Free Bird: Plantain Series Book Five by Amelia Oliver

Author:Amelia Oliver [Oliver, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-21T16:00:00+00:00

19

Missy

Shine sits down on the white sheepskin rug, tucking her legs under the wooden coffee table and retrieves her tarot cards from a box on the top. Fleetwood Mac is playing on the record player and I hum along. Since coming to Plantain, my musical tastes have expanded and I find myself liking more current music than I used to. When Shine called us to come over, I was worried Jasper would be there and although I’m not regretful of us ganging up on him at the party, I still don’t want to deal with him. But she assures us he should be gone for the day, so I set aside my uneasiness and go over.

Her amethysts and incense are also in the box, so Shine lights a stick and places it over the rocks, then shuffles the cards. She’s recently become obsessed with psychics, palm reading and crystal balls. I’ve yet to let her do a reading on me, partially because I didn’t like knowing my future and because I’m scared she’s going to tell me something bad. She read Gwen’s cards when she started learning and told her she was going to have fourteen kids, so I’m a little skeptical.

I can’t get over the massive fight with Sven from last night. How badly I fucked up. I want to talk about it, but I don’t want to talk about it.

Gwen hands me a cup of tea and we sit down on the couch that’s covered in a white bed sheet, just across from Shine. Tucking my feet under me, I sip the tea and look over at Gwen who’s blowing across the top of her tea cup.

“I’m almost done with those new macramé plant holders for you,” Shine says before flicking her eyes up at me.

“Thank you,” I reply and give her a smile.

“What’s wrong?” Gwen asks.

I begin to reply when the front door bangs open followed by, “Shine!”

It’s Jasper. Even though we can’t see him from where we’re sitting. The loud intrusion has me and Gwen startling and sitting up, both of us spilling hot tea onto our hands and laps.

“Shit,” Gwen curses, reaching over and grabbing a crocheted doily off the coffee table to wipe her hand.

I look around and between the two of them while my heart pounds like a jack rabbit. Shine didn’t startle though. She doesn’t even look surprised. But rather, she looks defeated as she slowly rises off the floor.

“Shine!” he repeats, and she hurries out of the room, speaking to him in a low tone out of sight.

Setting my tea cup on the table, I clean the tea off my bare thighs with the swipe of my hand and then grab the cigarettes and Shine’s lighter sitting on the coffee table. I can hear Jasper talking in a way that’s low but clearly angry, but can’t make out the exact words.

“What’s his problem?” I ask Gwen, clicking the lighter and inhaling the burning tobacco.

“Who knows. I heard him the other day

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