Hidden Hope (Hidden Saga Book 3) by Amy Patrick

Author:Amy Patrick
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780990480792
Publisher: Oxford South Press
Published: 2015-09-27T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Dangerous Game

Lad was a big fan of the seafood feast, though really, I couldn’t be sure if the credit should go to my cooking or the teenaged-boy appetite.

“So, want to go out to the beach again?” he asked, rubbing his flat belly. He’d gotten fully dressed after his shower, and for many reasons, it was best he stayed that way.

“Um... I think I’ve had enough sun for today. You go ahead, though.”

“No, that’s okay. I’ll stay here.”

I wandered around the living room, dejectedly surveying the empty bookshelves. Nox said he’d bought the cottage fully furnished. Obviously the previous owners weren’t readers.

Opening the lower cabinet flanking the fireplace, I discovered a possibility. They weren’t readers—they were gamers.

“Do you like board games?” I looked up over my shoulder at Lad.

“Sure.” He squatted beside me to inspect the contents of the cabinet. “We had games in Altum. Not these, of course. Do you know these games?”

“I do. Daddy loved playing games at night. Let’s see... I don’t think Monopoly is right for you—since you’ve never used money. Hmmm... we’ve got Parcheesi, Pictionary…”

“What’s Twister? That sounds fun.”

“No. Definitely no Twister.” That was the last thing I needed—the two of us reaching across each other’s bodies, limbs twisting together, collapsing in a heap on the floor. No way.

“Here we go. Let’s play Scrabble.” I grabbed the box and pulled it from the shelf. “You like to read. You like words.”

He nodded, considering. “Scrabble. Doesn’t sound as exciting as Twister, but okay.”

The game was fun for a while, until I could no longer tolerate the humiliation of being trounced by someone for whom English was a second language.

“I like this game,” Lad announced.

“I bet you do. Did you read all the books in the Deep River library?”

“Almost, but not all of them.”

We went back to the cabinet where I opened a box that looked something like a card file. “Hey, want to watch a movie? They have some DVDs here.”

Based on the outdated titles, I was starting to suspect the cottage’s previous owners might not have visited the property for a number of years. Either that, or they were major 80’s aficionados.

“Oh, I’ve never seen a movie,” Lad said.

“Really? Oh, right.” I shook my head. “Okay, well, look at these and see what looks interesting. I don’t know what you’d like.”

Lad thumbed through the small collection, reading the titles and inspecting the cover photos. “What about this one?” He held up a DVD with a sinister-looking, scissor-wielding doll on the cover. The title read Child’s Play 2.

I wrinkled my nose and shook my head. “No scary movies.”

He laughed and picked up another. “How about this one? The Blue Lagoon. Looks tropical.”

It also looked like a romance starring a couple of mostly naked teenagers. “Um...no.”

He flipped through a few more and held up another case. “Basic Instinct?”

“I never saw that one, but I remember my parents saying it’s really good. I think it’s a murder mystery.”

“Okay, that sounds interesting.”

We popped it into the DVD player and, after a few minutes of fumbling, figured out the remote.

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