Don't Hold Back by Renee Dominick

Author:Renee Dominick [Dominick, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: good boy led astray, Ranch, Contemporary Romance, wedding, wild child, contemporary, opposites attract, dare, Entangled; Scorched; erotica; erotic; erotic romance, romance
Goodreads: 39889732
Publisher: Entangled Publishing LLC (Scorched)
Published: 2018-05-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Sunlight insinuated itself past the edge of the curtain, waking Jenna at six in the fricken’ morning. Her eyes snapped open, and her brain started cranking like a rusty steam train. One chug, two, and then it was off and roaring, whistle blaring—Rob, Stephen, her life, and all its assorted woes and bullshit. The only thing she could find to be grateful for at the moment was that she hadn’t had much to drink the night before.

She moved quietly as she struggled out of bed, pulled on a pair of sweatpants, a T-shirt, and a cozy sweater she’d luckily thought to throw in her suitcase at the last minute. She made sure she had the room key in her pocket, scooped up her phone and flip-flops, and left as quietly as she’d come in, three hours ago.

The air outside was cool and dim, as the ranch still sat in the early morning shadow of the hills to the east. Jenna stopped by the lodge for a cup of warm coffee. Normally she drank tea, but it was going to require a much stronger jolt of caffeine to make it through this day. She cradled the cup and strolled down to the dock to sit in the sun at the very end, her feet dangling over water still as glass.

What little rest she’d gotten had at least allowed her brain to organize last night’s family chaos. The key takeaway: Jenna would be leaving Chloe’s party to go to Ephrata and rescue her brother. If she had a car, she’d have gone already. Telling Chloe was going to be a bummer, but no one knew more about Jenna’s difficult family than her best friend. Even if Chloe was disappointed, she would understand. Jenna just had to wait for a reasonable hour to knock on her door, then for the car rental place to open. After that, she’d hit the road.

She also had to call her mom. Jenna had no intention of telling her Stephen had been swept up by the police, certainly not if he was going to be let go. Their mom would use it against him forever. If he wanted to confess, it was up to him. Jenna wasn’t about to enable her mother’s abuse.

She refused to think about Rob. That whole thing needed a much clearer head to sort out. Her heart was sore, but she couldn’t convince herself she had any right to it. Mostly what she felt now was anger—at herself, at her brother, and yeah, at Rob, too.

At seven thirty, she dialed her mom’s number. She was slow to pick up, and when she did, her voice was slurred. “’Lo?”

“It’s me.”

“God, what time is it?”

“It’s early. I thought you’d like to know what I found out.”

“You texted. ’S good enough.”

“Ohh-kay.” Jenna closed her eyes and snorted a quiet, bitter laugh. “He’ll be home Sunday.” He would stay with her until then, but she wasn’t telling her mom that either.

Jenna had managed to hold off serious adulthood, but now it came at her like a runaway semitruck.

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