Jace by Sasha Summers

Author:Sasha Summers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2019-12-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“This is bigger than you.” Her mother was all fired up. “And don’t feed me some line about caring for him, either. If you cared about Jace Black, you’d stay away from him.”

Krystal couldn’t argue with her—not on this. She’d tried to stay away from him. Sort of. But she couldn’t. And now, this. What the hell had she been thinking? She hadn’t been thinking. She’d been feeling. She’d missed him. It was that simple. Missed his touch and his kiss. Jace the Gentleman withdrawal.

“What about his sister? And all his dead wife’s medical bills?” Her mother waited. “You realize he worked two, sometimes three jobs and was still facing bankruptcy when that show came along? He finally has a chance to better himself—and his sister. Why would you take that from him?”

Bankruptcy? Medical bills? Was she telling the truth? Or manipulating things to make her feel worse?

“Mom, chill.” Travis ran a hand through his blond hair. “I don’t see why this is such a big deal. It was a frigging kiss. Period. No one saw much of anything. Besides, Mickey survived just fine. Why is this different?”

“It is completely different. How do you think people will react to Krystal breaking Jace’s heart? Or Three Kings? He’s…wholesome. A widower. The man lost his baby boy, Travis. Pretty much the entire country feels protective of him—a good portion of that wants to go to bed with him.”

Krystal took a sip of coffee. When her mother was irrational, it was easy to brush her off. But right now, her mother sounded all too rational.

“Your daddy was working on a new album. Did you know that?” She was pacing. “It’s been three years since his last one. You think having our name trashed all over the place, again, won’t impact how the label supports him? It will. Guess it was too much to hope that we’d steer clear of more troubles with the record label. Last time about ended the Kings’ music legacy.” She waited just long enough for Krystal’s stomach to twist, hard. “Now this nonsense about not going to ACMF?”

“Momma,” Emmy Lou jumped in. “We’re going.”

“Yes, I know. And Krystal will get some mysterious illness and bow out?” Her mother shook her head. “I know all about your little plan and I’m disappointed. Beyond disappointed. We don’t hide from our fears; we face them. You’re never going to let this go until you talk to—”

“Momma.” Krystal glared up at her, stunned that her mother was prepared to go there. “We should wait until Daddy gets here.”

“He’ll see it my way, Krystal. I don’t know why you’re always so determined to think otherwise.” She sighed, frowning at her. “He respects my industry savvy and the powerful friends I have. Friends who have stuck with us through the good times and the not so good times.”

“Fine.” Krystal drew her legs up, cradling Clementine against her chest. “He’ll side with you. And what did the two of you decide?”

She smiled. “Well, what if

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