Never Say Never by Debra Salonen

Author:Debra Salonen [Salonen, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Debra Salonen

“Mom?”

Brandon hadn’t expected to look up and see his mother standing in the doorway, but what really surprised him was how pale she looked. Like she’d just seen a ghost.

She’d been acting funny for weeks. He’d put it down to her graduation and finding out about his grades, but maybe it was something else. Maybe she was sick. Maybe that was the real reason she hated hospitals.

“Mom?” he repeated, his tone wobbling in a way that embarrassed him.

“Screw the rules, Lisa. Come in,” his uncle said. “Brandon was just showing me his handiwork. It’s amazing. He’s a natural behind the camera.”

Joe’s praise made Brandon smile. Hell, he’d been grinning ever since he’d rewound the footage and seen for himself what he’d hoped he’d got on tape. The feeling was like catching a touchdown pass, or so he assumed. Brandon had never caught a touchdown pass. He’d tried to be the athlete everyone said his father was, but he’d never come close.

Mom made a small whimpering sound.

Brandon started toward her, but she put out her hand. “I need to go home. I’ll borrow Gramma C’s car and you can ride with Grams, okay?”

Brandon nodded, but he was confused. His mother was not the kind of person who left in the middle of a crisis. A knot formed in the pit of his stomach. “What about Joe? The nurse—not Gramma C, the other one—said they probably wouldn’t have to keep him overnight.”

His mother’s gaze dropped to his uncle and stayed for a minute. Brandon couldn’t tell what she was thinking, but she shrugged without looking at Brandon. “I’ll call Martin. He’ll pick Joe up, if Maureen is too tired to stay. I…I’m sorry. I…have to go.” She turned and rushed out the door.

Brandon frowned. What the hell? Suddenly, a thought hit him. He turned to face Joe. “I bet she thinks you’re going to sue her. You wouldn’t, would you?”

Joe’s look of surprise turned to a scowl. “Of course not. I wouldn’t do anything to hurt your mother.”

Brandon heard something weird in his uncle’s voice. He didn’t understand what it meant. Almost as though Joe liked her. But that wasn’t possible. Was it?

“Hey, grandson,” a voice said.

“Gramma C,” Brandon exclaimed, happy to see someone who almost never lied to him or kept what she was feeling hidden. In fact, there had been a time or two when she’d been too frank. Like when she’d called his penis a penis in front of his friends.

“Believe me, boys,” she’d said one time when she’d been driving Brandon and his friends some place, “if you take an anatomy class you’ll discover that there is no such thing as a wee-wee. Males have penises. Get used to it.”

“How’s the patient?” she asked, touching some button on a monitor that was attached to the wall.

Brandon watched the lights and digital readout with interest. He’d considered becoming a doctor, but after working with Joe’s film crew today he was starting to change his mind.

“My shoulder is a little sore,” Joe said, “but other than that, I’m fine.

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