My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking Read Free Book Online Page A

see him, I decided that must mean that I actually liked him.
    No. I do. Definitely.
    “Who is that?” Milo asked with an edge to his voice. He was sitting at the other end of the couch from me, and he leaned over so he could look at my phone, but I turned it away from him. “It’s that Jack guy, right?”
    “You do realize it’s perfectly legal for me to text members of the opposite sex.” I gave Milo a hard look and he just shook his head.
    “Whatever,” Milo grunted and turned his attention back to the movie, even though I knew he hated it. My phone jingled again, and Milo made a humph sound.
    Excellent. Wanna do something? Jack messaged.
    What did you have in mind? I asked, knowing full well I would say yes to anything.
    Anything. Everything. The city is our oyster! Jack texted back.
    That sounds pretty ambitious. I replied, but it did sound exciting. He was awfully enticing.
    It is. So can you be ready in like fifteen minutes? Jack inquired.
    Sure. Meet you outside.
    I flipped my phone shut and got up. Milo shot me his infamous disapproving glare but didn’t say anything. In a flash, I touched up my make up and slid on shoes. Before rushing out the door, I promised Milo that I wouldn’t be home too late and that I had my phone if he needed me. He grunted at me, and then I dashed out to meet Jack.
    He was already waiting outside, this time in a bright red sports car that looked like it cost more than a house. Naturally, he was grinning wildly when I opened the car door, which slid upwards instead of opening out like a normal door, and jumped inside.
    “So, this is nice,” I said, referring to his overly flashy car.
    “Its more than nice. It’s a Lamborghini Gallardo,” Jack explained with that foolish grin plastered on his face. “There’s only six thousand of these in existence.”
    “Is it new?”
    “Nah, it’s my brother’s.” Before I could say anything more, he put the car in gear and it thrust itself headily into the street. I had thought we had gone fast in the Jetta, but it had nothing on this.
    “Your brother must be loaded.” The car gracefully slid around a corner and weaved in between cars. Quickly, he turned it onto I-35, presumably so we could get the full effect of it going top speed on the open road.
    “He kind of is,” Jack shrugged. It was the casual way someone talked when they never had to struggle for anything, and I wondered if Jack was wealthy and where he came from. “I don’t really worry about money, I guess."
    “It must be nice,” I muttered. We were pretty poor, but not quite so poor that I felt like I had to get a job and bring in my own money. Just enough where I felt it.
    “There’s plenty of other things to worry about,” Jack replied seriously. “Believe me.”
    “Like what?” I looked over at him, instead of the blur of the scenery flying past us. He smirked at me and shook his head. So that was another thing he wouldn’t talk to me about. “So you have a brother?”
    “Two, actually,” Jack nodded. “And a sister. Well, she’s actually my sister-in-law, but she feels like a sister.”
    “So is she married to your brother, or are you married?” I asked tentatively.
    “No, I’m not married,” Jack laughed. “She’s my brother’s wife.”
    “What are there names?” There was an endless amount of things I wanted to know about him, but I was stuck asking safe questions, like his family members’ name.
    “Peter, and then Ezra is married to Mae. Ezra is the oldest.”
    “What about your parents?” I had turned towards him and rested my head against the seat. The rush of the world around us had made me a little dizzy. “Dead.” His voice was emotionless, but his eyes got hard, which didn’t look right at all.
    “Sorry,” I offered lamely.
    “Nah, it was like fifteen years ago.” He shook his head, trying to brush me off, and then he turned to me, his face brightening again. “What about you? You have family?”
    “My mom, and a