Protect and Serve by Gwyneth Bolton

Author:Gwyneth Bolton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780373860753
Publisher: Kimani
Published: 2008-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

Once Penny and Jason left, Carla sat up in the bed. Her entire body ached, and it hurt to move. She guessed she should thank the Lord she was alive. But the fact that Gerald seemed determined to keep showing up meant she probably wouldn’t be alive for long. C-Money didn’t make idle threats. And C-Money did not want her with Gerald.

She glanced at Gerald. Sitting in the chair with his head back and his eyes closed, he looked as if he didn’t have a care in the world. Meanwhile, she had to shoulder everything, all the burden of making sure that C-Money never hurt anyone else she cared about.

Sure, she shouldn’t have been stupid enough to get involved with Gerald’s biggest rival back in the day, when Gerald got sent away on that murder rap. But C-Money had come at her hard. And before she knew it, she’d gotten caught up, first in his game and then in his drugs.

When C-Money struck her daughter, Carla had finally got the strength to leave him alone. But he’d threatened her child’s life. So she’d stayed. She’d broken her mother’s heart when she chose to stay with C-Money.

Now, if she didn’t find a way to get Penny to get her out of town as soon as possible, C-Money might make good on his threat after all.

“You have to go, Gerald. Please.”

Gerald opened his eyes and stared at her. He just looked at her for what seemed like forever, and her heart felt as if it were going to explode.

Why did she have to give him up again, when he was back and it seemed as if he still loved her, in spite of everything she’d done? Why did he have to look at her so lovingly?

“Who did this to you, baby? Please tell me what happened. Tell me who hurt you. Let me help you.” The earnestness in his voice would have been her undoing, if she didn’t have Penny to worry about now.

It was one thing when C-Money was just threatening her, a whole other thing when it came to her child. She might not be the best mother in the world, but she loved her daughter, in her own way.

“You can’t help me, Gerald. The only thing that can help me is if I get out of town. The only person that can make that happen is Brat.”

He cringed. “Why do you call her that? That doesn’t seem like a very loving nickname for your child, Carla.”

Her eyes narrowed. Here it comes, the guilt and blame. “I call her Brat because I have always called her that. Believe it or not, I know I can be pretty spoiled and childish. My mother always gave me everything I wanted. Even when I got pregnant at a young age and the father of my child went to jail and I got hooked on drugs, she raised my child for me.”

Carla shrugged. “But guess what? Mama spoiled Penny, too. And my child is very smart and can be a bit self-righteous.

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