Her ObsessionChapter 152
Her Obsession
Chapter 152
The house is quieter now. The kind of quiet that only settles once everyone’s bellies are full and the night’s gone soft around the edges. From down the hall, I can hear Diego’s small, drowsy voice mumbling something about dragons and treasure. When I step into the doorway, Sage is sitting cross–legged on the edge of his bed, her voice low and steady as she reads. She doesn’t just read, though; she performs. Every word comes alive in that quiet way of hers, full of expression even when she doesn’t mean it to be. Diego’s eyelids are already drooping, his stuffed dinosaur tucked under his chin. The lamp throws a warm circle of light over both of them, her hair catching the glow, his little face soft and untroubled. It hits me right in the chest. This image. This peace. She closes the book softly, setting it aside, and just sits there a moment longer, smoothing a hand through his hair. I lean against the doorframe and think I could watch this scene forever.Then, from somewhere down the hall, I hear it.“Connor Patrick O’Neill, get your arse over here right now!”The whisper–yell is unmistakable. I close my eyes and exhale through my nose. Oh
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