Lights Out by Ruthie Robinson

Author:Ruthie Robinson [Robinson, Ruthie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, African American, General
ISBN: 9781585714872
Google: Wf_dAgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Genesis Press, Inc.
Published: 2011-09-05T23:00:00+00:00

Piper was up early Sunday morning in spite of getting home near midnight. The Halloween carnival ended at eleven and hadn’t gone according to her plan, at all, again. There was a plot afoot in the universe to keep her and Joe apart; at this rate, they’d never get together.

Mr. Marshall had a crush on her. Ugh. He was a nice man and all, but not her type. He had spent more than enough time with her and Joe last night, and her plans were thwarted again. She’d given every possible hint at her disposal to get him to move along. No such luck. After about an hour or more, Joe had given up, too. He left before she’d gotten the chance to ask him. Mr. Marshall was her very own version of Sondra, and a not-so-perfect ending to her evening.

It was quiet this morning. The kids were sleeping, and it was the first quiet she’d had in a while. She showered and headed toward the kitchen, in the mood for pancakes. She opened Ken’s door. Yep, sound asleep. Pepper stood up and trotted out. Next she checked on Taylor, who was in the top bunk. Piper couldn’t see her face. Shane slept snuggled into the lower bunk, moving around a little as she peered in. Piper and the dogs made their way downstairs and to the kitchen. Piper opened the back door and they scampered out.

She turned the coffee maker on, walked over to the sink, and looked out the window above it that faced her back yard. She watched as McKenzie and Pepper made the backyard rounds, searching for early morning prey. She poured herself a cup and walked over to the door, letting the dogs in. They both trotted upstairs and took their usual sleeping places outside the girls’ doors.

She turned and walked over to the dishwasher. Of course it needed to be emptied. She opened the dishwasher door, preparing to put the dishes away. She walked over to the CD player and selected a nice, slow zydeco tune to start the day. She turned the volume to low and went back to work removing dishes from the dishwasher.

She didn’t hear Shane enter; just felt the sting of someone hitting her butt and the shock had her standing up quickly, too quickly. Her head caught the corner of the cabinet—hard.

WTF was her only thought before everything went black. Piper fell like a tree into Shane, knocking him down underneath her. Shane had been standing there in shock at what he’d done. He’d been pretending he was his uncle, doing what had worked so well for Joe. Piper had fallen into him and they’d both barely missed Ken, who had followed Shane down the stairs to the kitchen.

“You’ve killed my sister!” Kennedy shouted at the top of her lungs, watching as blood leaked from Piper’s head.

“Go get Taylor,” Shane said urgently, his hands shaking, trying to slide from underneath Piper without hurting her more.

“Go get Taylor!” he said again, louder this time, as he slid free of Piper’s body.

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