Dancing With Mr. Blakemore by Olivia Gaines
Author:Olivia Gaines [Gaines, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Two Hours or More (65-100 Pages), Literature & Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies, Action & Adventure, Short Stories, Single Authors, Romance
Amazon: B00KEX08QO
Publisher: Davonshire House
Published: 2014-05-03T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Eight- Shedding the Skin
It was a very quiet dinner as the three sat at the table, uncertain of what to say about any of their behaviors. Each was troubled for a different reason, yet it was Odessa who decided to break the silence, âSo it seems we finally found something you two have in common.â
Saxton and Kevin both looked up at her. She mouthed a forkful of rice, âIt seems you both are extremely terrified of snakes.â Odessa tried to hide her smile, and soon her dinner companions were laughing as well. The laughter died down as Saxton made eye contact with his wife, then dropped his gaze to his plate. I left you in there with the worst man on the planet. Odessa touched his hand and when his eyes met hers, she smiled at him, assuring him that she was not judging him for the moment when he ran off and left her.
A few years ago while she sat with her mother at the kitchen table, her father, Big Sarge, was truly getting on her momâs nerves, and Odessa asked, âHow do you deal with Daddy sometimes, Mom?â
Her motherâs words echoed in her memory, âSweetheart, the hardest thing about being married is accepting his weaknesses and faults along with his strengths. I never hold anything over his head. In return, he accepts me for me.â Saxton accepted her for who she was, and those were a lot of snakes. She was freaked out as well, seeing what that snake did to that poor pig, but she had not reacted.
âGuys,â she told them, recalculating the strategy, âwe need a new plan if Mateo is our liaison. He knows you both are afraid of snakes. If he gets another opportunity, I guarantee you he is going to use it in his favor.â
Kevin was shaking his head, oblivious to her words. âI will never eat a piece of pork again. I am traumatized for life.â Saxton reached across the table and slapped him on the back as means of support.
âWe will leave you out of the rest of it, okay?â Odessa tried to reassure her brother.
Kevin sat at the table, rocking back and forth as if to console himself. Saxton broke the silence, âWe canât. He has been put into play. To pull him out now will make him a pawn. Mateo will come after him to punish us. He still may; we have to be ready.â
Kevin asked the million dollar question, âYou shot him, so why didnât you kill him? If you had killed him, that poor pig would still be alive!â
Odessa sipped at her drink, âI shot him to keep him from hurting my husband. If I had killed him, they would have killed Saxton.â She did not want to admit that she had killed his co-conspirator, and she also had not answered the question.
Kevin pushed the food around on his plate. He did not understand what his sister had gotten herself into with this man. Saxton lowered his voice, looking at the saddened face, âYou have to keep something on your stomach.
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