Sex, Vows & Babies: Surviving Harley (Kindle Worlds Novella) by K Webster

Author:K Webster [Webster, K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novella
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-03-11T23:00:00+00:00

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I calculate our trip by using the keys on the side of the map. Thirty-six hours. I haven’t actually driven outside of the city in what seems like decades. Sure, I’ve taken multiple flights to LA and Chicago and other places for work. I’ve only been in a vehicle driving outside of my home one other time that I can remember. I can recall twenty years ago when I was just ten, riding with my parents to South Carolina. We’d taken a vacation to the beach. I’d stared out the window for hours watching the world slowly pass by.

Back then, the world was pretty. Mom and Dad stopped at quirky restaurants and souvenir shops along the way. This trip is much more different. Harley and I’ve been on the road for several hours. My stomach keeps growling, but every fast food joint we pass is closed. No electricity. I don’t have the heart to ask him if we have food in the back just yet. His jaw keeps clenching and I can see lines of worry marring his handsome face.

The quiet drive has given me time to reflect on what the last twelve hours have been like. I’d been fucked by someone who seemed to adore both me and my body. Found an unlikely friend in my husband. Faced the ridicule of an entire nation. And then those same people were silenced in a blink of an eye.

“Do you think it was just New York? What happens when we cross over into Ohio?” I question, breaking up the silence.

“More of the same, I imagine. That AAA asshole seemed as though he was referring to the entire country. So far, we’re nearly finished driving through Pennsylvania and we’ve yet to see one place of business with electricity.”

I chew on my bottom lip. “What happens when we run out of gas?”

He looks down at the fuel gauge. “We’re going to pull over someplace secluded and I’ll fill up. I have some gas containers in the back.”

“Do you have food in the back?” I whisper. “I’m hungry.”

He squeezes my thigh. “Let me find us a safe place to stop. Then I’ll feed you, beautiful.”

His words warm me. Everything around us is in chaos, yet Harley keeps my heart from exploding. I feel as though, with him, I’ll be okay. His promise to protect me is thick in the air. I’ve spent every year since I was fourteen protecting myself. It’s nice to share that burden with him.

I trust him.

The thought hits me like a ton of bricks. A couple of months ago, I promised him that the moment I held trust for him, I’d tell him a dark part of myself. A part I’d kept hidden deep inside—from everyone. That day when he pulled me into the pantry and made my body light up with fire for him, I’d been tempted to finally speak about what had upset me. I’d gotten news of a certain foster parent that had gone to prison.

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