Page 58 of Moon's Promise

“Are they going to take me to jail?”

Larissa gave her a gentle smile, despite the girl glaring at her. “I’m guessing not.”

“Is Eryn okay?”

“They’re working on her right now.”

“Then she’ll be okay. Doctors can fix anything,” she said assuredly.

She hated to disillusion the girl, but she had a terrible feeling it would be a wasted effort.

“Is Eryn your mom?” Larissa asked her curiously.

“No, she’s my aunt.”

She pressed her lips together and didn’t respond. Larissa didn’t want to press her, since her legs were shaking under her thin pants.

“Larissa,” Priscilla called, walking in from the entrance with Crazy Bitch and Ginny. They rushed toward her.

“Are you all right?”

“I’m fine.”

“You’re bleeding.”

“It’s just a nick.”

Priss started to reach for her sweater.

“We’ll take care of it later.” Larissa nodded her head to the young girl, who was watching Ginny as if memorized. “Priscilla, Crazy Bitch, Ginny, this is Eryn’s niece …”

Put on the spot, the girl looked shyly toward Ginny. “My name is Lennon.”

“It’s very nice to meet you, Lennon.” Ginny smiled at her, holding her hand out.

“I’ve seen you on TV.” Awestruck, the girl’s tough veneer disappeared into a gushing teen.

The women all sat down. Ginny sat next Lennon, soothing her when Knox approached to talk to her.

“Ah … to be that young again,” Priss observed.

Larissa rolled her eyes. “It’s not been that long.” Turning toward Crazy Bitch, she became more somber. “I’m sorry.”

“I guess I’ll let you off the hook this time since you got all shot up and shit.”

“I appreciate your understanding.” She grinned.

Knox finished talking to Lennon, then went to talk to Viper and Moon, who were standing just a couple of feet away.

“I’m going to have to call Child Services,” Knox told Viper. “They’ll have to find a placement for all three of them. Going to be hard to find someone for all three, especially with two being so young.”

Moon looked at his watch then at Viper. “You got this? I need to hit the road unless you’ve changed your mind about me leaving?”

“No, you can go. We’ve got this. Thanks for your help.”

Eavesdropping despite telling herself to stop, Larissa tuned out what Priscilla was saying. She watched Viper fist-bump Moon and Shade ignore the same gesture when Moon moved his hand in his direction.

“You talked to Wizard since Viper told him you’re moving back to Ohio?” Shade asked Moon.

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