The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 237

Chapter 0237

Elva gasped. “How did you do that?”

Julian laughed. “Sleight of hand, my dear. Would you like to learn?” In a flash, the quarter was back in his

hand. He held it out for Elva, who greedily accepted it.

“Yes!” she said excitedly.

“No,” I said a second later.

Elva turned her doe eyes on me. “Mommy! Please?”

I placed my hand on my hips. “Julian. I can’t have you teach her these bad skills.”

“No skill itself is bad, Piper. It’s how you use it.” He winked at me, and I was as charmed by him as Elva’s doe eyes. With the two combining forces, I didn’t stand a chance of telling them no. “It’s actually

incredibly useful and could even save a life someday.”

“Really?” Elva asked. “I could be a hero.”

Julian made his smile kinder as he looked at her. “Absolutely.”

Elva cranked up the doe eyes, turning to me with renewed determination. “Please, Mommy! I want to be

a hero!”

I sighed. “Okay. Fine. But no thievery.”

hand. I imagined his other

said later, as we talked during lunch.

my cause

seemed more

people.

represent,” I suggested. “If you narrow

to talk

worried her hands together nervously. “I’ll do that. Though I

able to

said. “Tell them how much you love the animals.

them.”

so.” She still

of her plate.

on the table and placed it on her plate, pushing

“Work your way up to the

tried again with the peppermint. While her actions were not nearly so smooth and practiced as Julian’s, she was still able to lift

but then huffed when the peppermint dropped back

the side of her head. “You’ll get it,”

hopefully not too soon.

shaking me from my thoughts. When I

speak for

had told me about the strange behavior of someone who looked just like me. She wore a similar dire expression now. I wasn’t about to let whatever she wanted to

I glanced at Susie.

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