Paradox (Pearson Sisters Series Book 1) by C.A. Harms

Author:C.A. Harms [Harms, C.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-10-14T23:00:00+00:00

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Whitney is crashed on the couch, lipstick smeared across her little cheek, bright blue eyeshadow above each of her eyes, and bright pink cheeks too. Jackie and I sat back and gave her full control of her own makeup—why not, you’re only little once. Her giggles and smiles were like the medicine my sister needed to gain some control of her emotions.

I watched as Jackie focused on her daughter, and slowly I saw the shift. Whitney is her everything, and I think it hurt her more knowing that Rob’s action had forever changed the life of their daughter. And from what she’s now told me, he is still changing it with each stupid choice he makes.

“I wish there was a way to hide her from it all, ya know? Like she never has to find out about Rob’s fiancée,” she sneers at the word, “or the baby that may or may not be his.” I have to agree; the girl he threw away his life for is a misfit. She is young and flirtatious—okay, fine, she’s a loose whore—and I highly doubt that she is faithful to Rob. I’ll be the first in line to say, “Ha,” when he finds her in bed with the next guy. Hopefully, it is the bed he shares with her and he walks in to find her mounted, riding hard, just like Jackie found the two of them.

I still have absolutely no idea how she composed herself enough to walk away. I imagine broken limbs and hair that has been ripped out laying on the floor when I picture the scene. Someone deserves to lose an appendage, too, but hey, my sister is classy, a lot more than I am, it seems.

“She is so little, and she won’t understand.” Jackie brings me back to the moment. “She’ll have questions, and I’ll be the one left to help her sweet little three-year-old mind figure them out. It’s so unfair.”

“It is.” For the both of them.

“I know what you thought when you saw Shane and me.” I lift my glass to my lips, and she laughs. “It was written on your face then, and it’s written on it now.” Swallowing the mouthful of wine, I smile and play with the stem of the glass. “He witnessed the scene with Rob, and you should know that he came over in an attempt to rescue me and rectify the situation. I guess he saw I was breaking and his actions helped me remain in control in front of a man that doesn’t deserve to see me fall apart. He gave me the confidence I was lacking in that moment. Then when Rob left, it was Shane who watched me fall apart. There I was in your driveway losing it all in front of a man I barely know, and do you know what he did?”

I shake my head.

“He showed me, I think without actually meaning to, that he is not the man we all think he is.” My gaze meets hers.

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