Randy loves music, often joining me in the studio while I write songs. I begin teaching him to play the piano when he turns four. By ten, he jams on the guitar with me on the weekends. While Randy loves playing loud music, he's quiet like his mother the rest of the time. The way he prowls silently through the house makes me think he'd be quite the killer if born into another life.
In our life, his quiet steps only mean he's great at scaring his sister. Not much else frightens Denise who thinks my ghost shows and movies are lame. She also has no interest in music. The only hobby she shares with me is my love for shooting hoops out back. By the time Denise reaches junior high, she's six inches taller than her mother and the star point guard on the school basketball team.
When the kids are preteens, we visit Kiev to learn more about Saskia's home country. She worries about old enemies seeing us and decides to dress incognito the entire trip. The kids know enough about their mother's past to understand her disguises. They choose to wear them too. I'm the only one not wearing a goofy wig or hat the entire time.
Saskia lays flowers on Sela's grave. She doesn't cry while sitting on the cold ground and speaking quietly in Ukrainian. After a while, the kids join her. They're close to their mom like I am with mine. We're a tight family, and grandmas Ruth and Nell wait for us back at the hotel. My kids will never know the hard cold life Saskia suffered. Watching them together, I can only smile at how much they're alike. They share their mother's quiet demeanor and often-serious expressions. Their laughter mimics their mother's, and her lovely laugh helped me fall in love with Saskia.
The cold woman I met on the first day hasn't shown herself in a very long time. She wasn't the real Saskia anyway. From day one, I sensed a beautiful and warm woman hiding underneath.
About Bijou
Living in Indiana with my three sweet sons, three wacky cats, one super mom (and her ugly dog), I love writing, Denny's, 1970's rock, Beanie Boos, and sitcoms cancelled before their time.
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Bijou Hunter Books
Ramsey Security Series
Thunderstruck
Live Wire
High Voltage (coming winter 2016)
Damaged Series
Damaged and the Beast
Damaged and the Cobra
Damaged and the Outlaw
Damaged and the Dragon
Damaged and the Bulldog
Damaged and the Saint
Little Memphis MC Series
Little Memphis
Broken Memphis
Standalones
Gator
Used
Rebound Biker
In the Wind