The Secret of the Codex by Melissa Frey

Author:Melissa Frey [Frey, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781732433526
Publisher: Melissa Frey
Published: 2019-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

Justin wasn’t used to crying. He couldn’t remember the last time he had. All he knew in this moment was that he felt so weighted down that tears seemed like the only release. He sunk to the floor of the living room of his dead and comatose parents, his back against the wall, and buried his head in his lap, sobs wracking his body.

He just couldn’t seem to stop.

“Justin!” Mandy screamed his name before she’d even made it out of the Jeep. She bolted across the Stanfords’ front lawn and crashed through the front door, still calling his name. Where was he?

She stopped just inside the hallway, hesitant to venture toward the kitchen. She veered off to the right and entered the living room. That’s when she heard him.

She found him sitting against the back wall of the living room, half-hidden by the couch, feet on the ground with his forehead resting on his knees. Mandy rushed to his side, kneeling beside him as she put an arm around his shoulders and pulled him close. “Justin, baby, it’s okay . . . shhh . . . I’m here. It’s okay.”

Justin lifted his head to look at Mandy, his face red and tears rolling down his cheeks. Mandy’s heart broke again. “Mandy . . .” he whispered.

She pulled his head to her shoulder. “It’s okay, baby . . . you’re okay.”

His body was shaking, and Mandy didn’t really know what to do. In the nearly four years she’d known him—including the two years of that that they’d lived together—he’d never cried in front of her. Not even once.

But that didn’t matter now. Nothing mattered except Justin, Justin and his pain. She wished she could take it away, wished that someone she loved so much didn’t have to go through this. Tears started running down her cheeks, her heart breaking with every sob that shook his body.

Kayla and Grady found them then, but, at Mandy’s nod, stepped back outside to give them a little privacy. Justin needed to get this out. Ever since his mother had died and his dad had been sent to the hospital, he’d been numb; Mandy could tell. He’d tried to hide it, and had done a decent job doing so, but she knew him better than anyone, and she could see in his eyes the pain he’d buried deep inside. This release, here and now, was exactly what he needed.

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