Taboo Mountain Daddy: A Mountain's Baby Romance by K.C. Crowne

Author:K.C. Crowne [Crowne, K.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-09T16:00:00+00:00

Madison

“I’ve been trying to call you, you know,” I said, punching my brother playfully in the arm. “Cassie said the two of you met. How’d it go?”

“How did she know where to reach me?” he grumbled, ignoring my question.

“I gave her your phone number,” I replied sternly. “Listen, I know you’re a private person, but you need help, Jack. And she cares about you. Did it help any? What did you two talk about? I haven’t been able to see her yet, but I hope to soon.”

“I thought you were going back to Los Angeles,” he said, again ignoring my litany, staring down at his hands.

“I told you, I wanted to spend some time with you,” I reminded him softly. “And I’m hoping to help you out.”

“That’s my kids,” my mom announced, clasping her hands together and grinning from ear-to-ear. “I always knew the two of you would stick together and help each other.”

I wanted to say something about how it would have been nice to be able to rely on my parents, too but kept that to myself. My mother had called me on the hotel room phone, and maybe it was a weak moment for me, but I wanted to give her another chance before leaving Liberty.

Or maybe it was the fact that my period was late, and I thought I might be stuck in Liberty longer than I’d intended that made me do it, I don’t know. Either way, I agreed to meet with her if she could get Jack to come too. Somehow, she’d managed to get him to show up.

“I don’t need your help, Mads. And I don’t need Cassie’s help either,” Jack said dryly. He took a sip from his coffee, still not meeting my gaze.

“No, you may not need it, but I want to help you,” I insisted. “I’ve heard some rumors, you know.”

He didn’t ask me what I’d heard. My mother scoffed. “This town talks so much shit, I swear. Don’t believe everything you hear, Maddy.”

I ignored her, focusing my attention on my brother. I needed the truth, and this might be the only opportunity for me to get it. God knew he wasn’t responding to my texts or calls. Who knew when I might see him again?

I could always tell when my brother lied. He had nervous ticks. He would run his hand over his mouth or scratch his nose. He also didn’t look me in the eye when he lied. Since he wasn’t looking at me anyway, I had to rely on the nervous ticks for clues.

“So, someone saw you taking money from Robert McBride,” I encouraged, speaking low enough that no one in the diner could hear me. “And that you’re hanging out with Dad’s old cohorts. Is that true?”

He ran a hand over his mouth. It was subtle, but it was there. “Stay out of it, Madison.”

“Jack, please—”

He slammed his fist down at the table, rattling the dishes and drawing attention. The three of us ignored the stares. “I said, stay out of it.

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