Lies and Lullabies (Hush Note Book 1) by Sarina Bowen

Author:Sarina Bowen [Bowen, Sarina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781950155064
Publisher: Tuxbury Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-09-21T18:30:00+00:00

After dinner, Vivi hopped down from her chair and began to tear around. “What’s in here?” she asked, darting into the room with two beds.

“Well…” Jonas glanced my way. “That’s your room for tonight.”

A little head came peeping out again. “Really? Yay!” Vivi yelled.

“Thanks for the subtle invitation,” I scolded. Of course Vivi had already scrambled up onto one of the beds. She was lining up to leap over the four-foot chasm between them.

“Sorry,” Jonas said lightly. “But you did bring a bag. So I assumed it was settled.”

I had brought a bag, damn it, but I couldn’t argue with him, because I had to rescue Vivi from making her jump. “Whoa,” I said, rounding the bed to stop her. “This is not a playground, sweetie.”

Vivi gave a whoop and began to jump up and down. And, yay. Now I looked like the worst mom ever, since Vivi didn’t listen.

“I wish I could get that excited about hotel rooms,” Jonas said from the doorway. “By July, I’m so tired of little soaps and trying to remember my room number that I just want to cry.”

Vivi slid off the bed and ran through the living room and into the other bedroom. “What’s in here?”

I followed in hot pursuit. Vivi was already jumping on Jonas’s king-sized bed. “Vivi, I mean it. Knock it off.” With my luck, we’d end the night in the ER.

She dropped to her bottom on the bed. “Can I watch TV?”

“Sure,” Jonas said, at the exact same moment that I said, “No.”

I shot him another look as he leaned against the door frame. “Actually, she doesn’t watch any TV.”

“Not ever?” he asked, his eyes wide.

I shook my head. “We’re just trying to avoid screens until she’s older.” I could’ve cited the scientific research, but it would’ve made me sound like a weirdo.

“Jonas said I could!” Vivi yelped, grabbing the remote off the bedside table. “We don’t have one at home.”

“You little trickster,” Jonas said, stepping forward to scoop her up by the hips. “Are you going to listen to your mom?” Slowly, he tilted her little body sideways, until she began to laugh.

“No.” She giggled. The remote slipped out of her hand and onto the rug.

Jonas tilted her further, stepping over to the bed. She reached for the surface, squealing. The reversal of gravity made her T-shirt ride up, and he planted a loud raspberry on her belly.

Vivi howled with laughter, trying to escape his grasp. “I’ll…listen!” she gasped. He released her suddenly, and she fell into a heap on the bedspread.

He swept the remote off the floor and handed it to me. “Do with this what you will.”

“This bed is biiiiig!” Vivi hollered, performing a forward somersault on its surface. “I like it. It’s fun to play on.”

At that, Jonas winked at me, a grin spreading across his mouth. My face flamed.

“Mama?” Vivi stopped flopping around and sat up.

“Yes, sweetie?”

“Harper went to a hotel at Disney World with her mama and her daddy.”

“Did she?” I braced myself, certain that Vivi was about to ask when it would be her turn to meet Mickey Mouse.

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