Ruined by M. Never

Author:M. Never [Never, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: a Decadence After Dark Epilogue
Publisher: M. Never
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I SPACE OUT AS MY mother chatters away on the other end of the phone. “Tara bought me this adorable pair of earrings. I loved them so much I made her get a pair for you. They’re in the mail.”

“Thanks, Mom,” I half-heartedly respond.

“How’s the weather?” She changes the subject for the fourth time, trying to engage me. “It’s May and still cold here,” she says frustrated.

“Sunny and eighty-five degrees,” I inform her.

“I’m so jealous. I’m ready for some tropical climate. I keep trying to convince your father it’s time to move.”

I scoff to myself. “You know that man will never leave New York.”

“I know.” I can almost see her pout. “At least we get to visit soon. I can’t wait to see you.”

My parents make a trip out to Hawaii at least twice a year. I love it when they visit. My family is the one piece of my nearly perfect life that’s missing.

“I can’t wait to see you, too,” I respond sullenly.

“Oh, honey. Try not to think about so much.” Her voice softens. “It will happen when it’s supposed to.”

“If you say so.”

“I do.” She’s resolute. “Dad wants to say hi. I love you.”

“Love you too, Mom.”

“How’s my girl?” My father asks the same question in the same parental tone every time I speak to him.

“Fine, Dad.”

“Mmm hmm. How’s that husband of yours treating you?”

“Like a princess.”

“He better be. Don’t want to have to come out there and crack any skulls.”

“Dad . . .” I actually chuckle. You know that old saying girls marry their fathers? I think it’s true. A possessive, overprotective man raised me, and then I went and married one. Thankfully, as much as they are alike, my father and Kayne have a wonderful relationship.

“Miss you, sweetheart. I can’t wait to see you.”

“Me, too,” I reply, trying to mask my blue mood.

I hang up with my parents and go back to staring at the picture on my computer screen. I’ve been looking at it most of the morning. A survivor and her five-year-old son standing on the Great Wall of China smiling brightly. It was accompanied by a thank-you letter I received in my inbox.

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