Rising Tide: Dark Innocence (The Maura DeLuca Trilogy Book 1) by Melanson Claudette

Author:Melanson, Claudette [Melanson, Claudette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

Saturday night, Merina showed up on my doorstep to walk me over to her house. Of course Caelyn came out of her office to meet this new friend of mine. She grilled her a bit, asking about her family, what she liked to study, what she did in her spare time.

I finally interrupted, “Mom! Stop giving her the third degree.” Although I could understand her reasons, I could see that my new friend was growing uncomfortable. “We’d better go get some studying done. There’s too much to go over!”

My eagerness must have set off some mom alarm in Caelyn. She eyed me suspiciously, as only she could. Those eyes of hers weren’t only catlike in their color. I was ready to be out from under her scrutiny before I cracked and said or did something really stupid.

I picked up my black and red backpack, laden with books and a change of outfit more suited for a frat party than the totally boring study costume I had on now—some of my more tattered jeans and a Gorrilaz t-shirt.

“It was nice to meet you, Merina.” Caelyn said in earnest. She must have been as impressed with the girl’s shy sweetness as I was. “See you in the morning, Maura.” She kissed the top of my head. Only I could recognize the panic in the back of her eyes. Was it more worry for me, sleeping in a strange place, or for her, rattling around the house by herself for an entire night, without me to fret over?

“Don’t worry Mom, it’ll be ok,” I kissed her smooth cheek. “I’ll be back to annoy and pester before you know it.” I smiled at her and she ruffled my hair like she always did. Then Merina and I escaped out into the night.

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