Ghost of Christmas Future (Haunted Souls Book 26) by Pandora Pine

Author:Pandora Pine [Pine, Pandora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-11-28T00:00:00+00:00

8

Cope

Cope hadn’t slept one wink. He’d wanted to spend the night in the hospital with Jude, but Ronan had insisted Cope get some rest, that he’d stay with Jude. The plan was for Fitzgibbon to pick Cope up in the morning and bring him back to the hospital. Either Ronan or Cisco would stay the next night with Jude. After nearly dying at the hands of Salem Mercy’s killer angel two years ago, Jude wasn’t going to be left alone for even one second.

There had been a brief argument about Cope staying the night, but Ten had convinced him to go home. The kids were sleeping over at Ronan’s house and Ten had made the couch up for Cope. He’d been unable to say no.

He’d plastered a smile on his face during dinner. The kids had eaten peanut butter and fluff sandwiches like they’d all had dates in the morning with the electric chair. Cope hadn’t wanted to eat, but the mix of chunky peanut butter with marshmallow crème was too much for him to resist.

After dinner, the kids sat in the living room and watched movies; Finding Nemo, Frozen, and Toy Story, which was Jude’s favorite. While the kids laughed, Cope used his gift to check on Jude. Even twelve hours after Jude’s accident, he wasn’t able to see anything.

Running Eagle had texted when his plane landed in Boston and again when Kaye and Jace picked him up. Eagle had wanted to see Jude, but Kaye insisted they go home.

Cope texted Ronan on the hour to check on Jude. There had been no change. When he’d written to Ronan at 3 A.M., Ronan had texted Cope back with a command to go to sleep. Cope had tried his best to nod off, but gave up trying when the sun started to rise.

The morning had moved in slow motion, with the kids waking up and wanting breakfast. They’d all decided the night before that the bigger kids would stay home from school, while Ezra and LizzyB went to daycare as usual.

Finally, after what felt like hours, Cope sat in the back of Fitzgibbon’s SUV with Running Eagle. Fitz drove and Jace sat in the passenger seat. Ten followed behind with the kids. Everly was insistent that she see Jude again, arguing that Running Eagle could help her speak to Jude. Who was Cope to argue?

“My gift isn’t working,” Cope said to Eagle when Fitzgibbon pulled into the hospital’s parking lot. “I don’t know what’s going to happen to Jude. Do you?”

Eagle shook his head sadly. “I don’t know what’s going to happen to my grandson. My advice for you, Cope, is to focus on the here and now. Let tomorrow take care of itself. Your job is to assure Jude that you and the kids are fine. To be honest, son, you look like shit.”

Cope snorted. He didn’t mean to, and tried to stop, but ended up laughing instead. What the hell kind of asshole husband was he to be laughing like a hyena while his husband fought for his life in the intensive care unit.

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