,” I sobbed, my words muffled as well.

“I’m sorry about Frankie.”

“He’s gone to find his dad,” I told her, in case she wasn’t aware.

“I know, baby. I helped him get travel arrangements taken care of. I also called his Aunt. She’s expecting him.”

“She is?” I wondered how that conversation went.

“Yeah,” my mom said with a smile, “It wasn’t easy, but once she heard the entire story, she believed me. Or at least wanted to. And really, that’s all it takes. Her need for the story to be true made however farfetched it was pale in comparison to the idea that her dead nephew could be coming to see her soon. She’s going to be there waiting for him, and she promised to help him find his dad.”

“Yeah. He’ll need all the help he can get in that department.” I remembered back to my conversations with his dad when I’d tried to convince him Frankie was a ghost in my home. It hadn’t gone well.

“I know, honey. That’s why I had to do what I could to help him, and taking a chance on his aunt, and hoping she had some maternal heartstrings I could pull on—it was the only thing I could think of. Toby helped too, you know.”

“What?” Toby?

“Yeah, baby, he helped Frankie get a driver’s license with a new name. Stuff like that.”

Oh. “Well, thank you, Mom.”

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah. I think we both knew this was coming.

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