Legacy, Book 3 by Warren Murphy & Warren Murphy

Author:Warren Murphy & Warren Murphy [Welch, Gerald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Warren Murphy Media LLC

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All my love,

Stevie Sturgeon

Stone worked on a grimace of his own as he defied his stomach’s urge to empty itself on the cheap hallway carpet. Freya and the nerd sounded like they were already back in the lobby. Stone took his time walking back to them so he could eavesdrop on their conversation.

“I’d love to,” Freya said with a happy tone Stone had not heard in weeks. “I haven’t been to a real restaurant in months!”

“I know this really good Italian place a few blocks away. They have great pasta!”

Freya sighed as she remembered her new dietary restrictions.

“I really love pasta, but I need a place that serves rice.”

“Why, sure, if that’s what you want,” Frank said.

His smile was contagious and before she knew it, Freya found herself smiling.

“And where is the assistant supposed to eat?” Stone said from behind.

“Wherever he wants,” Freya said, without turning around. “Because he is a valued member of the team with his own tastes and his boss wants him to be happy.”

“Whoa, so now you’re my boss?” Stone asked.

“Would you rather I call myself your superior?”

“Boss is okay,” Stone said. “Go ahead and eat rice with your little friend. I think I’ll grab a big juicy steak, and a baked potato smothered in butter and cheese!”

Freya found herself swallowing hard. Her body may have become physically unable to process such foods, but her mind still longed for them.

“Enjoy your meal,” she said. “Frank is taking me to a nice restaurant with good rice.”

Frank resumed his nervous stance after seeing Stone’s glare.

“If that’s alright with you,” he said quietly. “I mean, if Freya is your girlfriend, I can just eat by myself.”

Freya released a full-throated laugh and Frank involuntarily began laughing with her.

“Boyfriend?” she finally said. “He’s my brother!”

“Half-brother,” Stone corrected. “I got the good half of the genes. And since I’m her big brother, if you even think about — ”

Freya’s smile disappeared and she held her hand in front of Stone’s mouth.

“What my brother is trying to say is that he wishes us to enjoy a good meal while he fills his belly with the meat of cows.”

“No, I’m saying — ”

Freya held her hand up again.

“What my brother fails to remember is that though I may be his little sister, I can still kick his butt,” she said, smiling.

“I’ll wait outside,” Stone said, kicking idly at the floor.

As he opened the door, he immediately saw three protestors dressed like rolls of toilet paper, standing in front of the building next door, chanting the same slogan over and over.

Their protest signs ranged from “STOP THE TREE MURDARS” to “EQAL RITES FOR ILEGAL ALANS!” He glanced at one of the women and then rolled his eyes. Her sign read “TREE BLOOD IS ON YUR HANDS!” The bottom of her toilet paper costume was red, which made her look like a used maxi-pad.

Stone wasn’t even going to ask. He pulled out a cigarette and the people who were ignoring him now became focused on him as if he had just pulled out a bloody stump.

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