Second Chances (Nugget Romance 3) by Stacy Finz

Author:Stacy Finz [Finz, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, Family Saga, Womens Fiction, Small Town, Mountain Town, California, Recession, Reporter, Stories, Dream Job, Cabin, Woodworker, Neighbor, Curiosity, Exclusive, Solitude, Temptation, Secrets, Future, Commitment, Personality
Goodreads: 24659332
Publisher: Lyrical Shine
Published: 2015-04-14T04:00:00+00:00

Colin drove as far and fast as he could go, but with his gas gauge almost on empty, he wound up at Sophie and Mariah’s construction site. He parked, got out of his truck, and bent over, resting his palms on his knees, letting blood flow to his brain.

Brain? That was rich. If he had a brain, he wouldn’t have lost it back at the Ponderosa. But seeing that dude with his hands all over Harlee, forcing himself on her, had set him off like a bottle rocket. Then his fight instincts had kicked in and he’d overreacted. Old habits die hard. In Donovan, if you didn’t fight to kill, you died.

Going in so young, Colin had been particularly susceptible to the gangs and the lifers, who had nothing to lose. Luckily, he’d honed his skills at the California Youth Authority, where survival meant becoming the meanest scrapper in the yard. Together, he and Latwon, his one and only friend, had covered each other’s backs.

Last he’d heard, Latwon was back in, doing a third strike on a drug rap. He was never getting out. And at this rate, Colin would be going back in.

He fished his cell phone out of his back pocket and hit automatic dial.

“Hello?” Al’s voice came across groggy, like he’d been sleeping. Colin looked at his watch. It was one in the morning.

He’d wanted to kiss Harlee when the clock struck midnight. He knew it was crazy, given that he’d just kicked her to the curb. But he couldn’t seem to make himself stay away from her.

For an hour he’d circled the Ponderosa, working up the nerve to go inside, doing his breathing exercises. When he’d finally mustered the courage, Darla had been standing by the bar and told him where to find Harlee. That’s when he saw the dude pawing her and became too blinded by rage to even notice the crowds.

“That you, Colin?”

“Yeah,” Colin said. “Sorry to wake you.”

“You call to wish me a happy New Year, or what?” Al sounded more alert now, disguising his concern with flippancy. Colin knew the tone well.

“I’m in trouble, Al.”

“Where you at?”

“Not far from home.” Colin didn’t want to tell Al that he’d run like a little pussy. He got back in his truck because it was cold as hell and cranked up the heater.

“What did you do?”

“I got into a bar fight—beat up someone.”

“You went into a bar?” Al asked, sounding more surprised that Colin had worked up the nerve to go into a public place than the fact that he’d pummeled the hell out of a guy.

“The Ponderosa. The dude was pushing himself on a friend of mine.”

“You hurt him?” Al asked.

Colin exhaled. “I don’t know how badly. The police chief broke it up. Shit, Al.”

“He didn’t arrest you?”

“I left.” Colin had walked away from a crime scene and ditched Harlee when she needed him. Hell, who was he kidding, he’d scared her to death. He’d seen the way she’d backed away from him, stared in horror, like he was a goddamned berserker.

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