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!”

Fine. But no thievery.”

imagined his other was

support animal conservation,” Susie said later, as we

for my cause

more

people.

find one specific charity to represent,”

make it easier to talk about with the potential

worried her hands together nervously. “I’ll do that. Though I

talk

them how much you love the animals. That

them.”

hope so.” She still

me, was trying to palm a dinner roll off of her plate. While I didn’t necessarily approve of Julian’s training, her effort was admirable.

peppermint from a dish on the table and placed it on her

I told her. “Work

the peppermint. While her actions were not nearly so smooth and practiced as Julian’s, she

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

her head. “You’ll get it,” I

not too

from behind me, shaking me from my thoughts. When I looked

speak for a

who looked just like me. She wore a similar

glanced at Susie.