Strain of Defiance (Bixby Series Book 2) by Michelle Bryan

Author:Michelle Bryan [Bryan, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

Oh my god. My stomach hurts so bad. Mom's old adage of my eyes being bigger than my stomach pops into my head as I groan out loud.

“Shouldn't have had that oatmeal,” I moan as I wrap both arms around my stomach and bend over the table in agony.

“Yeah.” Luke glances over at me sideways, pausing in his assault on his own platter of food. “That's what did it. The oatmeal. Had nothing to do with the mountain of scrambled eggs or the half a hog that was on your plate. It was the oatmeal.”

“Bite me.” My words hold no sting; however, since I just don't have the gumption. Besides, I'm not even really paying attention to him. I've been too busy watching Gordon for the past ten minutes or so. He's merely picking at his food and pretending not to watch Evie with the saddest puppy dog expression I've ever seen. Pathetic really. Evie has barely said two words since our rescue last night. And she chose to sit on the opposite end of the table from Gordon today. Something’s up. As if she's aware of his stare, she keeps her eyes glued on her oatmeal, refusing to look up.

I scoot over on the bench, closer to Gordon, and leave Luke to his breakfast in peace. “Trouble in paradise?” I whisper in his ear. I don't want the others overhearing. They'll tease him mercilessly if they notice the kid's lovesick pining. They're assholes like that.

“I don't know what you're talking about,” he sputters at me, his face flushing right to the tips of his ears.

“Come on kid, don't bother to lie. You two have been inseparable for a month.” I nod at Evie. “Now she won't even look at you. What's the scoop?”

He sends another quick glance her way to make sure she's not paying attention before dropping his fork into the pile of congealed eggs and sighs. “I think she's mad at me. She hasn't spoken to me since you guys rescued us. At first I just thought she was in shock, ya know? I mean, we went through a hell of a night. But she's tougher than that. And she's been talking fine to everyone else. Everyone that's not me.”

I nod in sympathy. “Yeah, she's mad at you. Probably blaming you for talking her into coming with you and nearly getting eaten alive. And really, do you blame her? I'd be mad at you, too, if you made me do something so stupid.”

“You're not making me feel any better, Bix.” He scowls at me.

I laugh as I nudge his shoulder with mine. “Just chuck it in the fuck it bucket for now, kid. She'll get over it. She's just pissed you put her and Scruff in danger. Give her a few days.”

At the mention of his name, the hairy monster pulls himself away from the admiration of a table of kids and waddles over to us, sticking his big head in Gordon's lap. Gordon picks up a couple of left over slices of ham and dangles them above the dog’s head.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.