Her Country Star Cowboy Second Chance by Taylor Hart

Author:Taylor Hart [Hart, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ArchStone Ink
Published: 2020-04-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Jaycee didn’t know how long she’d been sitting there with Duke at her side. She felt like some dumb puppet, and now that she had a moment of reflection, she could look at herself and see how she’d been played, with the strings making her dance and sing so many times by her father.

“This is bull,” Duke stated, still scouring a document. “It shows here that the organization met at our house every Monday, and there are secret tunnels beneath it. Did you know that?”

She grimaced as she looked at the chart he was holding, which was some kind of initiation paper for new recruits. "No."

Mr. Stetson had his boots up on his desk and a toothpick in his hand, picking at his teeth. He’d called in for pizza, but Jaycee had lost her appetite. “I think the biggest leverage you kids have is that the organization won't know how much you guys have on them.”

Jaycee’s heart pounded. It seemed like there were way too many cover-ups to count. Her journalistic mind was buzzing as she flipped from page to page. Her father had signed countless “agreements” stating that he would keep silent about everything; his life and the lives of his family were vital to it.

It all chilled her to the bone. When her father had stuck her in that psych ward, she hadn’t understood the pressure he’d been under to keep the truth to himself. Now she understood that if she kept talking about who set the fire, who killed her mother, and who was after her, he would have to cover up even more.

Tearfully, she remembered her last conversation with her father before coming to Summerville. “Be safe, Jaycee. You don’t what dangers lurk out there. I can’t keep you safe from everything. Lord knows how much I’ve tried.”

At the time, she’d thought that his desire for control was his only motivation, but now …

“He really was trying to protect you, Jaycee,” Duke said.

She nodded.

Duke stood, cursing. “His whole platform about cleaning up the government from within, about making sure there was more transparency in the system so the decisions being made by the higher-ups were easily translated to the people. It’s just bunk. Complete bunk. I just read about the whole cover-up with Mama and the fire.” He choked up. “It looks like someone did kill her because she was asking too many questions, sniffing around.”

Tears filled Jaycee's eyes. “Mama knew that things were happening,” Jaycee said. “She tried to tell us. She tried to tell everyone.”

"And I thought she was insane." Duke wiped at his eyes and turned to her. “I’m sorry, Jaycee. I’m so sorry I never believed you.” He threw his arms around her.

It wasn’t like this moment with her jerk brother would make up for everything, but she couldn’t describe how nice it was to be united again, to feel like she had Duke back again. “Thank you.”

Duke pulled back, determination in his gaze. “I say we expose Dad, the organization, all of it.

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