First Time Rider by Sage L. Morgan

Author:Sage L. Morgan [Sage L. Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Goodreads: 22186942
Published: 2014-05-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Bonnie squealed as the ducks swarmed her feet. She took off up the hill, throwing breadcrumbs in her wake. I watched her from my seat in the grass, tearing a hot dog bun into a million little pieces. The pond glittered under the sun, like a shining eye.

“I should’ve told him that Alex was in town,” I said.

Bonnie dusted off her hands and dropped to the grass beside me. She picked up a handful of crumbs from my pile and tossed it to the ducks. “It was your business, not his. You can’t help how he found out.”

I nodded just to have something to do, but I wasn’t sure if I agreed. The guilt ate away at my insides, leaving nothing but an empty shell. I hadn’t seen Liam for a couple days, hadn’t heard his voice. It was killing me.

“But maybe it happened for a reason, you know?” Bonnie said. She draped a comforting hand over my arm. “Maybe you and that guy have some unresolved issues or something.”

I snorted. “Like what?”

“I don’t know. He did have a tattoo of your name. Not every guy does that for his lady. Noah doesn’t even have one for Shayna, and they’re like the king and queen of Canyon City.”

I knocked down my pyramid of breadcrumbs. “What’s up with Shayna, anyway? She’s been nothing but a bitch to me, and for no good reason other than the fact that she doesn’t know me.”

“She’s got a stick up her ass,” Bonnie said. “Ever heard the saying, ‘Happy wife, happy life’? Well, Shayna is that times ten. If Shayna ain’t happy, ain’t nobody in three counties going to be happy.”

I laughed. The ducks were beginning to waddle away toward the shore, losing interest. I tossed out a few crumbs to call them back. “Well, thanks for bringing me here. I feel better. Kind of.”

“No prob.” Bonnie leaned back on her elbows and tilted her face up to the sun. “Don’t forget about what I said, though. Talk to the guy. Maybe there’s a reason he came back.”

“Yeah,” I said faintly. “Maybe.” I did have a couple of people I needed to talk to, actually, but Bonnie was wrong. Alex was going to be last on my list.

The reigning queen of Canyon City was first.

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