Shades of Resolution (Distortion #3) by Aimee Mcneil

Author:Aimee Mcneil [Mcneil, Aimee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01NCT2HKB
Published: 2017-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

Lexie

“Should I ask why you smell like a garden and look like you were playing in the dirt? Or is this some kinky shit you and Duke have going on?” Cherry asked playfully.

Lexie looked down at her hands and shook her head. She had soil caked under her nails and her clothes were in need of a wash. “We found the evidence Mom had on Stodden. She buried it in the garden.” Lexie walked back over to the table and began straightening everything into a neat pile. Having the very evidence that Stodden was willing to kill for spread out on top of her table made her very nervous. An irrational part of her was terrified he knew they had it and it would only be a matter of time before he came to collect it.

“This is all the shit that mad man has been after, huh?” Cherry said, picking up one of the floppy disk and examining it with a frown.

“Yeah.” Lexie walked into the living room and opened a closet her mother used for storage. Lexie grabbed a box off the top shelf and opened it up. It was mostly empty other than a few old photo albums. Setting the box on the table, Lexie removed the albums and placed the files and disks inside the box.

“Look at you,” Cherry said, opening one of the albums. “You looked like candy come to life.” Cherry smiled at the photographs as she flipped through the pages. Lexie knew the album well. She was five and six years old in most of the pictures.

She remembered the outfit Cherry was referring to, it had been her favorite.

“Mom let me pick out my own clothes,” Lexie explained the mismatched colors and patterns that made up her unusual outfit.

“I think it was very fashion forward of you,” Cherry mused.

Lexie laughed. “It was something, that’s for sure.” Lexie took the album from Cherry’s hands and ran her fingers over the picture of her sitting on her mother’s lap. They were at the annual community picnic. She could remember the day very clearly in her mind.

“The other kids told me I looked like a cupcake that day. The name stuck for a while. I was called “Princess Cupcake” for a few weeks after that. At first it made me angry until my mother told me it was my superhero name. She even made me a cape to go with the outfit and baked a whole bunch of cupcakes that I decorated with my “magic” sprinkles.” Lexie flipped further into the book until she came to the picture of her running around the front yard in the same outfit with a bright pink cape.”

“You’re mother sounds like she was quite the woman,” Cherry said as she patted Lexie on the shoulder.

“She was,” Lexie responded as she wiped her eyes.

“I’m gonna make some tea before I head back to sleep. Do you want some?” Cherry asked, walking into the kitchen to fill up the kettle.

“I would, but

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.