Sterling Heat (Sterling Falls Book 1) by L.B. Dunbar

Author:L.B. Dunbar [Dunbar, L.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: L.B. Dunbar Writes, Ltd.
Published: 2023-09-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

[Sebastian]

Because I’m a glutton for punishment, I follow Enya home that night, using the excuse that I want to make sure she gets back to her house safely. I’m still unsettled by the noise she heard the other night. Although she’s brushed it off as nothing more than a wandering animal, I don’t believe animals make stomping sounds.

While I didn’t return to her home on Saturday, after staying over the night before, I can’t seem to stay away now that she’s met my family. With Adara on Enya’s chest, we sit side by side on her couch. The television on low volume.

“Why didn’t you tell me your sister had left?”

Enya shrugs and narrows her eyes at the television screen. “It wasn’t like you could do anything about it. She just . . . left. She’s like that.”

Still, I would have been here for her sooner had I known. “What do you mean left?”

“Cadence is . . . flighty. She’s also famous and that means at times she can only think of herself.” An edge roughens her voice.

I shift and rest my arm on the back of the couch. However, my fingers have a mind of their own and I touch the side of her neck with the back of my knuckles, needing to feel her skin, needing to comfort her.

“Tell me more about her.”

“She’s an amazing singer.” Enya cranes her neck to look at me. Her voice drops. “She made my dream her reality.”

Continuing the need to touch her, I brush her hair over her ear, running my knuckles down the column of her throat again. “What dream, baby?”

“I wanted to sing.” Enya sighs and looks away from me, gazing at the television again. “Every little girl dreams of being famous one day, right? Or maybe that was just me. Bright lights. Big city. I wanted to be on stage and sing my songs, breaking hearts, and healing souls.” She chuckles.

I can see her on a stage, lighting up a stadium, entertaining a crowd. “I didn’t know you could sing.”

Enya shrugs again. “I’m not bad.”

Shifting again, I lean into the cushions. “Sing something for me.”

“No.” She laughs harder and Adara jerks on her chest. Her little arm jolts upward. Her fingers splay outward. Enya softens her voice. “No.”

“If you wanted to be on stage, you’d have to sing before an audience.”

“That’s different. I could sing in a room full of people but one on one . . . it’s just different.”

“Please.” I clasp my hands together and do my best imitation of my nephew when he wants something from Vale.

Enya chews her lip while she shakes her head.

A failure at begging, I acquiesce. “Okay.” I drop my hands and return my arm to the back of the couch, and pick up a strand of her hair, wrapping it around my finger. “Why did you give up your dream?”

“I was the peacemaker in our family. Between my brother and his drug issues, and my younger sister, who was a bit of a wild child, I felt like I had to make up for each of their shortcomings.

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