Play Fair (The Devil's Share Book 3) by L. P. Maxa

Author:L. P. Maxa [Maxa, L. P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group
Published: 2016-04-20T23:00:00+00:00

Landry

When I woke up the house was silent. It must be too early because this house was never silent. There were so many people who lived here, and there was always music and laughter. It was a nice house. There were lots of bedrooms and bathrooms, and Jacks’s studio in the bottom with the weird-looking walls. I liked hearing his guitar when we went down there. I wanted to ask him if I could listen to him play some more, but I was afraid he’d say no. I didn’t know why I was scared; the adults around here always said yes when I gathered enough courage to ask them to spend time with me. It was nice. It was different from my other life.

Over the past few days, where things had been good and I felt safe and happy, I started thinking of life with my mom as my other life. I didn’t want to go back there. Ever. I knew little girls were supposed to love their moms, but I’m pretty sure she never really gave me a reason to. I climbed out of bed, bringing Ello with me. I thought I was too old to be carting around a stuffed animal but I liked the soft elephant. I opened my door and then peered across the hall to Jacks’s room. My dad’s room… I didn’t know if he wanted me to call him Dad. It wasn’t really his choice to be my dad, and he’d just found out I was his kid.

Jacks and B were both in his bed and they were hugging. I’d seen my mom hug lots of men, but never like that. They looked so…comfy. I took a step outside my door, and the floorboard creaked under my foot. I froze, afraid that I would get in trouble for waking them up. Jacks opened his eyes and lifted his head, and then he smiled. I smiled back. Good, I wasn’t in trouble. He scooted away from Bryan and lifted the covers. “Wanna watch some cartoons?”

Now I smiled bigger. I’d been doing that lately, smiling so big my face hurt. I nodded and ran across the hall and jumped into his bed. When I landed, Bryan woke up, laughing. “Good morning, sweet girl.” She looked over my head at Jacks. Her smile looked like mine. Jacks turned on the TV and asked me what I wanted to watch. Then for the first time in my life, I lay between two happy adults and watched Saturday morning cartoons. Yeah, I never wanted to leave.

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