Vampire Sun (Vampire for Hire Book 9) by J.R. Rain

Author:J.R. Rain [Rain, J.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-04-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-two

We were at Hero’s.

No, it wasn’t the same without the cute bartender with the shark teeth hanging around his neck, but it was still our hangout. It was also one of the few places where my sister and I got to relax together. Where we could be ourselves. In hushed voices, of course. No kids. No men. No work. Just sisters. That one was mortal and one was immortal was irrelevant. Not here, not in this place. A safe place.

That one sister got mortal and immortal confused was just, well, plain cute.

Only this time, Mary Lou wasn’t saying much. We were sitting in the far corner along the crowded bar, where we usually sat. A post separated us from the person next to us, which was perfect.

“You’re still mad,” I said. We were both nearly halfway through our first glasses of wine and she still hadn’t said much. In fact, I was pretty certain she hadn’t said a thing...or looked at me for that matter.

Seeing her now, the way she set her jaw, the way her left knee bounced agitatedly, reminded me our fights when we were young. Mary Lou could hold a grudge with the best of them. It was always, always, my job to break the ice. I either broke it...or I got the jaw and knee business.

“How was your day?” I asked. I didn’t want the jaw or knee business. I needed my big sister. Badly.

“Fine.”

“Anything exciting happen at work?”

“No.”

“You’re telling me, in that big insurance office of yours, not even one person had a birthday today?”

“No, Sam.”

“Well, any meltdowns?” I asked. “Someone’s always having a meltdown at your—”

“No, Sam.”

“Where did you go for lunch?”

“I didn’t eat lunch.”

“You should really eat lunch.”

“Oh my God, you’re driving me crazy.”

“That’s what sisters do.”

“No, they don’t. And they especially don’t keep secrets from each other.”

“Can you trust me when I say that there are some secrets you might want me to keep from you?”

She looked at me, that jawline of her still rippling. If she wasn’t careful, she might crack a molar. That she didn’t catch that thought was, of course, the source of her irritation. Mary Lou and I had always been close. Best friends throughout our lives. Sometimes, we were closer than other times. But always, always, she was there for me.

Now, of course, she felt left out, and I didn’t blame her.

“We weren’t keeping secrets from you, Mary Lou.”

“Then you were making fun of me, laughing at me behind my back, or inside your heads or whatever.”

“We weren’t laughing at you, either,” I said. At least, I didn’t think we were. Truth was, how the heck was I supposed to remember an off-the-cuff telepathic conversation I’d had with Allison?

“Then why do you do it?”

“I guess we did it because we can. It’s easy and fast—”

“And rude.”

“And rude, yes.”

“But you do it anyway, even when it makes other people feel uncomfortable.”

“What can I say, Mary Lou? I’m sorry. I’m learning how to be a better freak.”

She looked at me, and finally unhinged her jaw, to the great relief of her molars.

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