The Goon
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He heaves a sigh and presses his head to mine. “I’ll take you anyway I can.”
Chapter 31
“Mom wants you to be here for Christmas,” Charlie says to me over the phone while Michael and I sit in his car, approaching his family’s house.
“Of course, I’ll come.”
“Are you nervous?” she asks.
This is the first time I’ve ever met any guys’ parents, and I’m hoping it’s the last, but as I glance at Michael and he offers me a wink, I can’t say I am. “No.”
“Good. You’ll be great. See you soon, friend.”
“Love you, friend.”
“You, too.”
I hang up the phone and toss it in one of the cubbies in his dash. I lean my head back and roll my head against the headrest to face him.
He smiles and reaches for my hand, squeezing it before following up with a kiss. The sun streams in, warming my bruised face, and makes me sleepy. For the first time in a long while, I feel light. Like there’s nothing weighing me down. Sure, I still have probation and community service to complete, but I’m looking forward to the community service. Michael has even volunteered to help when he’s not busy with other things.
Since Chloe beat the hell out of me, things have quieted. I never liked normal before, but now I want nothing but normal. She was arrested and sent to a psych facility for an evaluation. From what Mr. Nolan says, she’s going to be in that place for a very long time.
When we finally reach his house, he shuts off the car. His stepmom and dad stand on the porch, waiting for us with smiles on their faces.
“Ready to meet my parents?” he asks.
“As I’ll ever be. Do they bite?”
He laughs. “Only on Sundays.”
He cups my neck and pulls me in, giving me one single kiss on my lips. “I hope you like them because you’ll be seeing a lot of them.”
“Don’t threaten me with a good time,” I tease.
He wraps his arm around my neck as he leads me to his parents. They almost bounce with excitement to see him, and it saddens me I couldn’t have that with my own. It’s for the best, I tell myself. Because life’s too short. I don’t want to surround myself with people or things that don’t make me happy anymore. Which is why I’m so happy to have Charlie and Michael in my life and why I’ll never let that little voice in my head again make me doubt how they feel about me.
Because they love me.
And as I look up into Michael’s sparkling blue eyes, I’ve never been more sure of anyone or anything in my entire life.
About the Author
Sara Hubbard is a romantic fiction author. She loves alpha males and the sweet, sassy women who make them believe in change. Sara lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her two children (four if you count her husband and her needy labradoodle) and works as a registered nurse.
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