Risking It All by Melissa Stevens

Author:Melissa Stevens [Stevens, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

Thorne got the bread set to rise and was working on the dressing when Charlie and Dad came in.

“How’s dinner coming?” Dad took one look at Thorne behind the stove and frowned. His eyes skipped across the room until he found Ma sitting at the table, her feet propped up. “Are you all right? Did something happen?”

“I’m fine, nothing happened. Thorne offered to cook while I sit here and tell him what to do. I never had anyone who wanted to spend time in the kitchen with me, at least no one who wasn’t under foot half the time, instead of helping, I thought I’d give it a try.”

“That apron looks amazing on you, bro.” Charlie gave him a lopsided grin. Thorne looked down and noticed what it said for the first time. ‘Kiss the Cook’.

“Thanks, sis, want to come give me a kiss?” He turned one cheek toward her so she could.

“I’ll hold out till after we eat. See if I survive.” Charlie shot him a satisfied grin, thinking she’d won the exchange, and maybe she had, but a battle was not the war. And there was always a verbal war between the two of them.

Thorne considered flipping her off but decided to wait. He’d have a chance to say or do something that would shut her up later, he knew. He just had to bide his time.

“Charlotte Ann!” Ma snapped. “You’re tracking mud all over my clean floor. Boots off and clean that up right now.”

Thorne kept his mouth shut and kept working, but he couldn’t help the small surge of satisfaction that rushed through him that Ma had jumped all over Charlie. He knew better than to gloat though, then Ma would be all over him.

Dad looked at him as if he wasn’t sure about what he was seeing then turned back to Ma.

“You sure you’re all right? You’ve not been hurting or anything?”

“No, Paul, I’m fine. Go on into the living room and turn on your game. If you’re done with chores then Frost should be too, he’ll be here soon.”

“If you’re sure.” He started for the living room then stopped and looked around. “Where’s Yeats? Why isn’t he in here with you?”

“He’s around somewhere,” Ma said. “I saw him this morning.”

“I haven’t seen him.” Thorne shrugged. He’d figured his brother was holed up in his bedroom with either a video game or a phone, at his age it had been difficult to keep him off the phone with Tiffany. Tiffany. Thorne smiled to himself at the memory. He hadn’t thought about her in longer than he could remember. At sixteen he’d been certain she would be his wife and by now they’d have their two point three kids and be settled somewhere living happily ever after.

“What’s on your mind?” Ma’s voice pulled him back to the present. Thorne glanced up and found her watching him, Dad and Charlie both gone.

“I was just thinking about when I was Yeats’ age.”

“Must have been pretty good thoughts.”

“I thought

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