Reckless Hearts by Heather Van Fleet

Author:Heather Van Fleet [Fleet, Heather Van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2017-02-07T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Addison

I cringed as I watched the twenty-plus bodies out on the green field smash against one another. Their moves were fluid and fast, but rough at the same time. Rugby wasn’t something I was all too keen on watching, especially when I could see how dangerous it was from the sidelines. But it was funny how no one around me seemed to mind it, including Lia, who sat beside me, screaming her brother’s name.

“You see, the games are ten times more vicious than the practices, but that’s the fun of it.” She jabbed her finger in the air after Collin scored what was called a “try.”

Chloe sat on the blanket in between us, flipping through her books and squealing whenever she saw the dog pictures. I think I liked her baby world much more than this one.

“I don’t see the fun in this.” I frowned as a grunt sounded from the middle of their huge, mashed-together circle.

Leaning back on her hands with her legs stretched in front of her, Lia sighed and said, “I don’t really think it’s about the game as much as the bonding itself. Colly needs an outlet, ya know? Besides Chloe, Max and Gavin are his life.”

I didn’t know that. But I’d be happy to try to understand it. I found myself wanting to know everything about Collin, even the little details.

“Tell me how the three of them got to where they are now. Because whenever they’re together in the house, it’s like I’m sidelined and watching an X-rated version of Full House with all of their bro hugs and penis talk.”

“If there’s one thing I don’t miss, it’s their penis talk.” Lia snickered, rolling over onto her stomach.

“Max is the worst of all of them. He’s like a junkie when it comes to sex.”

Lia frowned. “This I know.” I didn’t miss her sarcasm one bit. “The guy’s been that way since the first time I met him a few years back. But he’s also a total southern boy with all the charm, and the devoted mama to go along with it.”

“And Gavin?”

“He’s a different story altogether. Both of his parents died when he was really young, and he got flung from foster home to foster home for several years. He did earn a scholarship for his smarts, I guess, but that’s about all I know.”

As if he knew we were talking about him, Gavin looked our way from the middle of the field and waved shyly, a happy, unfamiliar grin on his face. The look betrayed his normally grumpy moods, but with Gavin, nothing was a shock anymore. If anything, he and Collin seemed to be bred from the same team of sperm, only Gavin was more about control while Collin seemed to lose his control easier.

“Anyway, they all wound up at the same boot camp, and the three of them somehow got lucky enough to stay together when they were shipped out.”

“And Collin? I mean, he told me why he enlisted. But if he was really and truly in love with Chloe’s mom, I don’t understand what happened.

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