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.”

his heart with one hand. I imagined

support animal conservation,” Susie said later, as we talked during

for my

well. She’d seemed more at ease in the company

people.

charity to represent,” I

to talk about with

that. Though I worry even if

to talk to

them how much you love

them.”

hope so.” She still seemed

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

peppermint from a dish on the table and placed

something smaller,” I told her. “Work your way up

smooth and practiced

gasped in excitement, but then huffed when the

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

hopefully not too soon.

said Tiffany from behind me, shaking me from my thoughts. When I looked at her,

for

she had told me about the strange behavior of someone who looked just like

I glanced at Susie.

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