Shifted Fate (Amy) novel Chapter 435

Chapter 435

childhood.

Her words caught me by surprise. Not because they were true, but because she felt they were. “Oh, baby.” I cupped her face. “Just because you are a shaman, and you see more than you should, doesn’t mean I have to add any more on to ruin You are a kid, and I want you to stay that way until you are older.”

She pouted. “But why?”

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I crouched down so I could be level with her. “Being old isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. We have bills and responsibilities. But most of all, we worry. We worry about what going to happen, what our actions will do, and what we can’t help. That’s not fun.” I tugged on her pigtails. “I want you to be a kid. When all of this is over, you are going to be going to school with the other kids. You will get to play, and just grow up at your own pace. Don’t rush it, okay?”

She watched me for a minute and then nodded. “Okay.”

I smiled and kissed her head. “Good.” I stood up and walked out of the room. Carly caught up to me and slipped her tiny hand into mine, and we ended up walking down the stairs with each other. “Okay, I’ll be back in a little while and then we will get started on

the box of paperwork.”

“Are you looking for something?” Her voice was soft, but eager.

“I don’t honestly know. Maybe?” I chuckled as she looked at me with her tiny pinched brows. “I guess we will find out together.”

I winked at her and then stopped with Toya and Wendy. “Hey.”

“Hey.” Toya smiled as she washed the dishes. “How are you feeling?”

“Yeah, your mom caught us up.” Wendy came over and rubbed my back. “It’s a lot.”

I huffed out a breath. “Yeah.” I shook my head. “But I have bigger things to focus on.” I leaned in to Wendy. “Today when I come back, I have to work on paperwork, and Carly is going to help. But when she goes to bed, I want to talk about the plan.”

“Plan?” Toya perked up. “Are we moving on soon?”

I nodded. “We are.” I sighed. “But I want to talk to my dad first.”

Wendy nodded. “Makes sense.” She turned away, but then looked at me over my shoulder. “Where are you going?”

“Back to the apartment building.” I walked to the door. “My father…he used magic to keep stuff from me. Said it was for the

best.”

Toya scoffed. “All dads think they know best, but mostly they are just too afraid of their kids growing up.”

I rolled

my eyes, “That sounds…exactly right.” I huffed out another laugh and then I headed to the back door. “I’m just going to

run there and back.” My two friends nodded. “Tell my mom when she comes down to where I went.”

Toya smirked. “She’s been up. She’s outside right now, texting your father.” Toya wiggled her eyes brows, and I wanted to vomit.

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“Gross.” My best friends laughed as I walked outside to see my mother in shorts and a t–shirt with her phone in her hands. She

looked like any normal twenty something year old woman, and not the fifty something she actually was. A smirk hit her lips, and

I grimaced. “Mom, ew.”

Her head snapped up, and she blushed as she slid her phone on to the table. “Baby. I didn’t hear you.” The tips of her ears turned

pink as she looked away.

I laughed. “Do you hear yourself? You are a wolf who didn’t hear me coming. Tell daddy I said hi.” I shook my head as I looked

down at her.

Her ears turned a brighter red. “Oh shush. He just said something…funny.” She couldn’t even meet my eyes.