Hard Stick by L.P. Dover

Author:L.P. Dover [Dover, L.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2017-06-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Kristen

Two weeks had passed and it was time for Brooklyn to arrive. I paced the front porch, waiting for her and Jason to come down the driveway. When I saw them in Aylee’s Jeep, I bounced down the stairs. Before Jason could come to a stop, Brooklyn jumped out and raced to me.

“I’ve missed you!” she cried, almost knocking me down to the ground.

Tears flooded my eyes and I squeezed her tight. “I’ve missed you, too. I’m so glad you’re here.”

She let me go and cupped my cheeks. “Me, too. We have lots to catch up on.”

Jason took Brooklyn’s bag out of the car and set it by the front door. “All right, ladies, I’m outta here. Good luck tomorrow.”

I waved. “Thanks, Jason. I’m gonna need it.” He got back into the Jeep and left. Tomorrow I was going to see Cole’s parents with Brooklyn. I was terrified of how they were going to handle it. Would they be happy I was back? Or angry because I kept them in the dark for so long? What really scared me was how they were going to handle the news of Cole’s death. All they’d ever known was a lie, that it was an accident. They needed to know the truth, and that one day, Mitchell would pay for what he did. I couldn’t imagine what it’d feel like to see someone that you thought was dead.

Brooklyn looked up at the house and sighed. “The place still looks the same. Thank you for taking care of it.”

“All I do is live in it and keep it clean. Jason still mows the grass. The pond is my favorite, though. After Aylee and I finish our workouts, I’ll lie on the grass and just listen to the water.”

“Let’s do it then,” she said, marching toward the pond. “How’s the sparring going?”

We sat down by the water and lay back on the grass. “Good. I’ve come a long way since I first started. I feel like I’m actually strong enough to hurt someone.”

She snickered. “I’d like to see that. Maybe I should’ve gotten Camden to come out here.”

“Yeah, right. He’d toss me around like I was nothing. I don’t even know if I’d be able to fight off Mitchell if he found me. I haven’t been able to use what I know on someone real. I can’t exactly use my full strength on Aylee.”

She sighed. “True. But Mitchell’s not going to find you now. You have me, my brother, and Aylee.” Then she nudged me in the side. “And a sexy hockey star if I’m not mistaken. How’s that going, by the way?”

I could feel the heat rising to my cheeks. “Pretty good,” I said, turning to look at her. I couldn’t hold back my smile. That was what Kellan did to me.

“I know what that smile means. You’re really into this guy, aren’t you?”

“It’s hard not to be. For the longest time, I was wrong about him. He’s not the dirty bastard some of his friends are.

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