Home is Where You Are by Tessa Marie

Author:Tessa Marie
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Publisher: Tessa Marie
Published: 2014-09-30T03:00:00+00:00

I snapped. Seeing Anna on the floor with complete terror in her eyes provoked something deep within me. Something I haven’t felt in a very long time. Something I lost the day I lost my family.

I felt the desire to protect.

All the color in my knuckles drains from my death hold on the steering wheel. Anna brushes back Katie’s hair with her fingers while Katie rests on her lap. My grip loosens as I watch her in the rearview mirror. Katie’s lucky to have her. I wonder if she knows that. I’ve never had a friend who would drop everything to pick me up and take me away from a shitty situation. Then again I’ve never really had a friend.

Anna rests her forehead in her free hand. She glances up, and I catch her eyes in the rearview, red around the rim, barely able to keep them open. A halfhearted smile forms on her face. The terror from earlier replaced with relief and exhaustion.

I’m stunned at how badly I want to tuck her against my chest and erase it all with my lips. Let her sleep off her exhaustion safely in my arms while I watch her. Protect her.

Anna’s driveway appears on the left, and I pull the car in slowly. She told me about the old man stalker next door. I don’t think her mom would be too pleased to know Anna came home with a guy again… and a girl who could barely hold herself up.

I cut the engine and turn in the seat. Anna tries to wake Katie up, but the girl is completely passed out. I’d be worried if she wasn’t mumbling incoherently in her sleep.

I walk to the passenger door and lean in. I position my arms around Katie’s waist and under her legs and ease her towards me.

Anna gets out of the car, and I throw her the keys. The quicker we get in, the less of a chance Anna has of getting caught by the old man.

“Where do you want me to put her?” I ask once inside.

“My bedroom. Upstairs left-hand side.”

I know which room it is. The last time here I noticed it. It was hard to miss the pink room and ballerina slippers. Anna doesn’t seem like the type that likes ballet. It’s more than just the ballerina slippers though, it’s a little juvenile and Anna is anything but.

Katie is dead weight in my arms. She’s still mumbling. I ignore her and continue up the stairs. I set Katie securely in the bed and place a blanket over her. Damn, she’s going to feel like hell in the morning.

I look around the room, pretending to look for a trash can in case Katie needs to upchuck, but really… I’m trying to figure out Anna. She’s more of an open book than I am, but still parts of her are closed off. She’s a puzzle, and I like putting the pieces together.

My eyes scan across the perfume bottles on her dresser until they rest on a framed photo with the word Family in silver metal in the top center.

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