Devotion to Danger

LadyMara Romance

I jumped from the taxi, grabbing my luggage and sprinting to my brother. He stepped out from his truck, just in time for me to crash into him. “I missed you! It’s been way too long!” I smiled, hugging around his neck. He chuckled. “I missed you too! I’m so glad you’re here for the summer!” He said, hugging me back. He twirled me around like he used to when we were young, and I had almost forgotten that we hadn’t seen each other for 10 years. When our parents divorced, our mom took me, and moved away to London.. leaving my bother and father behind. I hadn’t seen either of them since, but now, I had finally saved up enough money to get a plane ticket to come back to town. “With any luck I’ll be here longer!” I smiled, pulling away and grabbing my luggage. “Can I toss it in the back?” I asked. He watched me for a moment before chuckling to himself. “Yeah, you can ‘toss it in the back!’” He laughed, putting on a fake British accent. “I can’t help it! I’ve lived in London for so long that my accent has changed.” I laughed along, tossing my luggage in the back of his truck. “I have to say, I did get a few strange looks when I was exiting the airport, every time I spoke people would stare at me as if I’d said something wrong..” I chuckled, walking around, and getting into the truck. “Well, be prepared, I’ve got some of our old friends from school that want to come over tomorrow night for a party, they’re so excited to see you, especially Lyra! She’s been asking when you’re coming for weeks!” He said, jumping into the truck. I nodded. “Well, I will admit.. I’m not a fan of crowds.. but I think it’ll be fun to catch up.” I smiled. “It won’t be too bad, just a few people!” He said, before taking off towards his house. We had been driving for a bit, when suddenly his phone rang. He sighed, picking it up. “What is it?” He asked. “Now? I just.. my sister is back in town for the first time in a while.. it’s why I asked for a while off.. what about the other guy? He’s sick? Seriously? Fine.. just let me take her home first.. what do you mean now! Fine!” He shouted before hanging up. He sighed heavily. “Okay, I’m sorry to do this, but that was work, I have to go to a clients house and fix something.. I have to go now.. and you’ll have to stay in the car..” he sighed, shaking his head. I nodded. “It’s okay, I don’t mind waiting.” I smiled, as we took off towards the clients house.

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