Born Broken - Anna Huscha (read people like a book .txt) 📗

with questions when he could, one day Xavier tricked Jake and found a weak spot.

"How many homes have you been through?" Xavier asked at random one sunny day, Jake's eyes widened as he stared at him, Xavier wiped his hands on an old rag he had hanging out of his pocket.

"How?" Jake asked, pulling him outside, he motioned to the others who stared at them.

"Just have to talk to him" Jake stated, the others nodded before returning to their work, he closed the shop's door behind him.

"Tell me how'd you know that?" Jake asked, completely baffled but half frightened that he was readable, he hated for anyone to know what he held inside before he was ready for people to know.

"You never refer to them as 'brother' or 'sister' you call them by their names, you area always on edge and skiddish. If they were your birth parents or even step, you'd be more relaxed except you're always thinking you have to pay them back in any way you can, thus you behave and try to avoid fights for the better half." Xavier explained, Jake was at a loss for words, nobody ever before was able to put things together so well.

Jake looked at him then nodded.

"You really are different" Jake stated, Xavier grinned softly before turning around and walking back into the shop.

Jake shortly returned back into the building and went back, slowly, to work.

"What'd he talk with you about?" Damien asked, Xavier looked up at him as he drained the oil from a car that was up on a lift.

"Just about a few small things, is all. Nothing really" Xavier said, looking up at him, his face had grease on it, smearing across his left cheek. Damien nodded then went back to his own car.

Xavier watched Jake before turning back to the car and replacing brakes and the oil.

At closing Kaden was complaining, walking behind them all as they filed out towards Damien's car.
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Publication Date: 06-02-2011

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