Iron Orchids Box Set 2 by Danielle Norman

Author:Danielle Norman [Norman, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781949404630
Publisher: F Squared, LLP

Katy

Sometimes I still found it weird seeing people come out of their homes and walking over to the neighbor's house. It was very Stepford without all of the freaky perfection, and unlike where I was raised. These people loved each other and didn’t pretend to be perfect.

“Mom. Mom. That’s Harlow, can I go up there?” Bee was pointing up ahead. I looked to see Harlow, who was waving frantically back at us, and Sophie and Carter following behind her pushing a stroller.

“Yeah, go on.” Bee darted off, and the two girls hugged before they ran inside the open doorway.

“You’d think that it had been years since they’d seen each other and not hours,” Damon commented.

“I know, right? I can’t believe she will be nine years old tomorrow.” I pouted, finding it hard to believe that my Bee bug was growing up so fast.

When he and I walked into his parents’ home, we were greeted by the sound of happiness and the scent of lemon and spices. Bee was swept up and passed around from adult to adult just as Harlow and Gianna were while Sophie’s youngest Avril slept. Bee was as much a part of their family even though she wasn’t a granddaughter, niece, or cousin. The door swung open again and Dion, Sophie’s mom, walked in.

“Yia Yia,” Harlow and Gianna shouted and ran to greet her.

Of course there would be a lot of people here. With all the mayhem that was the Christakos family maybe my anxiety at having my parents around wouldn’t be that noticeable. I gave them a weak smile as they sat over in the corner. We’d spoken a few times and Damon along with Carter and Kayson had met with my father and Orion to go over their notes about Presley. Having a large family was an adjustment but I was making it.

“The Santas are here. Did you come for my birthday?” Bee raced up and hugged each one of them. She hadn’t seen them since the event as we had started calling it. I hadn’t taken her to the community center since she wanted to stay with Damon’s family and they wanted her not to mention I felt more comfortable knowing she was with them. But I also was afraid for her to see them and relive all the memories of being snatched. From the look of Bee’s happiness, maybe it was more my own fear and I was projecting it onto her.

“Of course. We wouldn’t miss such a special day.” Nina squeezed Bee tighter.

“Bee, this is Jim and Nina Masterson.”

“Can I still call them Mr. and Mrs. Santa?”

My parents laughed but were obviously nervous wondering where I was headed with my introduction.

“Well, that’s up to the three of you. I’m going to let you all decide. You know how you call Damon’s parents Yia Yia and Pops?” Bee gave me her exaggerated head nod. “Well, the Santas are my parents.”

Damon’s strong fingers flexed against the lower part of my back and it gave me strength.

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