Lost : The Little Sisters Book One by H.M. Irwing

Author:H.M. Irwing [Irwing, H.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-26T05:00:00+00:00

“How?” Lucy asked desperately.

“Leave that to me,” he said soothingly,” Just tell me you want to see me.”

“I want you!” Lucy exclaimed excitedly.

“Not quite the same thing,” Jace chuckled over the phone, “But it’ll do. Consider it done, luv. Mwah!”

Lucy made the appropriate kissy sounds to return, secretly aghast that she had been reduced to noisy air kisses over the phone. What was she turning into? But her heart thudded in her chest sluggishly, overwhelming her into doing stupid lovey-dovey things. A few more heated murmurs and Lucy reluctantly hung up. He was driving and didn’t need the distraction. She sunk back into bed and covered up in gloom, counting the ticking clock until her parents returned.

It could have been minutes, if not hours later, when the squeals from Emily marked her parents’ return. Lucy knew she didn’t have long to wait. Tightening her jaw with her inherent stubbornness, she listened for the cue.

“Lucy!” Her mum called out. Hearing her sweet voice brought on a rush of hope. Mum had never reprimanded her over anything. Lucy knew she wouldn’t do that now over this. Mum loved Jace. Dad did too. Clinging to that hope, Lucy got off her arse and hurried down the stairs.

Both Mum and Dad were seated at the dining table where they had all their family conference calls. Lucy hated being the reason for the call. Emily and Cat were unmistakably missing. It looked like this would be a private conference. Her heart shook with cold fear.

“The Neils called us and told us what happened,” began her Dad. Lucy looked up from the floor to check his expression and found her gaze diving back down to stay rooted to the floor. Dad looked horrible. She had never seen him look so devastated.

“To cut a long story short, Daniel broke off all ties with us. Over forty years of friendship, and just like that he cast me aside as if I didn’t matter. As if… as if…”

In shock, Lucy watched her dad shake his head as he stumbled over what he had to say. Mum then put her hand on his shoulder and took over, “They want you to break it off with Jace, but your dad and I felt that was not our place to say. We just thought you should know.”

There was a strained silence as Lucy took in what they had just said. She wanted to know more, but couldn’t bring herself to ask in light of their heartbreak.

“Have you given some thought to what you intend to do now that you’ve graduated? More studies? Work?” Mum prompted a change in topic, and with a heavy heart, Lucy strived for a light tone before responding. But it was hard.

Talking about her past, her present, and her future, were all hard. Lucy didn’t yet know what she wanted to do. Not about her education, or about Jace, and as for her father and her missing brother, Lucy was equally clueless. But she was sure about one thing and said so now.

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