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- Author: Kacey Lee
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- Genre: Nordic Myth & Legend Fantasy
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I’m home!” I used my heel to kick the door shut. Apparently a little
too hard, because my mom rounded the corner, mouth half open,
ready to fuss until she saw me hefting my multiple brown bags.
Her eyes widened. “I just said milk!”
“I was there; this was more efficient,” I replied. “Also, you’re
welcome.”
“Did you get my cookies?” Chris hollered from the other room.
I rolled my eyes, hefting the three grocery bags I managed to balance in
my arms. He’d have to get off his lazy ass to come and see for himself. I
shuffled down the dark hall—I really needed to remember to replace the
light—into the small kitchen of our apartment with outdated wooden
cabinets and yellow, floral wallpaper I’m pretty sure was from the
seventies.
“I only said milk,” Mom grumbled under her breath again as she
followed me.
I ignored her comment, assisting with unpacking the very much needed
food into the empty cupboards. I’d stocked up on lots of frozen and
nonperishables so it’d last us a while. I paused, frowning at a can of green
beans. My mom was a great cook from working in restaurants all her life
and could make canned items bought from the dollar store taste like a
professional meal. If she had dreams of owning a restaurant she never said
anything, putting everything aside to raise Chris and me. Sadly, down
payments weren’t an easy thing to save for when we lived paycheck to
paycheck.
One day. One day Chris would be a college graduate, my mom could be
her own boss, and I could finally travel the world. But today was not that
day, and it seemed like tomorrow was never getting any closer, no matter
how many days I worked through. I looked up at the world map hanging in
the corridor, with not a single pin placed to show where I had been. I’d
hardly left Stowe, Vermont, even in the military.
I shoved the last box of spaghetti into a much more filled pantry. At
least this would last us a couple weeks. Chris still got his free and reduced
lunches from his private school, even if we paid the main tuition, so that
helped a ton.
My mom frowned at the cookies before her eyes raked over my form.
Instantly, I felt like I was thirteen and it took every adult thought in my
body to stand there unfazed instead of crossing my arms over the areas that
were extra curvy.
“They’re for Chris.” The excuse tumbled out before I could stop it.
“I see. Well, I’ll be sure to take them to him.” She paused beside me,
reaching over to tame a stray, brown curl on the side of my face. “You have
such a lovely face. I only wish all your physical training helped a little
more.”
“Mom,” I groaned.
She raised her hands in a placating gesture, already apologetic for the
snide comment. “I know, I know. Health comes in many shapes and sizes.”
Yeah, it did, and it took me a good decade of repeating that before she
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