Whiskey Rebellion by Toni Aleo

Author:Toni Aleo [Aleo, Toni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Toni Aleo
Published: 2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00

Lena told me to wait for her at the bridge.

I wanted to meet her at the house, walk over with her, but when she had come back to the stables, her face tearstained, I didn’t have the heart to argue with her. Even though I did want to be a gentleman and walk her to my tent. It was obvious the ride had done its job, but I also knew she was struggling with her family’s expectations of her. The bartender she had broken rules with picking her up to go on a date probably wouldn’t go over well.

I want to say I’m not bothered by what everyone has said, implying I’m not good enough for Lena since I’m just a commoner, as everyone keeps calling me, but I am. I think mostly because I know I’m not really good enough for someone like her. I mean, she’s amazing, even when she thinks she’s not. If she could just see the person I see, she’d be good. She’d recognize that she’s beautiful, smart, and witty as hell. That when she isn’t trying to hide who she is behind all her acting out and poor decisions, she is damn near perfect. Or at least, I think so.

Not that it matters, though, what I think or even what I feel. I have to keep reminding myself of that. These feelings that bubble up inside me every time I see her, or every time we touch, I have to ignore. Or I would fall so hard for her. While I don’t want to hurt her, since it’s obvious she’s been hurt badly, I fear I would be the one hurt. Because why would someone like her want someone like me?

But all those thoughts are gone the moment I see her.

I lose every bit of my clear thinking the moment she appears. It’s like she puts me under her spell, where the only thing that matters is her and making her smile.

“Ya didn’t have to wait for me. I know where the tent is.”

“You do?”

“Yeah, I can see it from my window.”

“So you’re stalking me?”

“Always,” she teases, and I smile. “But really, I’d have come to you.”

I take her hand in mine. “I wanted to pick you up.”

She waves me off. “Ya don’t want to experience my ma, promise ya that.”

Lacing our fingers together, I smile. “I would if it meant walking that extra twenty minutes with you.”

Her eyes sparkle as she leans into me. “Ah, shut it and come on. We have a date, yeah?”

“We do,” I agree, and when she beams back up at me, I feel like my heart is in my throat.

“Good, show me what a Jackson date is since it’s so much different from any other date I’ve been on.”

“Deal.”

Soon we are sitting around the little fire I’ve made, eating s’mores. She is cuddled close beside me as she holds the s’more I just made for her, after making her two hot dogs and some chips. The smile on her face is unstoppable, and I know I’ve succeeded when it comes to blowing her away.

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