Chapter One: Calling Home
Tillie
Holding the phone up to my ear, I took a deep breath. I had spent the morning talking with my best friend and now I knew that taking a break was going to help me sort through everything that I had learned.
Shifters, mates, sex demons.
It was all so wild that these things were in my life and I hadn’t known about them.
I knew that Charity was worried that I wasn’t going to come back if I left, but I knew that I had to. I couldn’t hide out at my parent’s lake house forever. Hiding from everything that I had learned about the world forever, no matter how appealing that idea sounded. I had a job that I liked and while Tristian was cool with a lot of things; but I doubted that he would be cool with me never showing up to work again.
“Hello.” My stepfather said, answering my mother’s phone.
Damn, I had hoped that I wouldn’t have to talk to him. It wasn’t that I didn’t like Scott or anything. My mom had married him when I was a teenager and he doted on her and treated me like I was his daughter.
He just tended to talk, a lot.
“Hey Scott, is mom around?” I asked, bringing my thumb up to my mouth and worrying my thumbnail.
instead of hers. Anything I can help you with?” He asked and I could hear banging in the background before he
“You okay?”
answered and I moved deeper into my apartment to
Scott had a Mustang that was older than I was that he’d been working for as
one of the metal
It
us to come with you? I’m sure your mom would love to see you?” Scott said and
get away for a bit by myself. I’ll clean it up before I leave.” I said, hoping that it would be
were with Jake. I didn’t want to tell her what happened between the two of us, or what I had happened afterwards. That was something that had me anxious. It was one thing to tell your parents that you were dating one guy. It was another thing to tell them that what you thought was going to be a one-night stand
alone the fact that they were
before you leave. We know you’re not throwing any
mind cleaning it up. Thank you, Scott, tell mom
you
words made me smile. It was the little things that showed me he cared. He had
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