Now and Then (Dare to Love #3) by Mira Lyn Kelly

Author:Mira Lyn Kelly [Kelly, Mira Lyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2016-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Jet had been right.

She was in over her head. Had been in over her head, probably from that first drink at the Pint Pub. But she hadn’t wanted to see. And even with Jet pointing out the obvious the week before, she’d refused to believe.

Because she’d wanted more. She’d wanted the dizzying crush of her shoulders hitting the wall opposite the front door when Ford first saw her after she’d been gone for back-to-back games out of town. She’d wanted the sleepy mornings with his arms wrapped tightly around her. She’d wanted to see that look in his eyes as he pushed inside her, the one that made her feel like everything.

But one word from the man on the other end of the line, and now she knew.

It was over. And thanks to him, she would be left with nothing.

She sat, balancing on the edge of her favorite chair, but finding no comfort there at all.

“Dad,” she answered, dread coating her skin like an oily residue. “How did you get this number?”

The laugh that sounded through the line was a weary one. And yet still somehow laced with the charm and charisma that had been luring everyone who knew better back in for as long as she could remember.

“Your brother gave it to me.”

Of course he had. Her mom sure didn’t have it. She was too deep in the dysfunction she called love to be relied on to do anything but give in to her husband’s requests. No matter what he did, how he betrayed her, endangered her, or hurt her, all it took was one of his seemingly heartfelt apologies and she was ready to line up for more of whatever he was offering that month—smooth lines, practiced lies, threadbare explanations, and promises he’d never keep. It broke Brynn’s heart not to be able to give her own mother her phone number or address, but that’s what it had come to. She still drove up at least once a month. And she called each week, but the number was blocked and no matter how her mother promised she wouldn’t tell Brynn’s father where she was, Brynn knew from experience it was a promise her mom couldn’t keep. She couldn’t bear to put either one of them in the position to be let down like that again.

Which had left her brother, Mickey. Because what if there was an emergency? What if something happened to her mom and she didn’t find out until it was too late?

She knew Mickey was going to screw her over nine times out of ten. He was as opportunistic as their dad—or nearly. But more than anyone, her brother understood the kind of toxic impact Danny had on their lives. After all, he’d been the one offered up as collateral to a loan shark for three days while their dad had gone to get the money he owed them. The money he’d spent on more bets and wouldn’t have been able to pay back without

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