Highway Henchmen : Book 1: Chap by T. L. Drake

Author:T. L. Drake [Drake, T. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

EDEN

I pull the sugar cookies, with the red heart design in the middle, out of the oven. Larisa likes buying these for every holiday. Next month, it will be shamrocks. God, it’s hard to believe that spring is just around the corner. Since I’ve started dating Chap, I’ve lost all concept of time. I find myself living in the moment instead of watching a clock. The past month has been a dream come true. It feels like the family I’ve always wanted, even if Chap isn’t Larisa’s biological dad. Not that you would know it, the two of them have been inseparable. They go everywhere together and do everything a true father and daughter would do. I find myself often wondering about his son and my heart breaks for both of them. They both were deprived of a relationship that I have no doubt would have been extremely close and really strong. If his ex-wife was standing in front of me, I’d knock some sense into her. Here I was wishing Larisa’s father was in her life, and she tossed aside a man who would do anything for his son. Some women just don’t know how lucky they are.

I scoop the last cookie off the baking sheet and place it on wax paper to cool, then shut off the oven. They’ll be ready for Larisa when she gets home from school in an hour. With the cookies done, I quickly wash the dishes, then grab the laundry out of the dryer. Mondays are my only day off, which I spend doing chores around the house. I hear the front door open just as I’m closing the dryer.

“Mom?” I call out, picking up the basket of clothes to carry into the living room to fold. It’s too early for Larisa or Chap to be home, and mom tends to drop by unannounced all the time. I round the corner, expecting to find her stripping out of her coat and carrying some dish because she made too much food once again. “What did you bring me this…”

I freeze. My heart lodges in my throat as I take in the three men standing in my living room, all dressed in black including the masks covering their faces. My hands shake as I take a step back. The tallest of the three takes a step towards me and I stare into his honey brown eyes as he slowly shakes his head.

“Don’t try me,” his deep voice rumbles.

I don’t even think. I drop the basket and bolt for the back door. I hear cursing and the sound of heavy boots rushing towards me. My chest heaves as I dive for the door, but the minute my hand touches the knob a body slams into me from behind. My face cracks against the door and it feels like my cheek explodes. My hair is yanked back and a scream forms but never makes it out as I hit the ground and all the air is knocked from my lungs.

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