Sunshine's Kiss by Stormy Glenn Read Free Book Online

been a much better place since he left. Andrew McCaffrey was not a good man.”
    Sam didn’t like the small shudder that went through his mother’s body when she said Andrew McCaffrey’s name. “What did he do to you?” Sam asked because he knew Andrew had done something to his mother. Sarah Bishop wasn’t afraid of much.
    “Andrew McCaffrey made me into what Jesse is.” A single tear slid down Sarah’s face as she raised her head. “I’m Lycan, Samuel.”
    “Wha—” Sam stiffened when his mother reached for him. He felt like his heart was going to jump right out of his chest when Sarah sniffled and dropped her hand. This was his mother, the woman that had given birth to him, but… “Te–tell me what happened.”
    “I answered the ad that the McCaffreys placed in the newspaper for a housekeeper. It was right before Mrs. McCaffrey passed away and Jake was born. You were just a toddler. The position seemed like a dream come true, a salary and our own little house in back. Plus, I could have you with me.”
    “So, what happened? How did you become a Lycan?” That still made Sam’s head spin. His mother, a Lycan.
    “In the beginning, everything was wonderful. I loved working here, and you thrived. And then Rachel McCaffrey died. Andrew wasn’t the same after that. He spent hours just pacing outside, never eating, never talking to anyone. He wouldn’t hold Jake or even look at him, as if he blamed the boy for his mother’s death.” Sarah stood up and started pacing herself, stopping to stare out the window.
    “Mom?”
    Sarah jerked as if she were lost in dark memories. “I had just put Jake down for the night, and I was in the kitchen cleaning up when Andrew came in. He had this look on his face…I could tell right away that something was wrong. He attacked me before I could get away.”
    “Oh my gods, Mom, why?”
    “I think he was heartbroken over Rachel’s death and had some sort of plan to put me in her place.” Sarah shrugged as she turned back to Sam. “It makes some sort of weird sense, I guess. I was taking care of his home, his children. Maybe in his grief he thought I was Rachel.”
    “That doesn’t give him the right to attack you.”
    “No, but what’s done is done, Samuel. We can’t go back and change it. I am Lycan. I have been for almost twenty years. And even after all of this time, if I had the chance to go back and change it, I’m not sure I would.”
    “What?” Sam shouted. He tossed back the blanket and scooted to the edge of the bed then stood, pacing madly back and forth along the side of the bed. “You’re crazy. How could you want to be one of those…those things?”
    “I am not a monster, Samuel Bishop, and I’d thank you to remember that.”
    Sam instantly felt chastised. He was way out of line talking to his mother in this manner, but she had just dropped a bomb of epic proportions in his lap. What was he supposed to say? “I’m sorry, Mom.”
    Sarah sighed deeply and walked back over to sit on the bed. She patted the spot next to her. “Come sit down, Son.”
    Sam hesitated for about two seconds before he crossed back over and sat down next to his mother. He was relieved when she gathered his hand between both of hers. That usually meant he was forgiven for whatever fuckup he had done.
    “I’ve been this way for a very long time, Samuel, and in all of that time, have I ever hurt you in any way?”
    “No.” He knew that answer instantly. His mother had been strict growing up, but she had never raised her hand to him. A stern voice was usually enough to make him get in line.
    “Have any of the McCaffreys every hurt you?”
    “Just Mr. McCaffrey and Jesse.”
    Sarah’s eyebrows shot up. She seemed truly surprised. “Jesse actually hurt you?”
    Sam started to squirm under his mother’s intense stare. “He didn’t hurt me exactly, just kind of scared me, and he wouldn’t let me leave.”
    Sarah chuckled lightly. “That’s because he loves you,