Breaking Gravity (Fall Back Series #2) by Autumn Grey

Author:Autumn Grey [Grey , Autumn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: The Fall Back Series, Book 2
Publisher: AG
Published: 2017-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

I CLOSE THE BOOK THAT I’ve been reading to Josh the past thirty minutes, place it on my lap and cover his cool hand with mine. I take in his relaxed features as he sleeps; the dark circles under his eyes, bald head, gaunt face and pale skin. I blink a few times to keep the tears at bay.

We are not ready to lose you, Josh.

I wish there was a way to make you better. Fucking cancer and its greedy tentacles.

“Is everything okay, Elon?” Nor asks without pausing from whatever she’s working on in the sketchbook propped on her knees.

Her question throws me off and sends my heart racing. I roll my eyes. Every time someone stares at me for more than three seconds, I start hyperventilating, wondering if they know I slept with my professor. Seriously, I need to get my act together.

“Yeah. Why?”

“You just seem distracted. Is everything going well with the new professor?”

Poker face, Elon, I remind myself.

“Everything’s peachy,” I gush. She studies me while biting the end of her pencil. “How’s your drawing coming along?” I point at the sketchbook, hoping to change the subject. “You should totally publish them as coloring books.”

Nor has been doodling for as long as I can remember, which is like therapy for her, just like reading is for me. Drawing helps her escape into another world that she creates using pen and paper.

She frowns at me, but seems to let it slide when she looks down at what she’s currently working on. “I don’t know if I want to. I’ve never thought about it before.”

I set the book on the nightstand, stand up from my seat and crawl up next to her on the cot that has become a permanent fixture in this room. I study the drawing, the word Courage flanked with hearts and flowers doodles stands out in all its magnificent beauty.

I bump her shoulder with mine and smile. “It might be a way to share your gift with the world.”

She sighs, her eyes on the drawing. “I’ll think about it.”

The door opens and Nick strides in with Cora and Joce, each holding one of his hands. The second our eyes meet, his body tenses and a scowl replaces the huge grin on his face as the tension between us sky rockets.

I exhale a frustrated breath. He still won’t talk to me. I cornered him yesterday when he brought take out to Nor’s house, but all he did was walk away.

“Hey, Nor. Is it okay if I take the girls to the movies?”

“Oh, that would be amazing.” If she notices any weirdness going on between Nick and me, she doesn’t say anything.

I give her a quick hug, then hop down from the cot and slip on my shoes. Five minutes later, I leave the room with my nieces as they debate about which movie we are going to watch.

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