Silently Broken (Broken #3) by Maegan Abel

Author:Maegan Abel [Abel, Maegan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Forever Red Publishing LLC
Published: 2015-09-15T07:00:00+00:00

Inviting Denni and Kaitlyn over to have dinner on Christmas Eve had seemed like a good idea when I’d done it weeks ago. Tom and Marna were going to come by Christmas Day and Paige was going to Nikki’s for Christmas so I’d thought, probably stupidly, bringing them over would make things a little less empty without Lili.

Now that Lili was home, and with the awkwardness still hanging between Kaitlyn and I, it was clear this was yet another colossal mistake. Lili had been completely uncomfortable with the idea of so many people and after the mishap of Thanksgiving, I’d put my foot down about forcing Conner to be involved either. Instead, they were going to hang out in Paige’s room and watch TV, since I still hadn’t taken the time to buy a TV to replace the one in my room.

I told Lili they could join us at any time if they felt up to it, but she’d been distant since last night. Not that I could blame her after the way I’d snapped at her, but I was hoping one of us would figure out how to navigate the ever spreading canyon between us soon so we could find our way back out together.

“When are you going to tell her?” Kaitlyn asked, her voice barely a murmur among the subdued conversations surrounding us.

I glanced down at her, sighing as I took the green bean casserole she was passing me. I’d already made plates for Conner and Lili and served them first while everyone else got situated at the table. “I don’t know. She’s been home all of a day and you’ve seen for yourself she’s still trying to adapt.”

“That doesn’t—”

Tish cleared his throat loudly, pulling my attention as he narrowed his eyes at Kaitlyn and me. I sat up, realizing I’d bent closer to her as we talked. Perfect. All I needed was for Tish to start in on me about it too. I hadn’t seen much of him since the hospital but I knew he was still pissed about what happened with Kaitlyn. And he had every right to be. I was still pissed off at myself. But with all his secretive bullshit, he should be taking at least some of the blame in this. If he’d told me that he knew where Lili was, that he knew for a fact that she was alive, maybe things would’ve been different. But, then again, maybe I was just trying to force the blame onto someone else so I didn’t have to live with the guilt.

The conversations that had quieted down at Tish’s throat clearing slowly rose again and I discreetly leaned closer to continue my talk with Kaitlyn. “I promise I’ll tell her soon.”

“Should it come from me? Should I be the one to tell her?” Kaitlyn looked at me, her eyes wide, so much like Lili’s. It was obvious she didn’t want to be the one to do it.

“No,” I said, shaking my head. “It should come from me.

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