The Grimm Legacy by Addie J. King

Author:Addie J. King
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Musa Publishing
Published: 2012-05-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

“Doris should be here in about a half an hour,” Aiden announced, as he hung up my phone. He began talking with Bert about what had happened the night before.

I went into the bedroom with the cordless phone and called Mia. She seemed a little confused when she first answered. It was well past noon; I’d never known her to sleep late, but with all of the excitement the night before, and getting home as late as we did, I was only mildly surprised. She told me she’d talked to Mike and Leann on the phone that morning, before going back to bed and sleeping until I called.

“Did they seem okay to you?” I wasn’t quite sure what I was asking her to describe, but I trusted Mia’s judgment.

“They seemed fine, just really tired. I am too. I’m hoping a few extra hours of sleep is just the ticket to recover from whatever we were exposed to last night.” I agreed. What else could I do? I promised myself I’d stop by Mia’s place or call sometime today and check on her, and maybe call the other two later. I sat down on the bed, looking at the phone, and wondering what had gone wrong.

Aiden knocked on the bedroom doorframe, even though the door was open. I put down the phone and looked up at him.

“Are you okay?” he asked.

I gave him a weak smile. I explained about feeling guilty for dragging my friends into something that could hurt them, but if I tried to explain what really happened they’d probably think I’d lost my mind.

“Your friends will be fine after they get a little rest.” Aiden leaned against the doorframe and crossed his arms in front of his chest. “Janie, I didn’t ask about your friends. I asked about you. How are you holding up?”

“I don’t know.”

“I’m sure you’d like to take today off and get some sleep, but…”

“No, it’s not that. I’d love to sleep the day away, but I know there’s more I need to get done. I need to do more reading for school. I need to figure out how to spot magic before it affects me or the people around me. I need to know more about how to fight whatever it is that’s causing my life to go haywire. I need to organize Dad’s things and figure out what I’m keeping, what could go back to the department at the university he worked for, and what can go in storage. I miss him so badly it hurts.”

“You haven’t been talking about your dad much.”

“I know. I’ve been trying not to.” Oh, God, the waterworks were going to start. Again.

“Your dad was a good man. I know you miss him, and you’re right to miss him. Don’t shove it so deep that it makes it worse to deal with later.” He reached out a hand to me.

I couldn’t take it, or the comfort he offered. “I tried processing it. I tried mourning him. I don’t get anything done if I think about it.

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