Devout (Devout, #1)

by Takerra Allen

“Neeka, people put diamonds under magnifying glasses because they can’t find flaws without ‘em. They’re so fucking gorgeous that you gotta study ‘em like crazy just searching for something to be wrong with ‘em. They don’t study rhinestones. Nobody gives a fuck about rhinestones... They’re fucking rhinestones,” he snickered. Neeka let off a delayed laugh as well and shook her head. “You get where I’m going with this?”

“Your mind is so different, Denny.” She smiled at his analogy. “The things you say.”

Stepping into the den with angst in her switch, she called out, “Daddy?” “Yeah.” “Yes.” She froze. Mortification… Could’ve died on the spot, slapped her hand on her mouth in shame. Denny and her father had responded simultaneously,

Floored!