Embrace Me (Stark Ever After Book 7) by J. Kenner

Author:J. Kenner [Kenner, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781953572226
Publisher: Martini & Olive
Published: 2021-03-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“No way,” Jamie says, her voice coming through Coop’s sound system loud and clear. “No way in hell is your mother sincere. Not unless she had a personality transplant, and the last time I flipped through the pages of a medical journal, that still wasn’t something they could do.”

Despite the topic, I can’t help but laugh. I called her from the office before leaving, but she hadn’t gotten back to me until I was already almost home, and now I’m maneuvering my beloved Mini Cooper past the gatehouse. I wave at Gus, the guard on duty today, and continue toward the circular driveway in front of our door.

I kill the engine, then stay in the car for a while, talking to her now through the speaker on my phone. “I know,” I say. “I know all of that. And yet….”

“I get it,” she says again. “I mean I don’t completely get it, because my mother is a human, but I still get it.”

I smirk. She’s really not wrong.

“What does Damien say?”

“I haven’t told him yet,” I confess. “I knew that he had back-to-back meetings today, and you know Damien.”

“Yeah,” Jamie says, which is enough. I know she understands that I didn’t want him to rearrange his entire schedule in order to make sure that the reappearance of my mother wasn’t messing with my head.

“I’m home now, though,” I say. “I’ll talk to him in a bit.”

“Is he home?”

“Not sure. He wasn’t planning on coming home early today, but he might be.” Damien often rides in with Edward so that he can get work done in the back while Edward’s driving. And if he drives himself, it’s usually because he’s taking one of his toys, in which case he parks in the bat cave, and walks into the house through the underground tunnel.

“Well, hugs,” she says. “And stay strong. I know you want your mother to magically turn into a human, but the odds are against it.”

I laugh. “I know. But, hey, I won the lottery with Damien. Miracles do happen.”

“Not twice in one lifetime.”

I say nothing. She’s probably right about that. My rational side is warring with my emotional side, and my emotional side is all hyped up because of my hormones. I know this. I just can’t seem to convince myself that I know it and push my mother out of my mind.

“Hey,” Jamie says gently. “I wish I was there to give you a real hug. I know it’s got to be hell. I don’t mean to make light of it.”

I wish she were here for a hug as well. “I know,” I say. “Love you, James.”

“Love you back, Nicholas.”

I get out of the car, and head into the house, bolstered by Jamie’s pep talk. I step inside, then come to a dead stop when I find Damien and my father sitting on the couch in the first floor living area.

Since we’re hardly ever down here unless we’re hosting a pool party, I narrow my eyes at both of them.

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