Maggie Norris and Luke Vaudest come with attitudes of stone-cold, rude, sarcastic snakes. Every single time the pair have clashed, it has never ended up being a good thing. The two are more than fine with never crossing paths, again.
Until Maggie d...
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"Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold." –Zelda Fitzgerald
Sorry for the lateness! I fell asleep while editing. 😂 ————————————————————
Chapter 90 <—————————————>
Luke
A loud ring beside my head blared, snapping me from slumber, consumed by a sound I'd come to hate.
I shoved out an irritated huff, and even that didn't fix my heavy lungs. It didn't stop whoever the fuck was calling me at the crack ass of dawn, either.
I snatched the phone from its charger, without checking the caller ID, jabbing the screen until it finally shut the fuck up.
I threw my arm over my eyes. "Why the fuck are you calling, and why the fuck should I care?" I didn't bother to sugarcoat; they could kiss my ass if they didn't like my tone on my phone.
Kade's voice came through, "I'm calling, because you're three and a half hours late picking up your little brother."
My eyes snapped open. Shit. I glanced at the clock. 11:38. Double shit.
"My bad." I stood. "Tell him I'll be there in—"
"Luke," Kade interrupted, understanding in his tone. Everyone had it with me lately. "It's cool. Kimberly and I kept him busy with comics and shit like that. He's asleep, now." A chuckle. "I think he forgot about you, too."
I sighed, popping my back. "I'll be there in ten." I glanced at my still-sleeping mother, thankful she hadn't woken. She would've chewed me out for forgetting Ledger.
My mother wasn't surprised about Ledger; she was thrilled. She treated him like her own son, and Ledger warmed up to her quickly.
I hadn't realized how much I'd been missing until now. He was nine, smart for his age. A bit too smart, because a child shouldn't be mentioning to my mom how many beers I drank that morning, but his attitude was funny, and so was he, as well as kind.
I wasn't sure if I was doing things right, honestly. I had little to compare to, aside from Kade and Levi, but they were like 60% brother, and 40% risk of me getting arrested for aggravated assault, so I couldn't compare it to a child.
The only thing I had was that Ledger kept coming back. He seemed to be having a blast when we were together.
Kade suggested he and Kimberly take Ledger to the amusement park today, since Ledger had never been. It was for Ledger, but it was for Kade, too. There was something different about him when he was around Ledger, a light that only appeared when he talked about his little brother, so I thought it'd be cool to share him. I knew it wasn't the same, but it meant something.
