Glassford Girl: Part 3 (The Emily Heart Time Jumper) by Jay J. Falconer

Author:Jay J. Falconer [Falconer, Jay J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bear Down Publishing
Published: 2015-06-12T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Emily and Shroedy walked together through Glassford Park. The orange and white tabby seemed to be acting like he was her protector while trotting a few paces ahead of her. The kitty kept sniffing the air and looking back at her as if to say “the coast is clear.”

Emily smiled and quickened her pace. When she caught up to him, she knelt down and gave him a two-handed rub across his back and neck. “You’re my fierce little guard kitty, aren’t you? I’m so glad you’re here to protect me since Mom and Derek aren’t.”

He meowed and ran ahead, appearing to scout the path in front of them.

She stood up and followed the precious little fur ball while her brain slipped into analysis mode. Emily was starting to understand Miller’s betrayal. If the cops were all over him about her, there had to come a point when he’d have to make a decision: take care of himself or protect her. She knew all about the first option—her whole life for the past few years had been about protecting herself and not getting involved with anyone. She used to live by her rules, ignoring the rest of the world in the process. That’s what she was upset about, mostly: she’d trusted him, and she knew better.

“People gotta do what they gotta do,” she mumbled, trying to convince herself that Jim wasn’t a bad guy.

If she were going to revert to living by her strict set of rules, then she needed to take a few minutes to reevaluate whether or not she should trust the various people in her life.

Junie was a no-brainer. She was a kindred spirit—a young girl making the best of a shitty situation on the streets of Phoenix. Junie felt like a little sister, and Emily knew the feeling was mutual—her second sight told her so, every time Junie looked at her with those big, clear eyes.

As for Derek, he had saved her more than once, and usually at great risk to himself. Especially when the twisted sicko, Rob the Rapist, was holding her captive. She knew her heart was getting in the way of her logic, but she fought through it, letting the facts bubble to the surface and speak for themselves. She was ninety-five percent sure he was the real deal. Granted, he had his own demons to deal with, but he was a good guy and was crazy about her. He was someone she thought she could trust, or maybe it was someone she wanted to trust. For herself and for her heart. Her logic was telling her to be cautious, but her heart was screaming to grant him permanent membership in her circle of trust.

Miller, on the other hand, had saved her from a group of West Side Locos; but when she thought about it, the gangbangers were holding a gun on him, too. He was saving his own ass, as well as hers. It was clear he was interested in her life story, sure.

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