Game On in Seattle Games 1-4 by Jami Davenport

Author:Jami Davenport [Davenport, Jami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Jami Davenport
Published: 2015-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

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Riley watched the almighty Cooper Black with the growing dread he’d made a dumb mistake. He was all kinds of idiot to come here, but he’d been all kinds of desperate. Fuck, he still was.

Cooper didn’t want to help them, just like his mother had warned. The same mother who’d walked out the door of their ratty hotel room fourteen days ago and never come back. The fear and desperation almost strangled him.

His mom had been gone before, a few days at a time, but she’d always come back, full of bullshit apologies that meant nothing because her addiction meant everything, but Riley forgave her. She was his mother, and she was all he had. He didn’t know who his father was, and he didn’t think she did either.

Yet, there’d been moments when she’d gone clean, gotten a real job that didn’t involve selling herself, and they’d almost lived like real people, but those times didn’t last long.

Now Riley was scared, really scared, about what had happened to the only person in his life who cared about him and about what would happen to him. Shit, he’d have been better off continuing his search on his own. His uncle would probably have him locked up in some foster care place or God knows what. He’d never be able to find her if that happened.

Cooper watched him warily, standing on the balls of his feet, as if he expected Riley to bolt any minute, and he’d have to give chase. Riley fully intended on bolting, but his feet wouldn’t cooperate.

Finally Cooper seemed to find his voice. “Have you eaten?”

Riley’s stomach growled in response. “I’m fine,” he lied, and not very convincingly.

Cooper closed the few steps between them and wrapped strong fingers around his arm, reminding Riley that his uncle was supposed to be the fastest man on skates, at least in professional hockey. “Come in the house. My housekeeper made a stew in the crockpot.”

Riley resisted, but Cooper didn’t seem to give a shit. He hauled him into the house. Riley blinked a few times as he stood near the spacious, open kitchen that looked like it had survived from the set of a really old sitcom, the kind he and his mom used to watch on Nick at Night on the rare nights she hung out with him.

“Sit.” Cooper pointed at one of the bar stools that weren’t quite blue or green. Despite how the place appeared to be caught in some weird-assed time warp, Riley liked it, liked the open spaces, huge windows, and funky furniture. He especially liked the awesome view. Really awesome view. It beat the alleyway view of the dump he’d lived in until he’d found it padlocked this morning with an eviction notice on the door.

“Does Julie know you’re here?” Cooper placed two bowls on the counter and filled them with thick, savory stew. Riley’s stomach growled louder as he inhaled the incredible smell.

Riley licked his lips and shrugged as his stomach continued rumbling like a thunderstorm on the horizon.

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