Show No Fear by Brandy Isaacs

Author:Brandy Isaacs [Isaacs, Brandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

Xander

Xander finally stopped pacing after Shay threatened to punch him. He knew she would do it too. His mother and father had been on the phone with Uncle Harry off and on for the past couple of hours making arrangements. He still couldn’t believe they had managed to convince them to go to Canada. None of them were sure they would be able to get there without being followed, but it helped that Harry was a super paranoid hippie that had a few contacts to help get them across the border incognito.

“Come on,” Shay swept into the kitchen and motioned for Xander to follow her into the garage.

“Where are we going?”

“Nowhere, right now. But you and I both need to calm down.”

He finally noticed she was carrying a wooden pipe. “Bah! Did you get into Mom and Dad’s stash?” he laughed, surprising even himself.

“Yeah,” Shay snorted. “Not like they won’t have plenty with Harry.”

Leaning against their mom’s Prius, Shay lit a zippo and hit the pipe, Xander almost laughed. “You look like Sherlock.” Xander had always hated the pipe that belonged to his parents. But that didn’t change the fact that it was older than he was and it was the first pipe he had ever smoked out of.

“Didn’t someone make this for them?” Shay blew out a cloud of spicy smoke.

“I think so. Probably Harry or someone else on the commune.”

“I’m so glad they are leaving.”

“Me too,” he nodded. “We don’t need to worry about them too.”

“Nope.”

By the time they finished the pipe and returned to the kitchen Heather and Richard were sitting at the table making final preparations on their laptop. “Hey!” Heather barked, almost seriously. “Where did you get that?”

“From your dresser,” Shay laughed.

“Which drawer?” Richard drew up, wide eyed.

“I said ‘dresser’ not ‘nightstand.’”

“Oh,” Richard looked relieved.

“Yeah, we learned that lesson before we got out of high school I think,” Xander grimaced.

Shay shuddered. “Yep. Only made the mistake of going in there once.”

“There’s nothing wrong with sex,” Heather narrowed her eyes at them.

“Not at all. But I don’t want to see your…accessories,” Xander shook his head and leaned against the counter. Heather and Richard laughed and she sat next to him and learned her head on his shoulder.

“Speaking of,” Heather looked up. “When this is all said and done, you need to bring Sydney by for dinner.”

Xander was silent for a moment. On one hand, his heart thumped excitedly at the prospect of bringing Sydney to a family dinner. He was touched and comforted by his mother’s readiness to accept her into their patchwork family. He was also relieved at her confidence everything would eventually be “said and done.” But, on the other hand, he was reminded where Syd was. And of how much danger she was in. And of the very real possibility that some or all of them wouldn’t make it out of this alive.

He looked at his mom and her steely eyed confidence reassured him a little. “Absolutely,” he nodded and they all ignored the break in his voice.

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