by Jessica Scott | Feb 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Chapter 6 Trent sat at his desk, dreading the ticking of the clock on the wall. Fifteen more minutes and he’d have to leave for his appointment. And wasn’t he in a right old jolly mood to sit down and discuss his feelings with the shrink? He hadn’t slept last night....
by Jessica Scott | Feb 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Chapter 5 “Daddy!” “Daddy?” Emma’s tiny, squeaky voice echoed her brother’s as both kids barreled toward him as soon as he and Laura walked into the house. For a brief moment, the noise and chaos of their cries overwhelmed him, and he fought an ingrained reaction to...
by Jessica Scott | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Chapter 4 Laura supposed she should be used to the awkward silence filling the space between them by now. As she turned down Highway 195, heading toward Jen’s out of town property, Patrick’s words weighed heavily on her soul. She drummed her fingers on the steering...
by Jessica Scott | Feb 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Chapter 3 Her husband stood in her doorway and damn it if her heart didn’t act like he was a sight for sore eyes. His shoulders were broader than she remembered, weighed down by the heaviness of the war. There were tired lines around his mouth, as though he’d...
by Jessica Scott | Feb 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Chapter 2 Eight hours and a flight from hell later, Trent left his duffle bag in the operations office before walking down the halls of the Reaper Brigade headquarters. It was late summer in Fort Hood, Texas and it was mid to high nineties every day. It had been a hot...
