Free Make A Wish (Dandelion #1) by Jenna Lynn Hodge Page B

me.              Of course he’s rich and has the biggest house in the community. I sighed before climbing out of my car, my small black purse tucked tightly under my arm. I slid through the white picket fence that surrounded the outside of his home. My eyes took in the perimeter of his almost mansion sized four story home, which was probably the most enchanting of all of the ones I’d seen.
    The exterior was painted a very bright white that looked as if it sparkled in the sunshine. The window shutters appeared to be a dark midnight black. A wooden swing hung from the porch overlooking the front yard.
    I always had imagined someday living in a house like that, drinking sweet tea from mason jar glasses. Now, I could imagine my child running and playing in the grass, maybe even with a small puppy as company. Maybe someday we’d have that but it wouldn’t be here and it certainly wouldn’t be with Beau.              
    I shook my head as if that would help clear the fantasies that swarmed in the depth of my mind, but it didn’t do much to appease the thoughts.
    I took another deep breath—which I’d been doing an awful lot of lately—and braced myself to knock. The sound of my knuckles knocking on the hard wood was the only noise to be heard around. My heart felt as if it would jump from my chest at any second.
    The anticipation of seeing the man who I wanted to despise but couldn’t wracked through my body and every movement I made. I stood and waited, but no one answered.
    Figuring that maybe he couldn’t hear it throughout his abnormally large house, I knocked even louder and much harder. Still no answer came. I pulled the letter from my purse along with a slip of paper containing my phone number and placed it on the wooden swing before turning and climbing into my car, exiting out in the same fashion I arrived... With my dignity.
    My heart continued to race, all nerves on point. But they wouldn’t slow and definitely weren’t returning to normal. Doubt encompassed me as I thought of him reading the note and never calling. Why would he? He got everything that he had wanted at the time—my body.
     
    ***
     
    Juliette: I left a note for Beau.
    Saylor: No way! Are you sure that’s the right choice?
    Juliette: 4 me? No. 4 my baby? Yes.
    Saylor: Ok, w/e u say. Wanna get lunch tomorrow?
    Juliette: Yes!
    Saylor: c u then.
    Juliette: K.
     

     
    MILES
     
    Miguel and I pulled up to Juliette’s apartment at promptly seven pm. It was pitch black outside and there wasn’t another car or person in sight, which was rather unusual for Hollywood. Who was I to complain though? It was perfect.
    A smug grin spread across my face as I watched all the pieces click together and fall into place. This had been a long time coming.
    “This is gonna be like taking candy from a baby.”
    Miguel looked at me, his eyes unreadable. I knew he wasn’t used to seeing me like this, so calculated and cold, but you need to do what you need to do. This was necessary and there wasn’t a stitch of doubt in me, this was right , this ,t . For me. For him. For the world. At least that’s what I was telling myself.
    We sat in the black van in silence until we saw what we were waiting for—a single sign that she was there.
    A flicker of the light switch caught our attention and within a moment’s glance, I’d opened the passenger door and slipped out, ready to make my move. I hissed a command at Miguel to keep the car rolling before speeding up the stairs at a quick pace, as stealthily as humanly possible.
    Standing outside her door, I felt a tad overwhelmed at how nervous I felt. Once I crossed the line, there was no going back. The discovery could change the world and I knew that I wouldn’t stop until everyone important had seen the evidence.
    No going back.
     

     
    JULIETTE
     
    I had just managed to brush my teeth and crawl into bed when I heard a knock on my front door. I knew I wasn’t expecting anyone and