The Sea Taketh (Alex Singer) by Teresa Rae

Author:Teresa Rae [Rae, Teresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Teresa Rae
Published: 2013-11-12T06:00:00+00:00

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“Alex, this just came for you.” Gramps puts a thin, black velvet box on my desk.

I put down my pencil.

“Who sent it?”

“You know who sent it. He feels badly about not telling you the truth earlier.”

“Gramps, why do you two act like you’re best friends?” My frustration with the both of them starts to rise in my chest.

“Christian and I are good friends. We enjoy having a good glass of wine together.” He sits on my bed, innocently

“What’s the deal with the wine? Are all mermen alcoholics?” I turn around to face him.

Gramps chuckles aloud. “Mermen don’t get drunk. Alcohol doesn’t affect them like it does humans. They just like the taste of wine, that’s all.”

“Maybe that explains the wine, but I’m still confused why you want the two of us together. You do realize that he wants me to go live in the ocean?”

“And I would fully support that decision.” Gramps pauses to see my reaction before continuing, “You and Christian are good together. I’m an old man, and I just want to make sure that you have someone who can take care of you.”

“I can take care of myself,” I retort.

“Alex, none of us can take care of ourselves. When I lost your grandmother, I was grateful to have your mother and father, and when I lost them, I was grateful to have you. Everyone needs someone to take care of them, and I’m not talking about money. For the past seven years, we’ve been taking care of each other. It would be nice to add Christian to our family.”

“You sound just as serious as he does,” I groan.

“I am. Christian is the only guy I’ve ever thought was good enough for you. Now, let’s see what he sent you.” He smiles innocently at me.

“No, I’m going to go give it back to him.” I stand up and grab the box. “I feel like the only sane person left on the planet. Wine drinking mermen!”

I march out of the house. Being nervous about the night before, I stop at the brightly lit street, checking to make sure it’s empty. Satisfied to find nothing out of the ordinary, I quickly cross it. I climb the front steps and knock loudly on the large wooden door.

Sven answers the door wearing a fifties pink apron and holding a feather duster. The tiny, ruffled apron looks ridiculous on his large frame.

“Where is he?” I demand.

“Up in his room,” he says. “I’ll go get him for you.”

“Don’t bother.” I push past him.

Taking the stairs two at a time, I storm onto the second story landing. I don’t know which room is Christian’s, so I start opening doors along the hallway of the old Victorian home. Henrik gives me a look of confusion when I open the library where he is studying a book of maps. I don’t say anything as I shut the door and continue looking for Christian. After looking in a couple empty bedrooms, I finally find him working on a laptop in his bedroom.

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