Shall I Stay (Los Morales Book 1) by Nuria Muñoz

Author:Nuria Muñoz [Muñoz, Nuria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2025-01-28T00:00:00+00:00

I have no idea how to play, except to place the same amount of dots to the same amount of dots. And yet, I am doing surprisingly well at this game. Best of all, it makes Tina ecstatic. Her happy dance is epic.

After my five-game winning streak, Mari and Julia state their case about who should partner with me next.

I now understand why this part is tradition. Comfort emanates from the domino pieces with their faded map of Puerto Rico on the back. The sound they make as they knock together when shuffled serves as a reminder that, the wind and rain may rage, and the power may go out, but as long as the dominoes are jingling along with the competitive jabs and laughter, there is safety and hope.

Vaya. I have told myself for so long that togetherness makes my skin crawl. What little distant memory I have of the actual feeling makes me resentful. I have never had time for resentment—I work hard and move forward and thank goodness there are no hurricanes in Salamanca.

I get why it is better to have someone to hang onto if it’s not implausible the roof might blow off.

The sisters move on to rock-paper-scissors for first choice of teammate, and a laugh bursts out of me. Tina stirs the game pieces, and I look at Rico who has been reading by flashlight on the sofa and occasionally commenting on the fierce dominoes battles.

His eyes are already on me, his head tilted as if he is trying to make sense of this lamp-lit scene. When our eyes meet, his brow furrows, and he jumbles to get back into his book.

Something metallic crashes outside, and we all jump at the terrifying clang. Well, all of us but Tina, who placidly hands out the dominoes and mutters, “Sounds like the chicken coops weren’t as secured as Socorro thought.”

I look at Rico to gauge his concern over his occasional poultry passengers. He shakes his head, guessing I’m overestimating his relationship to the chickens, and says, “Don’t worry. Socorro brings them inside before the winds start.”

My eyes widen. “Inside?”

Rico nods his head at his sisters. “And you thought having them in the same room was hard enough.”

He ducks when a couple of dominoes come flying his way.

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