Red Havoc Rebel (Red Havoc Panthers Book 2) by T. S. Joyce

Author:T. S. Joyce [Joyce, T. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Willow Press
Published: 2017-03-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

This damn chair was too fancy to be comfortable. It was outdoor furniture, not some museum piece. Kaylee’s butt hurt from sitting on it, and she’d only been here for ten minutes, watching Bentley play in the rose garden. She’d brought one of those mushy romance books to read, a historical one about a pirate captain escaping capture and kidnapping a damsel in distress along the way. But how could anyone truly get lost in a book when their booty hurt? The lines from the wooden seat were probably forever etched on her crack. Plus, it had been two days since Anson left. And also, there was nothing in the house to eat but caviar and some fancy hard-as-a-rock crackers to spread it on, and she wanted pizza rolls, but wanted Bentley to get some outside time before she went into town and “peopled.”

God, she was grumpy lately. Coming back here hadn’t done her any good. It had just brought up a lot of stuff from the past she should’ve left buried, and now she’d lost Anson anyway.

One date. She would’ve sold her old crappy truck for one date with that man. Even if it was just to the bar where they could dance and laugh like old times. That would’ve been perfectly fine with her.

“Mom. Mom. Mommy.”

“Hmm?” she asked, shoving her sunglasses on the top of her head.

Bentley was squatting in the dirt next to a perfectly pruned knock-out rose bush. He’d spread dirt all over the sidewalk. Mom would poop herself if she saw the mess, but it made Kaylee happy that he had somewhere to play.

“I’ve got worms!” He held up a wriggling pink one and smiled big.

“Bring it closer so I can see.” She set the book down and rocked to the edge of the chair.

Bentley set the dirt-covered, slimy little critter on the flat of her palm and said, “I picked this one for you,” like it was a flower.

It was so sweet, she hugged him up tight with her free arm, and he allowed it. He was her little snuggle-bug.

“It’s gonna be okay,” he said, petting her hair in the back. He always liked playing with the dead ends of it.

“What?” she asked, confused.

“That’s what Mema tells you when you’re sad. It’s gonna be okay.” When he touched her cheek softly with his dirty little fingers, she melted. He’d been the little man of the house for most of his life.

“I love you, Little Monkey,” she growled, scooping him up and tickling him.

“Stop stop stop, you’ll hurt your worm!” he screamed through his giggles.

Kaylee released him to the roses and swatted his butt gently before he was out of reach.

“Lions eat monkeys,” he said when he was back to digging in Mom’s garden.

“Do they?” She would have to research that.

“Yeah, lions eat everything ’cept dragons. Tommy said so.”

Ooooh, that was where this was going. Tommy had been his best friend in preschool. They’d been inseparable from day one, until the day she pulled him out to plan their move here.

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