Saving Rain by Kelsey Kingsley

Author:Kelsey Kingsley [Kingsley, Kelsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2023-07-13T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

UPWARD SPIRAL

If someone were to analyze my life from the very start, they’d probably say I had been destined for failure. That no matter how hard my grandparents had tried, things were inevitably going to go south for me, given the circumstances with my mother and the shit she got herself into.

A self-fulfilling prophecy, they’d say when I started tumbling down that dark and twisted path of selling drugs.

And I thought, if I hadn’t ended up in prison, they probably would’ve been right. Because no matter how good my intentions and heart might have been, that road I was on never would’ve taken me anywhere good. Hell, if I hadn’t been locked up, there was a good chance I would’ve been dead by now, killed in a deal gone wrong or some shit like that. I never would’ve been given the chance for redemption. I never would’ve met Harry, I never would’ve gotten a job at The Fisch Market, and I never would’ve met Ray again or her son.

Needless to say, my downward spiral had officially been turned around the moment entered that barb wired fence. And right now, thanks to my second chance in River Canyon, life was definitely on an upswing.

A couple of nights a week, after I came home from the grocery store and did some work on the house, Noah would come over to hang out for a while, and I would teach him how to defend himself. I had no professional training, and I definitely had the advantage of size on my side. But while I couldn’t guarantee he wouldn’t get his ass kicked in a fight, I was confident he’d at least get in a couple of decent shots—or make a solid attempt at trying.

Most weeknights, I ate dinner with Ray and Noah. Sometimes, Ray cooked, and sometimes, I did. A couple of times, Noah even took a stab at throwing a meal together. Afterward, we would watch a movie or play a board game together before Noah showered and went to bed while Ray and I made out on the couch.

On the weekends, Noah went to his grandparents’ house, and Ray and I went on our dates. Eating dinner, going for walks, having sex that very quickly began to feel like making love, and sleeping in each other’s arms until the sun came up.

Routine had settled in—a good one—and it struck me one day, as I walked into the grocery store to discover that Howard had finally moved the Produce sign, that life was truly, without a doubt, good.

Finally.

“Where did they put the canned beets?” Helen Kinney, mother to Officer Kinney, muttered to herself that same day, wandering down the aisle pushing a cart. “They were right over here a couple of weeks ago. So, where did—”

I looked up from mopping up a box of shattered sauce jars and pointed to the left. “Oh, all canned vegetables were moved to aisle four.”

She turned and offered a grateful smile. “Thank you so much, Soldier,” she said in her melodic Irish accent.

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