Flame by Chelle Bliss

Author:Chelle Bliss [Bliss, Chelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

15

Gigi

I yawn for what might be the hundredth time in the thirty-minute drive home from the FBI headquarters. To say I’m tired is an understatement. I don’t remember being this exhausted in my entire life. I never even pulled an all-nighter studying for college exams.

I’ve sat in relative silence as James and Pike talked around me, ignoring my every comment like I wasn’t talking or even in the same car with them. They are both infuriating, cut from the same manly cloth, and it’s annoying as hell.

“Be ready for the real grilling to start,” James says as he pulls into the drive and his headlights land on Aunt Izzy.

She’s pacing back and forth in the driveway, her head coming up as she’s bathed in light from the car. The look on her face isn’t friendly or even playful, but serious as a fucking heart attack and like she’s ready to pounce at any second.

“Well, this should be fun,” I mumble and wonder if I should’ve called Uncle Thomas instead. But I know Angel is shit at keeping secrets, and right now, I needed silence.

“Just let her say what she needs to say, answer what she wants to know, and you’ll live to see the sunrise,” James says, trying to make light of what totally isn’t a funny situation.

I drag my hands down my face, trying to clear my mind and wake myself up for what’s probably going to be hours of explaining and getting my ass chewed out.

“You handle your aunt while Pike and I talk in my office,” James tells me as he cuts the engine and unlocks the car doors.

“Handle her?” I cackle, feeling loopy from exhaustion. “You know that’s an impossibility, right?”

James’s eyes slice to mine. “You’re exactly like your aunt, kid. You two think alike. If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were her daughter. You know how she thinks, so handle her. Tell her what you want, leave out what you can, and then get your ass to sleep.” James turns toward the door as Izzy raps her fingers against the window before throwing her arms up in a what the fuck kind of way.

“I think I’m getting the better end of this deal,” Pike says as he pushes open his door, climbs out, and pulls the lever to let me out of the crazy-small back seat.

“You so did,” I whisper, brushing up against him as I crawl out, almost smacking my head before I find my footing. “I’ll find you when you’re done.”

“You two better get your asses inside. You have a lot of explaining to do,” Izzy announces before I’ve even stood straight and stretched my legs.

“I have a feeling I’m going to be done before you, darlin’,” Pike says as the corner of his mouth quirks up.

I scowl because there’s nothing even remotely amusing about the entire situation. From Pike being hauled downtown, the fact that his mother is dead and I have no fucking clue how or why, and that my aunt and uncle are now all up in my shit and Pike’s too.

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