Too Close To Break by M. A. Innes

Author:M. A. Innes [Innes, M. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Jeremy

The look on his face was priceless.

“Oh, it’s been years since we went to one of these!” It was like he was a kid again, before everything got more difficult.

“Since you threw up in the car after eating too much.” I tried not to bring up memories that they were in, but this one was hard. I could see the memories of how magical the restaurant had been when we were little, but I could still hear her screaming at us as he barfed everywhere.

But who feeds a seven-year-old the adult portion of food at a Japanese steakhouse?

I could almost see him pushing the memories away. He grinned at me, trying to hold on to the good parts. “And you came to my room later when I was grounded and told me that you’d take me again when you were big and rich. Just so I’d stop crying.”

I tried not to blush. I hadn’t remembered that part until he’d started talking about it. “You were little and had more steak than three kids could have eaten.”

“That car smelled like vomit for months.” He started to laugh. “How about I promise not to make myself sick?”

“I’d appreciate it.”

“Will it get me a reward?”

The memory was getting clearer. It just seemed so far away. “I don’t have any more gum.”

“It was the kind that made bubbles.” Kevin grinned and leaned back in the seat.

His brain was amazing. “How do you even remember stuff like this?”

“I remember everything about you. You were the best big brother. Everybody else complained about how mean their older siblings were, but you never did anything like that to me. You helped me with my homework and let me play with you and your friends. If I was upset, you’d always come to find me.” Kevin looked at me like I was ridiculous for not realizing what he was trying to say. “You were always doing things like that.”

Because he’d needed me.

“I had to look out for you.” I shrugged and reached out to ruffle his hair.

“Hey, I want to look nice. This is a fancy restaurant.” He smirked, his eyes sparkling.

When we’d first walked into the restaurant, Kevin had announced loudly that it was the fanciest place he’d ever seen because they had gold everywhere and a pond in their living room. Most of the people eating heard him talking about the small goldfish pond and had smiled. He’d walked through the place, pointing out the interesting paintings and decorations, talking about how amazing it was.

My parents hadn’t been as amused. I remembered them telling him over and over to be quieter. They probably gave him the food just to shut him up. It was a bit fuzzy, but knowing them, it had been a business dinner or something like that and we were supposed to be seen and not heard.

“It’s so fancy you can even have shrimp and steak.” I kept the serious expression for as long as I could but his grin made it hard.

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