Chapter Five
Ugh
"Your brother?" Holmes seemed rather surprised by the notion. "I was unaware that you had any siblings."
"You and everyone else. I try not to broadcast the fact. Besides the topic never really came up." I pointed out. Mala and the annoying Robin were among the very few people who knew.
"A falling out?" Holmes stated.
"More like a get-the-hell-out-of-my-life. But yeah." I didn't elaborate, and he didn't press the subject. Just as well, it was a novel length story, and it looked to be getting longer. I just hoped that Skyler would have enough sense to steer clear. Then again, sense never ranked high on Skyler's list of personality traits.
So I was less than surprised when the next day, Skyler waltzed in my front door. Mala was in the back discussing the dinner menu with her cook/husband. It was in that lazy lull after all the office drones have gone back to their hives, but before the early birds started showing up for their specials.
Holmes was teaching the two teens from last night the finer points of being a pool shark. I was getting bored watching ESPN reply the Sunday night games' highlight for the billionth time. The remote was under the bar so I began channel surfing.
"Hey! I was watching that!" One of the teens called out in faux annoyance.
"Hey, shouldn't you be in school?" I responded without looking around. There were no further comments.
The bell over the door rang. I glanced over. I did a double take. Just looking at us you wouldn't think we were related; no one was quite sure where my red hair had come from. Skyler wore his blond hair slightly shaggy; no doubt because he felt that the chicks dug it. He did have the trademark Harland green eyes though. He also looked as if he had just rolled out of bed, which was probably the case.
"Hey sis!"
"Don't you 'Hey sis!' me." I snapped back. "You've got nerve Skyler. Not a lot of brains, but nerve."
"Aw, come on. You're not still mad about that apartment thing." The clack of pool balls ceased in the background.
"'That apartment thing' hardly does it justice."
"It was just business, nothing personal." I felt my blood pressure shoot up a few points. Deep breaths girl. Stay cool. It won't help if you rip his head off. Much. I'd probably feel a bit better though.
"I need your help Aurora. The cops are after me."
"So what else is new. Maybe you haven't heard, but I'm not in the business any more."
"Just for a few days. I just need to collect some money then I'm headed back for the States."
~With police at every airport on the look-out for you? Right.~ I bit my tongue on that thought and replied, "Good, you can start by leaving now. The door's right over there, or do you need some one to show you the way?"
I glanced at Holmes, who had sneakily worked his way into Skyler's blind spot. Skyler followed my gaze over his shoulder and jumped to find Holmes there.
"We're family." Skyler said, somewhat bewildered and backpedaling a few steps.
"No, we were family. Family doesn't do what you did." Finally it penetrated his skull. "Get lost. Don't come back."
"Fine. Nothing personal." Skyler slammed the door on his way out. It would have been nice to have a chair I could sink into right now. I felt very tired all of a sudden.
"Yeah, nothing personal."
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Ugh
"Your brother?" Holmes seemed rather surprised by the notion. "I was unaware that you had any siblings."
"You and everyone else. I try not to broadcast the fact. Besides the topic never really came up." I pointed out. Mala and the annoying Robin were among the very few people who knew.
"A falling out?" Holmes stated.
"More like a get-the-hell-out-of-my-life. But yeah." I didn't elaborate, and he didn't press the subject. Just as well, it was a novel length story, and it looked to be getting longer. I just hoped that Skyler would have enough sense to steer clear. Then again, sense never ranked high on Skyler's list of personality traits.
So I was less than surprised when the next day, Skyler waltzed in my front door. Mala was in the back discussing the dinner menu with her cook/husband. It was in that lazy lull after all the office drones have gone back to their hives, but before the early birds started showing up for their specials.
Holmes was teaching the two teens from last night the finer points of being a pool shark. I was getting bored watching ESPN reply the Sunday night games' highlight for the billionth time. The remote was under the bar so I began channel surfing.
"Hey! I was watching that!" One of the teens called out in faux annoyance.
"Hey, shouldn't you be in school?" I responded without looking around. There were no further comments.
The bell over the door rang. I glanced over. I did a double take. Just looking at us you wouldn't think we were related; no one was quite sure where my red hair had come from. Skyler wore his blond hair slightly shaggy; no doubt because he felt that the chicks dug it. He did have the trademark Harland green eyes though. He also looked as if he had just rolled out of bed, which was probably the case.
"Hey sis!"
"Don't you 'Hey sis!' me." I snapped back. "You've got nerve Skyler. Not a lot of brains, but nerve."
"Aw, come on. You're not still mad about that apartment thing." The clack of pool balls ceased in the background.
"'That apartment thing' hardly does it justice."
"It was just business, nothing personal." I felt my blood pressure shoot up a few points. Deep breaths girl. Stay cool. It won't help if you rip his head off. Much. I'd probably feel a bit better though.
"I need your help Aurora. The cops are after me."
"So what else is new. Maybe you haven't heard, but I'm not in the business any more."
"Just for a few days. I just need to collect some money then I'm headed back for the States."
~With police at every airport on the look-out for you? Right.~ I bit my tongue on that thought and replied, "Good, you can start by leaving now. The door's right over there, or do you need some one to show you the way?"
I glanced at Holmes, who had sneakily worked his way into Skyler's blind spot. Skyler followed my gaze over his shoulder and jumped to find Holmes there.
"We're family." Skyler said, somewhat bewildered and backpedaling a few steps.
"No, we were family. Family doesn't do what you did." Finally it penetrated his skull. "Get lost. Don't come back."
"Fine. Nothing personal." Skyler slammed the door on his way out. It would have been nice to have a chair I could sink into right now. I felt very tired all of a sudden.
"Yeah, nothing personal."
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.•´¨`•»¦«•Kerowyn•»¦«•´¨`•.