Choose by Allie York

Author:Allie York
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allie York

By the time I picked Ax up from school and went to see my parents, I was a mess. Between the incident at the zoo, the domineering man forcing his way into my life, and Richard, I was a fucking wreck. More so than before. It was comical that Griffin thought I was fixable. The guy had no idea how deep my scars truly were, how destroyed I was inside. He didn’t know the demons I fought every night or that him holding me the night before had kept the demons quiet. With Richard coming back into my life, there was no telling how bad the nightmares would be, and Griffin would tear out of my arms after witnessing what a mess I was.

Mom was shuffling around the kitchen, barefoot, of course, and caught Ax in the air as soon as my little monkey jumped at her gramma. Margo Wallace was a small, quiet force to be reckoned with, much like her three daughters. Poor Dad never stood a chance. Ari came in from the back door, holding it for Ax to dash out to meet her cousins. Dad’s pipe tobacco came in with the warm air and I had to close my eyes to take in the scent. Before anything else was discussed, I asked my sister about Ben. They talked about it, deciding that Ben was going to a therapist the next afternoon to let him talk it out.

Mom waited impatiently for Ari and me to stop talking about how Ben was doing. “Ari told on you.” My mother crossed her arms over her chest and smiled at me. “When do we get to meet him?” Yeah, not happening.

“Arianna met him and was a total bitch about it.” I poured a glass of tea from the fridge. “Plus, I have other things to talk about.” My older sister rolled her eyes at me. “Richard’s attorney showed up today. He has a parole hearing next week. He asked us to be there so I can drop the order of protection, so we can discuss custody and reconciliation.” I took in the complete shock on their faces and rounded it off by telling them what I said to the attorney and my own attorney was taking care of it. Mom changed the subject to Celia so I had to tell her story and she went onto her well-rehearsed speech about cooking for them. Mom’s goal in life was to feed as many people as she could and psychoanalyze them in the process.

“Celia likes horses.” Dad pecked me on the head, Ax in tow. “We had a sleepover last night.” My kid’s big mouth got me all kinds of accusing looks. “We had dinner then laid in the floor and watched the movie with the big flying dog.” Axel pointed at the fruit on the counter and Dad handed her a banana.

“Did Griffin sleep over too?” Ari eyed me, talking sweet to my little monster. Great. My stuck-up sister was going to judge me for that one so I would go back to being the family whore.

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