Two Broken Pieces Snippet
Julieta quickly fixes her hair as she passes the mirror in the hallway. She grabs her purse and rummages through it and does a quick checklist. Her wallet, check, her lipstick, check, mint breath spray? She stops for a moment. She will not be kissing anyone tonight. At least she doesn’t plan on it, though things can happen... Her cheeks begin to heat up slightly at the thought. She shakes her head and takes the breath spray out of her purse and places it on the table. Julieta turns and walks into the living room.
“Okay mama, dinner is in the blue container in the fridge, all you have to do is uncover it and stick it in the oven.” She instructs as she walks up to the couch where Isabela and Alma are sitting. “Make sure Isa is in bed by nine. I want her to eat a lot of veggies tonight. She had too many sweets earlier.” She smiles at the small mischievous giggle that emanates from her daughter. “Oh, and if anything goes wrong, or you don’t hear from me. Don’t hesitate to call me and if that doesn’t-”
“Mija,” Alma holds up a hand with a small, sincere smile. She gently grabs Julieta’s hand and gives it a squeeze. “Everything will be fine. You go enjoy yourself. You deserve it.” Julieta smiles at her mother’s words. “Now, I only wish you could bring your hermano.” Alma raises her voice and squints at Bruno, who is leaning back in his armchair as he watches the television while eating chips out of a bag.
“You aren’t getting rid of me that easily mama, nice try.” Bruno chuckles to himself, a small squeak from one of his hoodie catches his attention. He reaches into his hoodie pocket and retrieves a rather large grey rat from it. “Why do you always wake up angry?” Bruno complains at the rat. It squeaks in annoyance. “Fine.” He huffs and places the rat gently on the top of his head and continues watching TV. Alma and Julieta blink at him.
“Two out of three, Pedro. We did good with two out of three.” Alma whispers as she closes her eyes and lightly holds onto her locket. As Alma mutters about her son’s strangeness, Julieta bites back a giggle and turns her attention to Isabela.
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See? I’m working on my fics! I swear! It has been difficult bringing myself to write anything lately.
But, I wanted to use this post to say that I’m going to make a BIG change with Two Broken Pieces. As much as I love the slow burn, I’m getting rid of it. So, after this chapter is posted, the fic will pick up pace. Nothing will be rushed, but I have been disliking the slow pacing of this fic for awhile and I think I need to speed it up a notch.