Secrets Of Hermes: Queens Of Olympus by Arizona Tape

Author:Arizona Tape [Tape, Arizona]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Eleven

Cassandra

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I balanced my store-bought pasta salad in one hand while I rang the doorbell with my other. I could hear the sound of someone running down the stairs before the door was pulled open.

A small face looked up at me through the gap. "Auntie Cass!"

"Luka!" a voice shouted from inside the house. "I told you not to open the door to strangers!"

"But it's Auntie Cass," the boy called back.

Diana appeared behind him and chased Luka back inside with a bemused but exasperated expression. She opened the door fully to let me in. "Kids… It’s like herding cats but ones that can talk back. Why did I think this was a good idea again?"

I chuckled while I gave my cousin a one-armed hug so I didn't drop my casserole and a kiss on each cheek. She graciously accepted my contribution to the party and I followed her through the house to the backyard where the rest of the family was already mingling and getting drunk.

A whole bunch of hugs and kisses later, I managed to make it to the table with drinks and I picked up a cold beer from the cooler.

Elena appeared next to me with Constantine trailing behind her. "Cass, can you tell your best friend that we're not buying a table saw so he can hand-make the crib?"

I chuckled and gave him a look. "You? Hand-make a crib? You've never built anything in your life."

"I can learn," he said with misguided determination.

"You can learn as much as you want, honey, but you're not practising on the literal thing that's going to hold our child up," Elena countered with an exasperated look.

"She says sensible things," I added, giving Constantine a pat on his arm. "Why do you even want to make it yourself?"

"Cause Elena is growing a whole baby by herself so I can't just sit around and twiddle my thumbs. I have to contribute too to make it fair."

"Aww, honey." My sister leaned up to kiss him. "That's super sweet but I don't need you to build things for me. You're the one keeping me fed and sane, that's all I need. And then when the baby comes, don't worry about fair, there'll be plenty to do."

They were sickeningly sweet and so in love. My mind flitted to Hermione, making me wonder if that would be us someday or if I was in for a rude awakening when she decided that there was no second date.

I checked my phone to see if she'd responded, a habit I'd picked back up quickly since we started talking again. The chat was marked as having unread messages and I navigated to it.

<Look what I just walked in on!> She'd attached a picture of her floor with coffee grounds all over it and a trail of cat paw prints leading away from it.

Chuckling, I typed a response back. <Did you catch the culprit?>

<You bet.> Another picture appeared, this time of her ginger cat sitting on the window sill and looking right into the camera with that typical smug grin cats had.

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