Reality Check by Sophie Martin

Author:Sophie Martin [Martin, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance
ISBN: 9781632587794
Published: 2015-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

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Jim felt mightily uncomfortable staying alone with Dominic’s mum. He knew it had to be done—he was pretty sure Dom’s dad was hiding something—but it didn’t mean he had to like it.

Ever since coming to the human realm, Jiminy didn’t have many face-to-face interactions with humans. Sure, they did have their own business, but it was Tim who dealt with most customers’ issues. Jim was the shy one when it came to humans. Or rather, he was too impulsive, and Tim was worried that he would say something to reveal their secret, so he kept Jim away from most humans he dealt with.

Jim was okay with that. He knew they told their family they would look for their mates here, but Jim wasn’t in any hurry. He wanted to get a feel for this world before trying to meet someone. As it was, he did meet somebody and it was totally unexpected. So now, here he was, sitting with said somebody’s mother and trying to think about a topic of conversation.

“So, you’re dating my son?” asked the woman bluntly, saving him the effort of thinking what to say.

“Um, yes?” He said it more like a question. Dominic told his parents that Jim was his really good friend, but apparently Anna knew better.

“Tell me, then,” she said, her voice suddenly serious. “This genetic condition is it really nothing dangerous? Or was he trying not to worry us?” Her voice shook and Jim suddenly noticed she was clenching her hands so hard her fingers went white. Even though Jim had no experience dealing with humans, he knew a worried mother when he saw her. He moved to sit next to Anna and put his hand over hers.

“It’s not dangerous in the least. It’s not even an illness, rather something unique in his genetic makeup that makes him special. It shouldn’t interfere with his life in any way. It’s possible one or both of you were a carrier of this gene without even realizing it.” He said the little white lie knowing it was impossible, but would reassure the woman. “Besides, if there was anything wrong with him, you would have noticed it already, don’t you think?”

“Yeah, I guess you’re right. It’s just…” She paused for a moment, as if weighing her words “He is our only child, you know? We tried for more kids, but we couldn’t conceive. The doctor said there’s nothing wrong with either of us, so we simply didn’t have luck…” Jim thought it was probably due to the fact that wolf shifters weren’t known for having many kids, but kept it to himself. “But he was always extremely healthy, never even getting a common cold, so when he said he had some condition…I don’t know, I think it was a shock for me. I couldn’t stand it if anything happened to him.” She took a deep breath and smiled at Jim. “But enough worrying. If you say nothing is really wrong with him, then I believe you.

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