Loved You Always by Natalina Reis

Author:Natalina Reis [Reis, Natalina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary, friends to lovers, love, romantic suspense, humor, contemporary romance, friends, Romance, romantic comedy, comedy
Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing
Published: 2016-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

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“Did you like it?” my sister asked at the other end of the line.

“Oh my gosh, Celia! Thank you so much.” I was still going through the contents of the care package Celia had sent us. So many little treasures in it. “How did you know I wanted to read Cinder?”

My crazy sister laughed. “I hacked into your Goodreads account. Hell, you have an impressive list of books to read.” It was true. I did have an enormous list of books I wanted to read sometime in the future. It spanned many genres and age groups.

“Tell her thanks for the Oreos and crackers,” Jem yelled from the kitchen, where he was busy putting away the junk food my sister had sent him. “Oh yeah. Tell her the chocolate-covered chips were a stroke of genius.”

In another world, another life, my sister and Jem would have made the perfect match. I smiled. “Did you hear that, Celia?”

“Tell him I will send him a couple boxes of frozen White Castle sliders next time,” she said.

Jem, finished stocking the kitchen shelves with every bit of bad-for-you food known to mankind, sat beside me on the couch and curiously looked through the stuff my sis had sent me. “What the hell is this?” he asked, holding a small backpack up.

“That’s my emergency bag. Thank you, sis, for remembering to send it, by the way,” I said to both Jem and Celia. “In that bag I have anything and everything I need to survive for a week under any condition.”

“Yep, my always prepared sister,” Celia yelled.

Jem had unzipped the bag and was removing items from it. “Foil blankets, hand warmers, dehydrated food… toilet paper?” He was holding up a roll with a quizzical look. “You really haven’t changed, Em.”

I grabbed the toilet paper out of his hands. “Better prepared than sorry,” I recited.

A familiar refrain for anyone who had known me since my childhood. I felt safe if I knew I was prepared for any eventuality. When I was in college my friends knew they could come to me anytime they had a headache or needed a tampon. I always carried a giant purse stocked with things I would most likely never need.

“Marcy wanted me to ask you if you used the potion she gave you,” Celia stated, while I retrieved my emergency items from Jem’s hands.

“No need,” I said. “Everything’s okay. Have you seen Dave?”

My sister was quiet for a moment. “Yes, he… is worried about you.” She was hiding something. I could always tell by the way her voice became just a little higher than usual.

“Celia, what’s going on? I can tell something is up.” I said. “Is he sick?”

“There’s nothing wrong. Really.” There was definitely something wrong. “Did Detective Jarvas tell you when you guys can expect this whole thing to be over?”

Nice deflective move. “He seems to think one more week or so,” I told her, willingly letting go of the issue—whatever it might have been.

“Good. You need to come home.” And there it was again.

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