ETERNAL FREEDOM (ADDICTIVE ALIENS #1) BY TANIA SHARP – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Tania Sharp
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Lyra
Given the chance, I probably would have driven straight home, chilled out
on the sofa, and sipped on a chilled glass of white wine while forgetting
about my emotionally draining day as a social worker, but I had one last
family to attend, one family to try to convince that drinking was not the way
forward.
The voice in my head was telling me to start the engine and speed off,
leaving my co-worker Charlie to attempt to cure another single Mom’s
drinking problems. But my conscious voice slapped me around the face,
ordering me to push myself through the day’s final sentimental ordeal.
I took a deep breath and checked my hair in the mirror.
“Okay, you’ve got this, Lyra,” I said, reaching for the handle.
But as I was about to open the door, a knock on the window startled me.
“What’s uppppp,” said Charlie, pressing his button nose on the glass as
he shook his head from side to side, his long brown hair blowing in the
wind.
“Fuck sake,” I muttered as I placed a hand on my chest. “You scared the
hell out of me.”
“Hurry up,” he said, tapping his knuckles on the window while holding
half a whole wheat bagel. “Get your ass moving, Lyra. We got another
family in need of a helping hand.”
“Okay, I’m coming, I’m coming.”
I grabbed the handle and opened the door. A pleasant gust of cool air
blew inside, filling my lungs with hope.
“What’s wrong?” asked Charlie, frowning as he munched his bagel.
“Feeling the pinch?”
“You could say that,” I said, sighing as I shut the car door. “It’s been a
long day.”
“I’m with you on that one. Seems like everyone today is intent on
commenting about my overly large body mass and need to consume extra
calories, rather than face their issues, that is.”
“Not again,” I said, playfully squeezing his shoulder. “Don’t listen to
them.”
“I don’t, but that’s probably the problem with our society: no one wants
to listen to anyone, especially chubby social workers who have come to
assess their fucked up situation.”
“Hey, I’m not chubby,” I say, sucking in my stomach.
“Not yet. But in the end, this job will get to you, just like it did to
Rodger. God bless his soul.”
“I won’t be going down that road.”
“Good to hear it.”
Rodger was unfortunate, a lanky bloke, constantly teased for his height.
In the end, he took his own life after several failed attempts because
everywhere he tried, he was just too tall to die.
“Well, let’s get a jiggle on,” I said, heading towards the derelict-looking
house.
Spots of rain dropped from the gray sky, landing on my face. I wiped my
brow with my jacket sleeve and kept walking.
“Lovely afternoon for visiting another alcoholic family,” said Charlie,
grimacing before devouring the rest of his bagel.
I smiled but kept quiet as flashes of Mom and Dad popped into my head.
An alcoholic family indeed. I’d know because I was part of one. Dad was
cruelly taken from me by the dreaded drink. His endless consumption of
beers and whiskey ate up his body, confidence, and decision-making, not to
mention devouring his liver with cancer.
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