Enduring Everything (Marked Heart #1) by M. Sembera

Author:M. Sembera [Sembera, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B00J2AV41I
Publisher: Broken Bird Media
Published: 2014-03-16T00:00:00+00:00

21

Family

My day started out by leaving Sophia a voicemail before heading to work. When I arrived at work, I decided it was best to stay the whole day. There was some guilt in bailing on my job the last two days. In all the years I worked at JPT Financial, I only missed four days and that was because I had the flu and Mr. Thomas sent me home, claiming I would contaminate the entire office. It was time for me to get back on track and treat my day like just another day at work.

Call after call came through as I forwarded a few, scheduled appointments and pulled up basic account information for clients. When my phone finally stopped ringing for more than a few minutes, I pulled a notebook out of my purse and started working on more steps and a list of questions for Charlotte.

While making my list, I quickly covered what I was writing with my arm when Jackson tapped on the edge of my desk. Looking up, I saw him smile wide to reveal a cough drop between his top and bottom teeth before he winked at me and continued into his office. Rolling my eyes, I shook my head with a slight laugh.

I sat at my desk for a moment before deciding Jackson and I weren't beyond repair. Starting to get up, I was going to go in his office and ask him to come by my house after the rec center when my phone rang.

"JPT Financial," I answered before Amila's voice was on the other end, saying, "Ren."

"Hey," I replied before asking, "Is everything okay?"

Sniffling before she spoke, Amila shared, "Charlotte is suspended for that fight but we were making her get up anyway and do chores because she's grounded. She didn't come out of her room this morning. When I went to see why she wasn't up, I found her in the closet.

Waiting for Amila to finish, I thought please don't let my pushing her have pushed her over the edge.

"What did y'all talk about yesterday?" she questioned.

As my chest grew tight I replied, "I set up a routine for her and..." before she broke in saying, "Ren, she hugged me."

With a huge sigh of relief, I asked, "Really?"

Choking up, she said, "I..I couldn't get her to come out. She just shook her head at me. Then, I noticed she made her bed. She's never done that before, so I told her she did a good job and she practically jumped out. She hugged me."

Feeling my eyes well up with tears, I replied, "That's good."

"In the two years we've had her, this is the first time she has showed anyone any type of affection," she shared before saying, "Ren, I know you're at work but I just had to tell you, whatever you're doing, it's working."

"Thank you for that," I appreciated before informing, "Oh, and I won't be by this evening. I'm having dinner at the Thomas' tonight."

Amila's tone changed as she asked, "Uh, how do you think that will go?"

Curious myself, I replied, "It should be fine.

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