Book of the Month: CARRY ME HOME CHAPTER ONE Late 2008 Colorado Springs, Colorado “So this is hell? Very scenic.” Claire shivered and slouched over a steaming mug of coffee, wishing it were a bathtub she could crawl into. The lobby of the Evergreen Lodge was...
March Book of the Month: Carry Me Home #bookofthemonth #jessicascott #carrymehome #cominghomeseries PROLOGUE Fort Hood, Texas July 2005 Captain Evan Loehr was having a bad day. Granted, it could have been worse. It could always be worse. But as he pulled his...
Chapter 14 “Where are the kids today?” Shane asked as Trent climbed into his truck. “With our neighbors.” He slammed the door shut. “Laura figured it would be easier to pay for a babysitter than drag the kids around Austin all day.” “Probably a good plan,” Carponti...
Chapter 13 Laura set the bowl of broccoli on the table. “Ethan, I thought I told you no hamsters at the dinner table.” Ethan puffed out his bottom lip, a sure sign that he was about to cry. She was getting ready to intervene when Trent crouched down to look his son in...
Chapter 12 I’ll pick the kids up. Laura looked down at her phone, ashamed that her hand trembled as she set it down. That single text message sent a thousand emotions racing through her, but mostly she hoped that the kids wouldn’t try to break him again. Kids were...
CHAPTER 11 Trent was late. He hated being late but that’s how it went sometimes when one was dealing with Fort Hood traffic. Some jackass had just rear-ended some other jackass at the Clear Creek gate and he’d sat on the bridge over Highway 190 and seethed for forty...
Chapter 10 “Daddy.” Trent heard a little voice from very far away. Then he felt something sharp poke him in the chest, right over the scar on his heart. He frowned and tried to ignore it. “Daddy!” He blinked and opened his eyes. Emma stood near his shoulder, her...
Chapter 9 “Good night, sweetheart.” Laura leaned down and kissed her daughter on the forehead. Her hair was already starting to poof out all over her head but she smelled clean and warm. Laura paused for a moment and just rested there, her cheek against Emma’s head,...
Chapter 8 Trent sat. Outside the house he and Laura had bought years before, he sat and stared at the tiny orange bottle of pills in his hand. Emily had said take as needed. He was afraid a pill would zone him out but he was more terrified of his own reactions without...
Chapter 7 Trent looked out the window of the backseat as Shane and Carponti bickered about the radio station. He grinned and felt a little piece of normal that he hadn’t known he’d been missing slip back into place. Funny how being around the guys at work always...
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