Evil Stepsister by Scarlett Jade

Author:Scarlett Jade [Jade, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Love Kissed Books
Published: 2015-02-25T05:00:00+00:00

Two days after that I tried to talk to Dad. No plans had been made for Lisa’s funeral and now the funeral home had called, asking what to do with her body. “Dad, I need to know what you want for Lisa’s funeral. We need to make some decisions.” I hated talking about that with him.

He looked at me with glassy, sad eyes and shook his head. “I can’t.”

“You can’t or you won’t?”

“Both. There’s money in the bank. Just make it nice for her, Carter. I just can’t…I can’t.” He wept then and clutched the half-empty bottle of whiskey like a lover. “Please take care of it for me.”

“Sure, Dad.” I took one for the team.

I had no idea what Lisa had wanted, or if they’d even discussed what to do when they died. Dad was useless. I tossed and turned all night and ended up at the funeral home the next morning as soon as they opened.

“I can’t do this on my own. I don’t know what to do,” I told the lady at the funeral home. “My dad is a mess. He can’t even take care of himself. He asked me to handle this. What can we do?”

“Here’s what we offer, honey,” she smiled softly, opening a binder and showing me the selection of caskets, burial plots, and funeral services they offered.

“I don’t know what to do,” I admitted again.

“What’s your budget?”

“He told me just to use the bank account. I guess it’s unlimited.”

Unlimited meant an elaborate, glossy white casket, a fancy plot in the cemetery, and a funeral that a Princess would’ve been jealous of. I spent a ridiculous amount of money. I thought it was what I was supposed to do. Kirby sat with us at the funeral, and I was grateful for his support. A preacher the lady at the home had called droned on and on, not saying a damn thing about Lisa; he didn’t know her, how could he talk about her?

When it was over, they lowered the casket into the ground. That’s when Dad flipped. He sobbed and tried to get in the grave with her. He was wrecked. He scrabbled at the dirt and screamed, “Take me too, God! Not just her.” The scent of dirt burned my nose as I pulled on his shirt. I couldn’t get him out and he was just about to fall in, taking me with him.

I freaked out and looked over my shoulder. Kirby was the only one left. Everyone else was gone to give us privacy while the grave was being filled in. But not Kirby, because Kirby had zero manners. That was one of the times I was glad he was an uncouth bastard. “Help me!” The men filling in the grave just stood there in shock. I screamed at them too. “Fucking help me!”

They stood there like bumps on a log, not moving, not even responding to my pleas. Dad lurched forward again and I almost lost my grip on him when Kirby’s beefy hands reached in and caught him.

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