Shattered: A Shade novella by Jeri Smith-Ready

Author:Jeri Smith-Ready [Smith-Ready, Jeri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jeri Smith-Ready
Published: 2013-12-20T05:00:00+00:00

I find myself sitting on a bottom stair, face pressed to my knees, staring at pavement. A steady stream of pedestrians squeezes past.

‘Is he okay?’ asks Aura. I try to look up at her, but I can’t lift my head. Please don’t go, now I’ve found you at last. But how can she be here? Where is here, again?

‘Aye, he’s fine,’ says a familiar voice. Niall. My friend. Right. ‘Just an allergic reaction to some food.’

‘Oh my God, does he have an epi pen or something?’

‘It’s no sae bad, really. Just made him dizzy.’

‘I have Benadryl in my bag.’

I shake my head, my neck tight and my heart heavy. It’s not Aura after all, only the same accent and kindness.

‘That’s sweet of you,’ Niall says. ‘What’s yer name?’

‘Karen. This is my sister Jessica.’

‘Hiya.’ Niall’s smile comes through in his voice. ‘Do youse have dinner plans tonight?’

He’s trying to chat up Kind Karen and her silent sister, two hours before we’re to meet up with his girlfriend (or whatever she is). Same old Niall. At least his audacity has brought me fully back to this world.

‘I thought you already ate,’ Karen says. ‘Didn’t he have a reaction to the food?’

‘Come on,’ says a bored-sounding Jessica. ‘They’re, like, ten years too young for us.’ I realise that Jessica was the lass behind me who shrieked about having her picture taken. She’s the one who sent me spiralling into another flashback.

‘Better now?’ Niall asks me once the girls have moved on. ‘You weren’t with us for a few seconds.’

Only a few seconds? ‘Fine.’ I lift my head and grip the banister, trying to ground myself. ‘Were they cute?’

‘Both pure gorgeous. And older. I like an experienced woman.’

‘How do you know?’

‘Ach, Zachary, you’ve been gone a long time. You’ve missed a lot.’

I missed you. I missed all our mates. To be here, doing something normal, means everything. And I’ve already gone and brought 3A with me.

Get tae fuck, brain. You’ll not ruin my evening.

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