Living Dead Girl by Ayden Perry EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Ayden Perry
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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SPEC-FUCKING-TACULAR
JAX S. KING
Am I holding onto something I should have given up decades ago?
This is the question I ask myself as I methodically use my thumb
to flip open the top of the old vintage lighter in my hand, and then,
with a quick twist and flick of my wrist, I snap it close. I perform this
mindless task over and over. This metronome is the soundtrack playing
while I anxiously await the one person who could grant me peace of mind.
Rays from the setting sun do their best to make their way through the
obstruction of boarded-up windows, casting an array of shapes and
movements. It’s the only light illuminating the room. Old wallpaper hangs
in dirty curtains from the bedroom walls around me, but I pay it no mind as
I lean against it.
I grew up in this hotel. When we were kids, this was our
playground. Hours were spent playing hide and go seek in the vacant
rooms. It used to be full of life and laughter. Now, the only things that
reside here are the guests lingering in the hallways, not yet realizing they
are no longer members of this living realm. When my mother owned this
place, she took great pride in running it. Then I found her in a bathtub filled
with her own blood.
The hallway is filled with the eerie sound of floorboards creaking, their
echoes bouncing off the empty walls. Within a matter of seconds, I’m face
to face with the man who shares my genetics but not my life.
“Jax,” Jeremy exasperates, shoulders dropping. “Why did you want to
meet here?”
The stark white lab coat he’s wearing from work sticks out like a sore
thumb in this dark and dingy atmosphere. His pristine ensemble is at
complete odds with our surroundings, whereas I, with my holy jeans, faded
tee, and worn black leather jacket, fit right in.
Shoving the silver vintage lighter in my pocket, I shrug. “Seemed like
as good a place as any to do business.”
This is the room where our brotherly bond died. The very room where I
discovered our mother bathing in a crimson pool.
He shakes his head, looking down at the nicked wooden slates beneath
his shiny brown loafers. The realization of choosing this place over any
other is more than likely hitting him. It never affected him as it did me. My
life changed after that day, and my trust, especially in regard to family,
became razor-thin.
“I don’t have it,” he admits, exasperated.
“What do you mean you don’t have it?” I grit my teeth, resisting the
urge to raise my voice. “You know I need those prescriptions. It’s the only
way to silence the past.”
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