Scoring Fast (Rivals) by Cathryn Fox

Author:Cathryn Fox [Fox, Cathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Foxy Ink

15

Kace

Jemma shameful, out doing debauched activities. I don’t think so. I grip the steering wheel tighter as my thoughts return to last night. There were so many times I thought she was a virgin, but then she’d do or say something that eased my concerns. Was she faking it? Fuck man, what if she was pretending to be experienced when she wasn’t?

Did I take her virginity?

That can’t be right. Sebastian told me he’d hooked up with her. Then again, he is an asshole and I’m not sure I believe anything that comes out of his mouth. I should come right out and just ask her, but then it would make this whole trip awkward, and right now I have Emma to think about. I’m doing this for her. Okay, I’m doing this for Jemma too, because there are so many things I like about her—the real her.

She checks something on her phone and when a song comes on she likes, she nudges the radio up a bit. I stifle a yawn. “I can drive if you want to have a nap,” she offers.

“I’m okay. It’s not that far. Why don’t you tell me a story to keep me awake?”

“You mean like a children’s story?”

“Sure, one that you wrote.”

She crinkles up her nose. “I think it might put you to sleep.”

I laugh at that. “Is that what your stories are supposed to do, put children to sleep?”

“No, not really. I want them to be fun and exciting and for them to learn something. But you’re an adult and they’d bore you. Although with the right animation, it could really help bring my stories to life.”

“Tell me about one. Let me see if I can figure out how to draw the characters.”

“Okay.” She flips through her phone, and pulls up her notes. “This one is about a little boy named Jack who starts school and he’s shy and fearful, completely out of his comfort zone, so he pretends to be a dinosaur, big and strong and confident. He roars at everyone. But instead of making friends, the kids are all scared of him.”

“Is he going to be okay?” I ask, completely serious.

She stares at me for a second and then her hand lands on my arm. “He’s going to be okay, Kace.”

“Thank God.”

She laughs, hard. “You know, maybe you should have gone into social work. You really care a lot about kids.”

I shrug. “Hockey is my life.”

“Do you want kids someday?”

“I don’t know. I never gave it much thought. I’ll be on the road a lot.”

“Players make it work, though, when it’s important enough to them.”

I snort. “Yeah, when it’s important enough, you can make anything work, even a double life.” Fuck, why the hell would I blurt that out? I stare straight ahead, not wanting to see Jemma’s expression, or the plea in her eyes for me to explain. She’s heard enough tidbits about my life, that she knows something shitty went down, and I don’t want anyone’s pity. Unable to

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.