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.”

I imagined his other was behind his back, fingers

Susie said later, as we talked during

that for my cause

well. She’d seemed more at ease in

people.

probably find one specific charity to represent,” I

talk about with the

nervously. “I’ll do that. Though I

able to

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

them.”

She

the 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 wrapped peppermint from a dish on the table and

smaller,” I told her. “Work your

so smooth and practiced as Julian’s, she was still able to

but then huffed when the peppermint dropped

over and kissed the side of her head. “You’ll get it,” I said, while I added in

hopefully not too soon.

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

for a

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

I glanced at Susie.

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