Playing With Fire (The Warrior Breed) by Karen Kelley

Author:Karen Kelley [Kelley, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: K & K
Published: 2023-05-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Blade opened the journal and began to read.

I don't like school. The teacher asked me how I got the bruise on my arm. I knew I couldn't tell her the truth. I doubt she would've believed me anyway. I lied and told her I fell when I was outside playing. I don't care if she believed me or not. It wasn't as if they would put Dad in jail. The teacher is a bitch. I don’t think she likes rich kids.

Blade looked up from the journal. He'd never heard Danny say a curse word or even talk like this. He quickly flipped back a few pages. Danny would have been about ten years old.

He was thoughtful for a moment, remembering how Danny got the bruise. Their father grabbed him by the arm and began jerking back and forth.

It all happened so fast, Blade hadn't moved for a moment. Their father rarely hurt Danny. Mainly because Blade was always protecting his little brother, but this time, he caught both boys unaware.

When Danny started crying and screaming, Blade moved into action. He ran at his father with all he had and pushed as hard as he could against his chest, knocking him momentarily off balance. It was enough that Danny could break free. Danny immediately ran out of the room, screaming and crying.

Blade had stood in front of his father, his fingers clenched into fists. He was practically daring him to come at him. His father only burst out laughing.

"What do you think you're going to do, boy? Fight me? You’re not there yet. Until then, this is my house, and I treat the people in it as I see fit. Do you understand?"

"I hate you," he screamed.

Yeah, he remembered that day. His father got a strange look on his face, and then he said something that didn't make much sense to Blade. He thought hard to remember his exact words.

"At least I know I'll have one son who is a man."

Blade raised his chin and glared at his father. "I'll never be like you."

He looked confused for a moment. "No, you'll be better than me. Unlike your little brother," he mumbled.

It was crazy that he still remembered the conversation word for word. He still didn't understand what his father was getting at. It could be that Danny was more of a dreamer, an artistic type. Sure, he had a temper, too. Most kids did. That was okay by Blade. As long as neither one of them were like their father.

It didn't matter to him that Danny liked to draw and dream. His kid brother was a fucking genius. He had a high IQ, but he always played it down. Blade was never sure why.

Blade had gotten a lot of things wrong. He thought that Danny might have felt more comfortable acting in a school play than sports, but he never tried out for any, as far as he knew, or sports, for that matter. He always seemed content to stay in his own little world, occasionally coming out to interact with others.

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