Rusty Nail by Lani Lynn Vale

Author:Lani Lynn Vale [Vale, Lani Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Of course I’m an organ donor. Who wouldn’t want a piece of this?

-Raven’s secret thoughts

Raven

“Why are we watching the baseball game when soccer is on?” Xavier asked.

“Because I want to watch the baseball game, and it’s my fuckin’ TV,” I told the annoying kid. “Why don’t you go watch your precious soccer on the TV in the room I gave you?”

Xavier grinned.

“I like baseball, too.”

Wolf held his hand out for the computer, and Xavier grimaced before giving it to Wolf.

I wanted to laugh.

The two men were very alike, and the fact that they’d just met less than three days ago was telling.

“Nathan,” Wolf called. “Your grandma will be here in less than twenty minutes. Are you ready to go?”

Nathan started stomping down the hallway, and I looked up and watched as he made his way toward us dragging his R2D2 rolling bag down the hallway in his wake.

“Dad,” Nathan growled. “I can’t find Chewy.”

I got up and immediately walked to the last place I’d seen his Chewbacca figurine, and immediately cried out in excitement. “Found it!”

Nathan came clomping in with his two-sizes-too-big boots that he just had to have and held his hands out for the tiny figure.

“Where’d you find it, Rave?” Nathan asked, throwing himself at my thighs.

I rocked back on my heels, thankful as hell I had the table at my back.

“On the hutch next to the cars you lined up. And I’m glad Marky Mark didn’t find it first,” I pointed to the make-shift garage he’d been using as his Hot Wheels’ storage facility.

Nathan followed my hand and nodded.

“Those better be there when I get back,” he said, pointing at me for good measure.

I held my hand up in a ‘I promise’ gesture and tried not to break out in a smile.

“Good woman,” Nathan said, sounding like he was Wolf’s age of thirty-five rather than his actual age of five.

“Dad!” Nathan cried as he walked out of the room, shoving Chewy into his pocket as he went. “Make sure you don’t let any girls play with my cars!”

I nearly laughed my butt off, but managed to withhold it. Although, that was only because the doorbell rang, detouring my path to the front door instead of standing at Nathan’s back listening to him tell his father about why girls shouldn’t be able to play with cars.

“Hi!” I said to the older woman. “You must be Nancy.”

The woman’s face, very pretty for an older woman, stared curiously at me for long moments before her face split into a grin.

“You look like a fairy princess,” the woman replied to my greeting.

“She’s an evil fairy princess,” Nathan muttered as he walked past us towards the stairs.

Wolf caught up with him before he could even make it to the steps and scooped him up into his arms, tossing him over his shoulders.

“Daaaddddy!” Nathan squealed. “I’m going to barf!”

Wolf ignored him and continued to swing them in circles.

I was dizzy just watching them.

A chuckle had me bringing my gaze back to Nancy.

She was watching me watch Nathan and Wolf.

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