We Thought We Were Invincible by Michelle MacQueen

Author:Michelle MacQueen [MacQueen, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-01T05:00:00+00:00

20

Callie

Sweet dreams always end too abruptly, ripping the dreamer from a world that was infinitely better than their own. I'd been surfing, something I hadn't even tried since my accident.

The waves were curling around me, a perfection that's only possible in the dream world. Suddenly, I was being jolted awake, two hard bodies landing on my bed.

“Wake up.” Colby shook my shoulders.

I groaned, opening one eye to find my brother and Jamie both inches from my face. Liberating one arm from the covers, I swatted at them.

“We have to go soon.” Colby sounded irritated, but I knew he found it funny to see the many ways he could wake me up.

“Fine,” I grumbled, kicking my feet free. The movement sent an unsuspecting Jamie sprawling to the floor.

I couldn't hold in my laugh. Colby held his sides as he doubled over.

As I scrambled over Jamie, he caught my leg.

“Jamie.” I landed on him. Hard.

The air rushed out of him.

“Serves you right.” I laughed.

Colby watched us as I took too long to extricate myself from Jamie's arms. I scrambled to my knees, earning myself a smack on the ass.

Colby tensed, but his shoulders relaxed as I left the room.

I didn't realize I'd been followed until I was standing in the bathroom in front of the sink. Jamie appeared next to me, reaching for his toothbrush as I grabbed mine.

He winked at me in the mirror, putting the toothbrush into that perfect mouth.

I brushed my teeth, trying hard to ignore him. He nudged my shoulder, his arm coming around me for a fraction of a second before it dropped. The door was open and my brother was around. I nudged him back before bending forward to spit into the sink. He followed suit and wiped his mouth before pressing a light kiss to my cheek. A blush rose up my face, but he was gone and it was time for me to get ready to go.

Jamie shifted in the backseat of Kat's car, unable to sit still.

“What is wrong with you?” I whispered.

He hesitated a moment, looking out the window, before turning to pin me with darkened eyes. “I haven't been to church since the last time I saw my dad.”

Understanding dawned, and I longed to reach out to him. My eyes flicked to Kat and Colby in the front seats and I thought better of it.

“Are you scared to see him?” I asked.

“A little,” he admitted. “I don't know if I'm more nervous that he'll talk to me or that he won't.”

That was all I got from him, but it was enough for my heart to break. My mom was gone forever, but if she was here, there'd be no question that she wanted me - that she loved me. My dad was another story. Had he walked away?

Jamie wanted the same thing I'd always dreamed of from my own father. To know he loved him.

We parked and got out of the car. Mr. Chase met us outside the building in a sport coat and slacks.

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