Lullabies & Dead Bodies by Collins Lashell

Author:Collins, Lashell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-20T00:00:00+00:00

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“Jada, step away from the dirty dishes!”

“What? I’m helping.”

“And I appreciate it, but you don’t have to do that. I just ran Bree and Emily out of here for trying to help clean up, and I’ll chase you out too.”

“I’m not afraid of you. I’ll wash these dishes if I want to.”

Isaac wrapped his arm around Sidney’s waist from behind and leaned in close to her ear.

“Give it up, darlin’. I don’t think you’re getting rid of her until the kitchen is cleaned.”

“I guess not.”

“That’s right. You tell her, Isaac.”

“Come on. Adam, Bree, and Oli are leaving. Come say bye with me.”

He took Sidney by the hand and led her from the kitchen and out to the living room where his brothers were busy gathering up cups and trash or putting away game pieces.

“Sidney, this was really fun. We had a great time,” Bree said, giving her a hug.

“It was fun,” Sidney echoed. “Next month at your place, right?”

“That’s right, be there or be square!”

Isaac inwardly sighed listening to the exchange. He had to have been drunk on Sid’s touch when he’d agreed to these monthly torture sessions.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t enjoyed spending time with his siblings this evening. It wasn’t even the fact that his partner, and even Agent Fox, had wound up as part of the guest list. He simply wasn’t properly equipped for these kinds of social gatherings.

It wasn’t in his arsenal.

He may not have been happy being the hermit loner he was before he met Sidney, but it was what he knew. It was his comfort zone. But since meeting her, he’d been forcibly shoved so far out of his comfort zone he wasn’t even certain where to find it anymore.

It was Sidney who’d finally pushed him to seek out Geneviève, his psychic mentor. And if it hadn’t been for Sidney’s urging, he might never have sought out his grandad, Sterling Taylor, after learning the truth about his psychic abilities at a disastrous family dinner.

In a very real way, it was Sidney who’d gently pushed him into this brave new world where he was actually trying to embrace this scary unpredictable side of himself.

“She’ll make your life one thousand times better, in one thousand different little ways. Cherish her always, Isaac.”

His grandad’s words came back to him once again, and Isaac couldn’t help but grin, even as he came to terms with more of these silly family game night get togethers in his future.

When everything was as tidy as they could make it, Isaac stood by the door with his arm around Sidney as their guests finally began to file out.

“Thanks for including me tonight, Ike. It was fun.”

Oliver stared at him with a half smile that Isaac recognized as nervous. Having recently learned that his younger brother thought of himself as the family freak for many years, Isaac felt a weird kind of kinship with Oli that they’d never shared before. Like fellow freaks finally finding one another.

“It’s called family game night, Oli.

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