Throttle (Jack 'Em Up #3) by Shauna Allen

Author:Shauna Allen [Allen, Shauna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Shauna Allen
Published: 2015-11-20T05:00:00+00:00

Trace

Tori’s family was great. Like seriously great. And her mom was an awesome cook. I couldn’t help but wonder what her other sister was like.

I glanced over at her profile as we drove away and asked.

Her eyes met mine. “Kendall? Um, well, she’s kinda funky and bohemian but really traditional. If you mixed June Cleaver with a hippie, she’s what you’d get.”

I smiled as she told me about her sister’s life in L.A. She obviously loved her sister, but I’m pretty sure I caught the undertones of some resentment. Maybe because she’d gotten away to a life of luxury and excitement, while Tori was left behind to fight for her slice of happiness.

“I hope I get to meet her someday.”

Tori glanced over from the road, but kept silent.

“And your mom’s enchiladas rocked my world.”

“She is great in the kitchen,” Tori agreed. “Too bad I didn’t inherit that from her.”

“You seriously don’t cook?” She’d told me this, but somehow, I had a hard time believing her.

“Nope. Other than what I need to survive, I’m hopeless. I say bless the guy who created the microwave.”

I opened my mouth to retort it was probably a woman who invented the nuker, but my cell phone buzzed in my pocket and interrupted me.

“Sorry.” I checked my Caller ID and my stomach dropped.

“You gonna answer that?”

I glanced at Tori then Ryder, who’d fallen asleep in the backseat. Fuck. “It’s Kristi,” I admitted, my voice quiet and strained.

“Oh.” Her eyes caught on the phone in my hand again. “Well, maybe you should answer.”

With a sigh, I accepted the call. “Hello?”

“Trace.” She seemed surprised I’d actually answered.

“Yeah.”

“So, hey, listen . . .” She paused and it sounded like she moved to a different room, silencing the voices and laughter in the background. “I, uh, I’ve gotta go out of town for a while, take care of some business.”

“Okay.”

“But,” she continued, attitude coloring her voice, “I expect you to be over yourself when I get back.”

The fist in my lap was clenched so tight my knuckles were white. I caught Tori in my peripheral vision, her face carefully blank. “I’m not sure what you mean.”

Sigh. “I’ve already got a lawyer. He says I have rights to my kid. Don’t fight this.”

I said nothing, not trusting myself. We stopped at a red light and I breathed deeply. Suddenly, Tori’s hand rested on my thigh in quiet support as she drove with the other.

“Okay, well,” Kristi went on as if I’d agreed. “I’ll call you when I get back, okay?”

“I’m sure you will.”

“Later.”

Then she was gone. I tossed the phone onto the floorboard, vibrating with fury and hating that Tori had to witness this. My sincerest hope was that Kristi would disappear like she had last time once she had time to decide motherhood wasn’t her gig.

“You okay?” Tori’s soft voice soothed me like a gentle rain.

I glanced her way then back out the window. “Yeah.” I paused, squeezing my eyes shut. “No. She’s threatening me with a lawyer if I don’t let her see Ry.

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