Shock Advised by Lani Lynn Vale

Author:Lani Lynn Vale
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2016-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

The ladies agree. Happiness is sliding up and down a fireman’s pole.

-Fact of life

Tai

“I can’t,” her voice cracked. “I can’t.”

I pulled her into my arms, wrapping her up so tight that her breath started to come out in pants, and not because of her sobs.

We’d done this numerous times the night before, and now I knew just what to do to circumvent the worst of her panic attacks, and that’s exactly what they were.

She didn’t want to let go of Colt, and this place, the home she made for him, was all he’d ever known. This is where they’d been happy. Where Colt had crawled for the first time. Slept through the night. It was full of their memories.

She buried her face into my neck, and I cringed when I felt her tears sliding down my skin and disappearing into my shirt.

I made eye contact with Winter over Mia’s shoulder.

Winter nodded, letting me know silently that she would take care of her.

“Why don’t you go with Winter…get your toes done or something,” I said. “And I’ll take care of getting all of this done, okay?”

She nodded, gripping her hands into the shirt at my back and tugging.

“Okay,” she said shakily. “Okay.”

The men that’d shown up, only ten minutes before, slowly slipped out of the room, giving us the privacy that we needed.

Winter was the only one who stayed.

She walked up to us and placed her hand on Mia’s shoulder.

“I have to make cookies for Cati’s school. Would you be willing to help me with that?” Winter asked. “Because, if I do it alone, I’ll just eat all the cookie dough and make about half the amount of cookies I would’ve originally made.”

Mia’s laugh was watery. “I don’t think that I’m the right choice for that job, Winter, because I can’t resist cookie dough, either.”

Winter’s eyes gleamed. “I think I’ve found my new best friend.”

Mia lifted her head from my chest, and then looked up at me with tortured eyes.

“Don’t…please…”

“I’ll take care of his stuff, baby. I promise,” I said to her.

She nodded, before lifting up on her tip toes to press her lips against mine.

Her lips were softer since she’d been crying, something I’d discovered in the past few days. I tasted the salt of her tears against my tongue.

With one final, slow kiss, she stepped back.

I looked over at Winter.

She hadn’t moved, but her cheeks were pink as she looked at me with happiness.

“What?” I asked her.

She shook her head. “Nothing. Nothing at all.”

I rolled my eyes, then walked to the table grabbing Mia’s purse and cell phone, handing them off to Winter.

“Just don’t get her drunk, I have plans for her tonight,” I ordered.

Winter held up her hand and said, “Scout’s honor.”

I snorted. “That’s Spock’s sign…the Vulcan salute, Winter, the live long and prosper one.”

Winter looked at her hand then shrugged.

Mia giggled, and I really loved her giggle.

I loved the sound infinitely more than her crying.

Fuck…I fucking loved her.

Oh, fuck.

“Take Mia’s car, though. We need Jack’s truck to transport boxes,” I ordered as Mia and Winter made their way to the door.

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