Do-Gooder (27 page)
“That’s so cool. I can’t wait to show you around. Where are you staying? Have you found a place yet?”
The doorbell rang and Mom left to pay for the pizza. When she returned we dug into dinner. I spent most of the time asking questions and watching Henry’s reaction to his first pizza in years. An unfamiliar contentment filled me.
A month ago I believed wholeheartedly in the adage that no good deed goes unpunished. Now, though, it seemed like karma played a bigger role than I’d thought. I’d faced death and gone through hell, but now I knew everything I’d—we’d—gone through was worth it. My family was together and safe. Henry was safe and had decided to work toward something for himself for a change. Wendy was safe and healing. Everything was exactly where it was supposed to be.
J. LEIGH BAILEY
is an office drone by day and romance author by night. She can usually be found with her nose in a book or pressed up against her computer monitor. A book-a-day reading habit sometimes gets in the way of… well, everything… but some habits aren’t worth breaking. She’s been reading romance novels since she was ten years old. The last twenty years or so have not changed her voracious appetite for stories of romance, relationships, and achieving that vitally important Happy Ever After. She’s a firm believer that everyone, no matter their gender, age, sexual orientation, or paranormal affiliation, deserves a happy ending.
She wrote her first story at seven which was, unbeknownst to her at the time, a charming piece of fanfiction in which Superman battled (and defeated, of course) the nefarious X Luther. (She was quite put out to be told later that the character’s name was supposed to be Lex.) Her second masterpiece should have been a bestseller, but the action-packed tale of rescuing her little brother from an alligator attack in the marshes of Florida collected dust for years under the bed instead of gaining critical acclaim.
Now she writes about boys traversing the crazy world of love, relationships, and acceptance. Find out more at www.jleighbailey.net or e-mail her at [email protected].
Do-Gooder
First Time for Everything (Harmony Ink Anthology)
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Do-Gooder
© 2016 j. leigh bailey.
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© 2016 Aaron Anderson.
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ISBN: 978-1-63477-289-1
Digital ISBN: 978-1-63477-290-7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016903152
Published September 2016
v. 1.0
Printed in the United States of America