Clearwater Romance by Marissa Dobson

Author:Marissa Dobson
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781939978288
Publisher: Sunshine Press
Published: 2013-11-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

Only a week in Clearwater and JC was ready to run for the hills. It was too much of a change in such a short time, especially when he couldn’t get his mind off Rebecca. Agreeing to go to the picnic was the biggest mistake of his life, well at least the second biggest one since coming to Clearwater. He was in no emotional shape to have a romantic interest in anyone. Not even adjusted to the loss of his leg, he didn’t want to drag a sweet woman into his shit-hole life. The phantom pain returned in his leg.

“Hey, JC is here with the grub.” One of the teenage volunteers jogged to the truck, with the other boys only steps behind him.

“It’s about time, I’m starving,” one of the boys hollered.

“Jake, go inside and get the pitcher of iced tea Tessa brought out earlier. The rest of you gather at the table.” Cameron waved the boys aside and assisted JC with the food. “We’ll eat in the house with Tessa. After lunch we’ve got to go up to Jackson Hole. The boys can finish the work today.”

“The bottom three trays are ours, and the rest are for the boys.” JC pointed to the last tray as Cameron took the sandwich containers from the stack. “Jennifer sent some sweets for Tessa.”

Cameron shook his head, his gaze drifting past JC and toward the house. “That woman of mine has a sweet tooth you can’t image, and it’s only gotten worse since Jennifer’s been indulging her.” Adding the last of the boys’ sandwiches to his stack, he nodded to the house. “You go ahead. I’ll give the boys their lunch, and I’ll be along shortly.”

JC didn’t hesitate. Standing around watching Cameron shout out orders only served to remind JC of his military days. He wasn’t adjusting to civilian life as quickly as his superior. All he ever wanted to do when he was growing up was to join the Marines. On his eighteenth birthday he signed his name on the dotted line, vowing his life to the core. Two months later, he boarded the bus to boot camp, never looking back.

He had been the man of his family, providing for their needs since he was fourteen. His father was a drunk most of JC’s life, but when he was fourteen his father left. He’d return once in a while, and his mother would take him back, but his father never stuck around longer than to get JC’s mother pregnant again, and then leave her and the family again. His mother was pregnant with Kelly when his father died.

The core offered a way for him to help his mother support the other eight children. It also forced his next oldest brother, Lee, to step up and be responsible for the family. There was no longer time for Lee to goof-off with his friends, not when he had to make sure his siblings were cared for. JC’s mother couldn’t do it alone, and when he was in the Marines, the family responsibility fell to Lee and his twin sister, Laya.

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