Trick by Briscoe Laramie

Author:Briscoe, Laramie [Briscoe, Laramie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Laramie Briscoe Books
Published: 2017-01-13T05:00:00+00:00

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“Did you have fun with Trick?” I question Riley as I get in the car and leave from the pumpkin patch.

“Yeah, he’s fun,” she’s coloring in the book Trick gave her on their second meeting. “People look at him.”

I’ve noticed it too, but it’s because he walks around every place we go like he owns it. “I know, honey, he has that type of personality.”

“It’s weird,” she keeps talking. “No one walks close to us.”

She’s right about that; no one walks close to Trick, and it’s because of the attitude he throws out. How do I explain this to a six-year-old? Granted she’s much older than her years, but this is too deep. “Maybe he stinks,” I wrinkle my nose at her in the rearview mirror.

“Mom! He doesn’t stink!”

Riley seems to be offended for him, but it’s enough to get her mind off of what she’s already noticed. “You don’t think so?”

“No,” she giggles. “He smells good.”

That he does. I lick my lips, he tastes good, too. I don’t even know how to describe the taste, but it’s definitely lickable.

“You okay spending time at his apartment tonight?” I ask, getting further away from why people give the man a wide berth.

“As long as I can play with Tux.”

“Did Trick agree you could rename him?”

She looks up from her book, smiles at me, and I swear to God she looks like a teenager for a split second. “Nope, but he will.”

“If he says no, we have to go by what he asks. You understand that right?”

“I know, but he’s not going to stay no. Even he knows his name for his cat sucks.”

I can’t help it, I laugh, and I hope to God Trick realizes what he’s getting into with a single mom and an opinionated little girl. As I’m trying to hold back another laugh, I do the responsible, parent thing. “You shouldn’t say sucks, Riles. It’s not a nice word.”

Under my breath though? I add an I agree.

Trick

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