Every Kiss You Steal: A Redeeming Love Novel (Book 7) by Parker J.E

Author:Parker, J.E.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-21T16:00:00+00:00

Part Three

From Here We Fall

“Sometimes the darkness lives inside you, and sometimes it wins.”

— Alexandra Bracken

Chapter Twenty-One

Ashley

Two Years Later

He’ll be here soon...

I stood next to the brightly lit Ferris Wheel amid the Toluca County Fairgrounds. Anxious as could be, I fidgeted in place, the yellow sundress I wore twirling around my thighs with each of my movements as I waited for Chase to show.

Twenty-two lonely days had passed since I last saw him, and I was ready to burst right out of my skin. Busy with conditioning camp at Charleston Southern, he hadn’t been able to make the hour and a half commute home like he normally did every weekend.

I’d wanted to drive up and see him, if only for a second, but we both agreed it was an idea that was guaranteed to backfire. Hearts and souls entwined, there was no doubt in either of our minds that once our gazes locked, he’d blow off every responsibility he had at CSU in favor of spending time with me.

That wasn’t an option.

With less than a year to go until he officially announced that he was forgoing his senior year in favor of entering the NFL draft, stepping out of line now would be both detrimental and foolish.

He’d worked so hard.

I wouldn’t let him throw it all away.

Even if waiting to see him did suck.

Like, majorly.

But luckily for me, I’d been able to keep busy. Between taking classes at the community college, working full-time at Morgan Law Firm—the same job I was offered two years before in almost the exact same spot—and volunteering at the shelter on weekends, I had plenty on my plate.

Plus, I had my family.

I had my friends.

And I had my crazy dog.

Each of them made the wait for Chase’s return that much more tolerable. Between my nutty overprotective parents, my hyper little brother, and my sweet as pie little sister, there was never a dull moment around the Moretti house.

And don’t even get me started on Felix and Angel.

Completely blind, Angel knew his way around the house just fine, but even if he hadn’t, it wouldn’t have mattered. Felix, bless his heart, carried him everywhere. He and Gracie—whose adoption was finalized over a year before—took Angel and Ziggy on walks every night.

Ziggy pranced around on a leash.

But Angel? He rode in a babydoll stroller.

It was frickin’ adorable.

And let’s not forget Grandmama.

Crazy as ever, she always kept things interesting.

Between zipping around town in the pink Cadillac convertible Brantley had bought her as a thank you gift for setting him up with Clara and meddling in everyone’s business, she was always on the go. The woman may have been in her eighties, but she had more energy than I did at twenty.

It was complete insanity.

But it was Grandmama so what—

My thoughts were suddenly lost when the hair on the back of my neck stood on end as an eerie awareness washed over me, one which I only felt when my guy was near.

Yes, my guy.

Though we still weren’t officially boyfriend and girlfriend—I had issues, y’all—we still belonged to each other without question.

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