Locked (PresLocke Series Book 2) by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine

Author:Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine [Frank, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ella Frank, LLC & Brooke Blaine
Published: 2016-08-30T21:00:00+00:00

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ACE WAS GIVING me a don’t you dare leave me look as Ziggy steered him away, and I gave him an answering smile. I had a feeling I was going to enjoy seeing Ace outside of his element way too much today.

Ziggy gestured toward a square of four equal-sized patches filled with plants. “This here’s the pepper pin, or as I like to call it, ‘fruits that burn the hair off my ass.’”

“Oh, Ziggy,” Sunshine said, covering a giggle.

He answered her with a wink and then nudged Ace. “Betcha didn’t know chili peppers were a fruit, did ya?”

“No, sir, I didn’t,” Ace said.

“Mhmm, most people don’t. And don’t call me sir. I’ll be forced to spike your food with the chilies.”

“Yes, sir,” Ace said, and when Ziggy’s eyes narrowed, he backtracked. “I mean Ziggy.”

“That’s better. Now, here,” Ziggy said, handing Ace a shovel and indicating a small section he looked to be making holes in. “I’m getting ready to plant some pumpkins and I could use a hand. You up for a bit of good ole manly bonding, Ace?”

Sunshine looped her arm through the crook of my elbow and bumped into my side. I looked down at her to see a smile on her face, and I knew it was her way of conveying how happy she was that Ziggy had taken such a liking to Ace.

I’d always been very private about my family life, even with Derek and my friends. It wasn’t because I was ashamed of them, more because they meant the world to me and I wouldn’t allow anyone to have an opinion one way or another on how I was raised. But seeing Ace laughing alongside Ziggy solidified that this had been the right decision.

“Daydream…” Sunshine said in a wistful tone as she patted her hand over my chest. “It’s so good to have you home, my son.”

The lines around her eyes creased as she continued to grin up at me, and I leaned down to press a kiss to her forehead. “It’s good to be home.”

“Yes, I can see you needed it. I understand it’s good to go away, but it’s always important to come home to your roots. To refuel with what’s truly important.”

There’s my Sunshine. Peace and love. Never was this a more welcome speech. Until recently, I didn’t think I’d truly appreciated how lucky I was when it came to both those things. But until witnessing Ace’s life, and the small amount of time I’d been living it, I had never realized how important peace was. As for love and understanding, I almost wished Ziggy and Sunshine could sit down with Ace’s parents and give them a lesson in the basics.

“How about you take a walk with me?” she said.

When I didn’t make a move to follow, she rubbed her hand over my chest. “Oh, don’t go getting all paranoid. I just want to ask you a couple of things and show you the gazebo Ziggy finally finished building for me.

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