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.”

with one hand. I imagined his other was behind his back,

Susie said later, as

that for my cause at

well. She’d seemed more at ease in the

people.

probably find one specific charity to represent,” I suggested. “If

easier to talk about with the potential

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

to talk

to be yourself,” I said. “Tell them how much you love the

them.”

so.” She

chair beside me, was trying to palm a dinner roll off of her plate. While I didn’t necessarily approve of Julian’s training, her effort was

a dish on the table and placed it on

“Work your way up to the

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

in excitement, but then huffed when the peppermint

head. “You’ll get it,” I said, while I added

hopefully not too soon.

behind me, shaking me from my thoughts.

for a

the strange behavior of someone who looked just like me. She wore a similar dire expression

I glanced at Susie.

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