House of Cards (Not in the Cards #1)

House of Cards (Not in the Cards #1)

Author: Courtney W. Dixon Listening Length: 8h 59m

“I never wanted nor was I supposed to be a father. Now, I’m having to foster a 14-year-old grieving boy.” Calvin Abernathy Life is good. It’s exactly how I want it. No relationships. No kids. I own a business, and I have a nice home. I can do whatever I want and sleep with whomever I want. To make life even better,...

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Calvin

Braeden grips my arm painfully, and his face is buried in my arm as he cries. I adjust myself so I can wrap my arm around him and let him get it out into my jacket. His slight body trembles, barely holding himself together on a molecular level. One stiff breeze, and he’s a poof of exploding atoms.

This shit has got to be hard on him. Hell, I’m barely holding it together myself.

My eyes water as the minister says the last words at the two caskets, sitting side-by-side.