The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0237

Elva gasped. “How did you do that?”

Julian laughed. “Sleight of hand, my dear. Would you like to learn?” In a flash, the quarter was back in his

hand. He held it out for Elva, who greedily accepted it.

“Yes!” she said excitedly.

“No,” I said a second later.

Elva turned her doe eyes on me. “Mommy! Please?”

I placed my hand on my hips. “Julian. I can’t have you teach her these bad skills.”

“No skill itself is bad, Piper. It’s how you use it.” He winked at me, and I was as charmed by him as Elva’s doe eyes. With the two combining forces, I didn’t stand a chance of telling them no. “It’s actually

incredibly useful and could even save a life someday.”

“Really?” Elva asked. “I could be a hero.”

Julian made his smile kinder as he looked at her. “Absolutely.”

Elva cranked up the doe eyes, turning to me with renewed determination. “Please, Mommy! I want to be

a hero!”

“Okay. Fine.

I imagined his other was

support animal conservation,” Susie said later, as we talked

cause at

of cause suited Susie well. She’d seemed more at ease in the company

people.

specific charity to represent,” I suggested. “If

to talk about with the potential benefactors.”

that. Though I worry even if I had notecards I

to talk

yourself,” I said. “Tell them how much you love the animals. That

them.”

hope so.” She still

off of her plate. While I didn’t necessarily approve of

the table and placed it on her

“Work your way up to the rolls.”

While her actions were not nearly so smooth and practiced

in excitement, but then huffed when the peppermint dropped back onto the

her head. “You’ll get

too

behind me, shaking me from my thoughts. When I looked at her, she

speak for a

we had spoken, she had told me about the strange behavior of someone who looked just like me. She wore a similar dire expression now. I wasn’t

glanced at Susie.