Shattered Hearts by Coral McCallum

Author:Coral McCallum [McCallum, Coral]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781090529619
Published: 2019-12-05T16:00:00+00:00

As he parked the truck in his usual spot under the tree, Jake could hear the kids squealing and arguing round the back of the house. Grabbing his book bag and stuffing the key fob into his pocket, he hurried round the side of the house.

“What’s all the yelling about, kids?” he asked as he stepped up onto the deck.

“Daddy!” shrieked Melody, running straight into his arms. “Jesse tore up my school worksheet.”

Spotting the shredded sheet of paper lying on the deck at his son’s feet, Jake let out a long, exasperated sigh.

“Jesse,” he began firmly. “Why did you tear up Melody’s worksheet?”

“Melly not play with me!” he wailed.

Hearing the commotion, Lori appeared out from the sunroom. One look at the scene in front of her was enough for her to declare, “Jesse Power, time out seat now!”

“No!”

“NOW!” yelled Lori, pointing into the house. “You better be sitting on it by the time I count to three. One…. two……”

The little boy fled indoors, sobbing loudly.

“Melody,” said Lori calmly. “We’ll fix it.”

“He’s spoiled it,” sobbed Melody quietly. “He spoils everything.”

Hugging her close, Jake suggested, “Let’s get the tape and see if we can piece it together. I’m good at jigsaw puzzles.”

“Daddy, it’s a mess,” sobbed the little girl. “Tape can’t fix it.”

“If you tape it together, we can make a new copy on my printer,” proposed Lori softly. “Had you written your letters and numbers on it?”

“Yes,” wept Melody, resting her head on Jake’s shoulder. “Now I get to do it all over again. It’s all Jesse’s fault.”

“Leave him to me,” stated Lori, anger simmering in her usually calm blue eyes. “That kid’s gone too far this time.”

Leaving Jake and their daughter to pick up the torn pieces of paper, Lori headed indoors to deal with their errant son.

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