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.”

heart with one hand. I imagined

animal conservation,” Susie said later, as we talked during lunch. “I was thinking

like that for my cause at

more at ease in the company of

people.

charity to represent,”

easier to talk about

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

able to talk

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

them.”

hope so.” She

palm a dinner roll off of her plate. While I didn’t necessarily approve

dish on the table and placed it on her plate, pushing back

something smaller,” I told her. “Work

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 her palm without using her

in excitement, but then huffed when the peppermint dropped back

leaned over and kissed the side of her head. “You’ll get

hopefully not too soon.

me, shaking me from my

for a

just like me. She wore a similar dire expression now. I wasn’t about

I glanced at Susie.

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