Take Me Back To Texas by Amy Lillard

Author:Amy Lillard [Lillard, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A Squared Books contemporary romance
Published: 2015-05-06T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Driving JD’s truck for the second time wasn’t nearly as nerve wracking as it had been the first time. Maybe because JD wasn’t there keeping a critical eye on her every move. Yet the unfamiliar vehicle gave her something to concentrate on besides the words knocking around in her head. “Just friends.” She and JD had never been only friends. Nor would they be any more than what they were right then: casual lovers.

With practiced ease she pulled the shiny black Ford into the circle drive of the school. It, like everything else in Loveless, was frozen in time.

The sign announcing it was the home of the Mustangs looked the same as did the red brick and navy blue trimmed windows. A few new buildings dotted the campus along with a trailer or two and a new annex that doglegged toward the football field.

She pulled the truck to a stop in front of a dark-haired girl who could only belong to JD. Tall and slender, she was the spitting image of her father.

The teen wrenched open the door and tossed her book bag inside.

Familiar, dark blue eyes scanned Elizabeth as if assessing why she was there and driving her father’s truck. “Bethie Grace?”

Elizabeth didn’t bother to correct her. It was a lost cause with everyone in Loveless. “Mallory.”

“Dad said you’re a friend of his?” Mallory’s voice rose on the end making it sound more like a question than a statement.

There was that word again. “We went to high school together.”

“I see,” she said, but made no move to get into the truck. “Did your dog really bite him?”

“Nonono. It’s not my dog.”

“But it was at your house?”

“My grandmother’s house.”

“Is Dad going to be okay?”

Elizabeth nodded.

“What about the dog?”

“I don’t think your father’s going to press charges.”

Mallory stopped. “That’s funny.”

“I’m glad you think so.”

The teen grinned, then nodded, finally swinging herself into the passenger’s seat. “Are we going back to the hospital?”

“Yep, otherwise your dad won’t have a ride home.”

With a quick smile at Mallory, she pulled the black truck into the street and pointed the nose toward the other side of town.

JD’s daughter was sweet and funny, the female image of her father. Given half the chance, Elizabeth could fall in love with her just as easily as she had fallen for him.

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JD sat back down on the exam table even though his feet wanted to pace. What was taking them so long? He checked his watch. Okay, so Bethie Grace hadn’t been gone that long. But he wanted her back where he could see her. And his truck too.

Whatever. His truck wasn’t the problem; it was Bethie Grace and Mallory. Together. That was what worried him. He had been so very careful all of these years to hide his relationships from Mallory. Not that any of them were serious. But he wanted his daughter to feel secure. He needed her to know that she was his number one girl now and would always be.

But that was before Bethie Grace came back to town.

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