Fallen Angel, Part 4 - A Mafia Romance: Fallen Angel Series by Tracie Podger

Author:Tracie Podger [Podger, Tracie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Published: 2015-12-04T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

There was a knock on the home office door. Robert released me from his arm and we both stood. The door opened and Evelyn showed Katrina in.

“Thank you, Evelyn,” she said.

She was as formally dressed as the previous day. In fact, everything about her was formal, her choice of words to her hairstyle. She had the air of a professional.

“I understand Gerry has chosen to sit in his room, alone,” she asked. No greeting was offered.

“He has. I asked him if wanted some company though,” I said.

“That’s a new behaviour, isn’t it? He wanted company before.”

“I’m worried he’s internalising,” Robert added.

“Mmm, okay. I’d like to spend some time with him. Did you tell him I’d be visiting?”

“No, I didn’t think to, to be honest. Should I have?” I said.

“It doesn’t matter either way. Can you show me to his room?”

“You sound Russian?” I said as we made our way downstairs.

“Good observation. I was born in Moscow and came to America as a teenager. Am I brusque? My colleagues often say I am more Stalin than Staten,” she said with a laugh.

I looked at her, not understanding.

“I lived in New York, Staten Island to be precise, for many years. You get the best of the Russian and the harsh New Yorker with me.”

I gave a small tap on Gerry’s door before entering his bedroom. He was sitting on his bed, his back resting against the headboard, staring into space. He looked over but his smile was hesitant when he saw Katrina behind me. He’d liked her when he’d worked with her at the home but there seemed something off. However, he smiled broadly when she spoke, when she said something in a language I had no way of understanding. More surprisingly, he answered in the same language.

I looked from one to the other. “Shall we let mum in on our secret?”

Gerry nodded.

“In our previous sessions, at the end, I would teach Gerry one word of Russian. By the end, he knew a whole sentence. Can you remember it?”

Gerry thought for a moment before speaking. He hadn’t mastered the accent but he seemed pleased with himself as he spoke then translated.

“Turn that frown upside down,” he said.

It was the first time I’d seen him smile in a few days. “That’s amazing, and what a lovely thought to keep in your mind.”

“If I feel sad, I have to say that in my head,” he answered.

“Do you think you and I could have a chat, Gerry?” Katrina asked.

His smile slipped a little but he nodded anyway. Katrina turned to me, nothing was said and I was unsure what I was supposed to do. Did she expect me to leave? Gerry had had one on one sessions with her before but this was different. Or was it?

“I’ll be upstairs, unless you want me to stay?” I said.

“I think it might be nice for me and Gerry to be alone,” she answered.

I backed hesitantly to the door. I wasn’t comfortable in leaving Gerry alone with

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