Sinners: A Reverse Harem Bully Romance (Pawns of Patience Book 1) by Cassie James

Author:Cassie James [James, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Jake stays the rest of the weekend with Pearl’s grudging permission. She makes him sleep in the guest bedroom right next to hers on the first floor, but at least she lets him stay. We spend the rest of Saturday and most of Sunday trying to get my pictures taken down from everywhere they’ve been posted. It’s not so hard once we tell the guys at tech support that I’m only sixteen. Of course for every picture we get taken down three more pop up. Eventually, we at least manage to scrub all the ones that have my address attached.

The one thing I don’t do is leave the house. The farthest we go is walking the garden a few times in the back of the house, and even then we only walk the section closest to the house. I’m not that worried about someone finding me off my address being posted. Strange cars don’t go unnoticed around here. I do worry all weekend that one of Patience’s resident assholes will show up to harass me some more.

Somehow, Monday morning comes without a peep from any of them. I’m fixing coffee before I need to leave for school when Pearl corners me in the kitchen. “Your guest is still here.” She looks at me expectantly, and for the first time I realize we have the same eyes. I don’t know why I didn’t notice it before, but in the moment it makes me feel the closest I’ve felt to her since I got here. Closer even than when she pulled out the old family photos.

“Jake’s going to take me to school and leave from there. He has to be back home for work tonight.” I try not to take it personally that she looks so relieved by that. “Thank you again for letting him stay. Having him here, it made me not miss home so much.” It’s the most earnest thing I’ve said to her, and for a moment there’s some real emotion on her pinched face. It’s gone just as fast as it appears.

“Yes, well, as long as he didn’t steal anything.” I blink at her, so surprised that I can’t even form a response. I knew she was suspicious of Jake, but insinuating he would steal is a whole new low. And this coming from the woman who let a snake stay alone in my bedroom while I was vulnerable. Not that I’ve dared mention to her what happened.

I take a deep breath before I assure her, “He didn’t.” The idea of Jake stealing anything is laughable at best. His brother Brandon is the troublemaker; he’s learned from his brother’s mistakes.

Pearl nods, seeming only partially convinced, but I figure that’s as good as I’ll get. She starts to leave, but pauses in the doorway. “Juliet?” She waits until she has my full attention. “I hope in time you’ll come to think of this as home.”

She disappears around the corner, leaving me to mull over her words as I finish putting my coffee in a thermos.

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