Brody's Little Brat by Adaline Raine

Author:Adaline Raine [Raine, Adaline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2015-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

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“Kara?” Brody shook her shoulder gently again, and this time she opened her eyes. “How are you feeling?”

“Oh? Um… better I think.” Kara sat up and rubbed her eyes. “Is it still today?”

Brody smiled. “I let you sleep on the couch because you looked so peaceful. I think your fever broke last night. You don’t feel warm anymore.”

Kara quickly eyed the coffee table, and he followed her gaze.

“I didn’t check it, but I heard you let Dr. Joe do it. I’m happy you listened while I was at work.”

Truth be told, when Joe gave an overview of their afternoon, Brody had beamed with pride over Kara’s acceptance of the doctor. Of course, Brody had asked her to listen, but sometimes she had other ideas.

“I should have taken care of it when you asked me yesterday morning.” Kara wrapped her arms around his neck. “Katie had a lot of fun with the craft stuff, but she, uh, asked me to come play with her someday. I told her I’d like to, but I’m not a kid, you know?”

Brody was having trouble reading her at the moment. She sounded a bit like she was in her teen mindset, but it was a bit unclear. “You know you can be whatever age you want to be when you have your time, right?”

Kara frowned, as if not quite understanding. “But, I’m not little.”

He smirked and ran his hand down her cheek. “You don’t have to act five, babe. It’s your thing, and I hope you know I’ll support your choices.”

Kara flushed almost as red as her hair. “No, Brody. I’m not physically little. How could I possibly go over to Katie’s and pretend I’m like seven or something when I’m… this?”

“If you refer to your body as a ‘this’ again, you won’t have to worry about going over to Katie’s or anywhere for the next week. Don’t feed your brain negative thoughts. The size of your body has nothing to do with your mindset.”

She sucked in a breath, then nodded. “Fine, I’ll think about it. Oh, before I forget. Thank you for having Dr. Joe and Katie come over. They helped me feel a lot better.”

“I’m glad. Joe and I also spoke about you going to the office next week to do some filing. They are desperate from some extra hands. What if you picked up about fifteen hours a week? It would get you out into the community. Maybe you’d even make more friends.”

Kara shrugged. “I don’t know. I’ll think about it. You know how I feel about doctor’s offices.”

“My other thought was that it would help you get over your fear. Anyway, it’s something to think about after you go there. We can talk more about it later.” Brody squeezed her hand, then got to his feet. “I’ve got a project to wrap up later on, but I’m home today. Is there anything you need?”

“I feel sort of gross. I really want to take a shower, but I don’t think I can stand up that long.

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