Home Free by Laramie Briscoe

Author:Laramie Briscoe [Briscoe, Laramie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love, MC, Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Laramie Briscoe
Published: 2015-10-08T04:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Twenty-Three

Charity stood up from the kitchen table, stretching her back. Mandy and Dalton had left over an hour ago, and she had spent that time plotting locations on a map and looking for something that would give her an indication of a pattern. So far, nothing.

“C’mon.” Drew walked around the table and grabbed her by the waist. “Dad just called and said they’re having a bonfire at the clubhouse. I don’t know about you, but I could stand to get out of here and away from this for a while.”

Earlier, she’d gone to her apartment and gotten some clothes, not sure if she was ready to go back yet. He hadn’t seemed like he was having an issue with her staying, so she would do it as long as it felt right. “I think that’s the best idea I’ve heard in a long time.”

They were having an unseasonably cool October, and a bonfire sounded like a great idea to her. “I’m gonna go change into something that’s a little warmer.” She indicated the T-shirt she was wearing.

“I’ve got a jacket and hoodie you can wear too.” Drew leaned in, kissing her on the forehead before releasing her so that she could go upstairs to where her clothes were.

He watched her take the stairs and had to pinch himself again. He wasn’t sure how everything he’d ever wanted had landed in his lap, but he knew without a doubt he wasn’t going to take it for granted. He had done that back when he was young and dumb. He’d learned a lot since then, even if he hadn’t had a chance to put it into practice.

Walking over to his closet, he grabbed out a hoodie and an old jacket, one he’d worn when he was much smaller. It was hard waiting for her to come down the stairs; he struggled with wondering if there would ever be a day when she wouldn’t, if she decided to leave and never come back. That was a fear he had, he assumed from their teenage years. A large part of him understood that was the past and he couldn’t keep holding it up as a prediction of the future, but at the same time, it was hard not to. When he heard her footsteps, he breathed a sigh of relief.

“You ready?” he asked, as he turned around.

“If you’ve got a jacket, I sure am.”

She took his breath away, like she always had. She wore a gray, long-sleeve thermal shirt with a pair of jeans that fit her like a second skin, showing off the curves she had, tucked into a pair of black boots that made him hard just looking at them. She had been gorgeous in high school, but now she carried herself in a way that radiated confidence, and it made her that much sexier in his eyes. Her dark hair was straight, falling down towards her shoulders, and while she did wear makeup, it wasn’t the makeup her mom had always tried to smear across her face.

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