Broken Trust by Jill Williamson

Author:Jill Williamson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure, wolves, mystery, spy, alaska, young adult, teen, christian, basketball
Publisher: Jill Williamson
Published: 2016-10-14T22:00:00+00:00

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Thursday at the Sayle Real Estate agency flew by, and then it was time for my first visit to Brothers in Arms. I’d finally bought the ebook, but I’d only managed to read the first paragraph. Just now. As I sat in my car outside Gabe’s house.

I went in. Mary answered the door, and something flipped in my stomach at the sight of her. I did my best to pretend not to notice how much she’d changed, but every time I saw her, it floored me.

Her eyes met mine, and she lit up. “Spencer!” She hugged me, smelling sweet and spicy and, well, really good. She was already taller than Grace, who at five feet, seemed to have reached her full height.

Mary pulled out of the hug and the room felt cold. “How’s your knee?”

“Good,” I said. “I’ve started running.”

“That’s so great! I went to basketball camp. High school camp. With Coach Martel. You think I can make varsity freshman year like you did?”

Ohh. Mary would be in high school next year. In high school. With me.

That wouldn’t be awkward at all.

“Sure you can,” I said, which was true. She was that good.

She squealed. “I sure hope so!” She pulled me inside and prattled on about the happenings at camp. I followed her through the kitchen and into the living room. As always, the Stopplecamp home was warm, inviting, spotless, and covered in pictures of two things: 1) Family photos, and 2) Bible verses or Christian sayings.

Brothers in Arms had set up in the living room where the brown furniture and the green carpet made it feel even warmer. Wally had already arrived. I hadn’t seen much of him this summer. As always, he was wearing high-waisted Levis and a short-sleeved dress shirt that made him look like a senior citizen. He was sitting in the middle of the sofa, a package of baby wipes balanced on his knee.

I didn’t bother asking him to move over. He needed his own space. Gabe was sitting in his dad’s recliner, so I claimed the smaller couch that sat in front of the baby grand piano. Mary disappeared down the hallway. A door closed in the distance.

“Okay,” Gabe said. “Let’s get started. Wally? How was your week?”

Wally shrugged. “Boring. There’s nothing to do now that I’ve finished all my scholarship applications.”

“Scholarships for what?” I asked.

“College,” he said. “I’ll be attending Liberty University online this fall.”

“But, um, you’re only sixteen.”

“Homeschooled students learn at their own pace. I graduated this year.”

“You did.” I vaguely recalled Wally saying something to me about being in a higher grade, but I’d had no clue he was near graduation. How had he passed by me?

“Also, as of yesterday, I also dropped out of the Mission League. No time now that I’ll be in college.”

Wait, what? “No Alaska trip?”

“I was never going on that trip. Surviving in the wilderness is not something I care to attempt.”

Which actually removed a handicap from Alpha team.

“What will you be studying in college?” Gabe asked.

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