Between Love and Loathing by Shain Rose EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Shain Rose
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CLARA
“We made a mistake.” The doctor cleared his throat. “Well, we
made a few mistakes.”
That’s never something a patient wants to hear during a visit. I stared up
at the ceiling rather than at the doctor, trying to process as I held my own
hand because no one was there to hold it for me.
“Some people manage this very well. It’s quite a blessing we found out
when we did.”
I didn’t think a disease could be a blessing. Especially one without a
cure. One with fatalities every year. I hated that he’d said those words.
But I tried to accept them while he talked on and on. It was a good thing
I hadn’t driven because tears trekked down my face as soon as I folded into
the Uber. Quickly, I grabbed my concealer and glanced in the compact’s
mirror to check my cherry lipstick, wipe at my eyes, and confirm my
mascara hadn’t budged. The redness of the rash on my cheeks was peeking
through again so I blotted more cover-up on.
I had one more meeting today and tried to muster up the last amount of
energy I had for it. No more tears, Clara.
When I showed up, my mother and sister were already gone and Mrs.
Johnson motioned me into the room with no one from the extended family.
Instead, the older woman smiled at Dominic Hardy, my stepfather’s trusted
architectural engineer. Dominic and his brothers were the sons my
stepfather never had. He doted on them and loved them like his own, which
was understandable. The Hardy Family was hard not to like with four
charming brothers and twin sisters who’d married infamous men. Yet, out
of the six of them, Dominic was different.
“Why is Clara’s part of the will being read with mine?” His strong jaw
ticked as he pointedly asked Mrs. Johnson without so much as a hello
directed my way. I hadn’t expected anything different. Every time I was
near Dominic, he didn’t even cast me a glance. He may have had the same
dark, wavy hair, the same build, and the same color of green eyes as his
younger brothers, but his were meaner. Colder. More ruthless.
Mrs. Johnson straightened her gold belt before tsking at him. “We’ll get
to that.”
As he sat there with his piercing gaze and perfectly pressed suit tailored
to his massive build, it was obvious he held himself in such a high regard
that he couldn’t even be bothered to grace me with a nod of
acknowledgement.
Normally, that would have been fine, but my emotions were frayed on
every edge. I was running on empty and ready to snap at him in order to
protect myself. A wounded, tired animal can be dangerous, and today, I was
emotionally spent.
She waved to one of the seats next to Dominic and murmured, “Have a
seat, Clara dear. How was the drive?”
“Oh, fine. The traffic was a little bad because of an accident on the
freeway.”
Dominic checked his watch as if to draw attention to the time and my
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