Finding Home by Meg Harding

Author:Meg Harding [Harding, Meg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oceanside Press
Published: 2017-07-02T18:30:00+00:00

It had only taken her a week, but as Jaden left Phoenix’s, his mom finally returned his phone call. He was impressed his Bluetooth managed to get signal way out here and half-tempted to ignore the call because he was childishly annoyed by how long she’d taken to get back to him. She could have texted or something. Acting immature wouldn’t get him anywhere though, so he accepted it. “Hi, Mom.”

“Jaden,” she said. “I got your sarcastic message.”

He rolled his eyes. “The one I left ages ago?”

Her tone softened. It was infinitesimal, a nuance only Jaden could notice. “I was working. There was a breakthrough on my current project. You know how it is.”

Jaden did. For as long as he could remember, it’d been this way. “Any success?”

She sighed, and he could hear the clicking of her nails on her laptop keys. “We know what not to do now. Our breakthrough led to a two-day quarantine. We’re taking a breather to determine where in the process we went wrong.”

It wasn't the first time his mom had landed herself in quarantine. She missed his high school graduation because she’d been exposed to a virus or a strain of the flu—Jaden couldn't recall which it was. When it had happened, he’d been a little too upset to care about the details. “You’re fine?” He parked in front of Lily-Anne’s house and stayed in his car, air conditioning on blast. His dashboard let him know it was a welcome-to-hell 103 degrees outside.

“Healthy as a horse,” she said. “And how’re you? How’s Serenity?”

He picked at a hangnail on the side of his thumb. “I’m good.” He chewed on his bottom lip. “I like it here. It’s… weird, kinda. Different but nice. I’ve been working at the gym with my brothers, getting to know them. They like me.” Get to the point Jaden. “Mom, why’d you really send me here?”

“Someone was going to have to go. I didn’t want it to be me.”

He'd give his mom this, she was many things, but she wasn't a liar. She wouldn’t beat around the bush when outright asked a question. He just had to ask the right ones, because she did love to omit. “I could have signed over the rights to the gym from New York. And you already said you thought it would be good for me to get away. But nothing about any of that implies ‘have to.’”

He waited.

“The house is supposed to be split between you and your half-brothers. One of us needed to be there to make sure you get a fair portion when it’s sold. To make sure we’re not being cheated out of anything by the appraisers. I know it’s worth a lot, but Serenity can be weird about these things. I already told you this.”

Jaden dropped his head to the steering wheel and crossed his eyes to try and stare at the middle of the horn. Selling his grandmother’s house hadn’t occurred to him. And he couldn't do it, anyway. His brothers would never agree.

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