by Jessica Scott | Feb 17, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
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...
by Jessica Scott | Feb 15, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
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...
by Jessica Scott | Feb 13, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
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 | #bookofthemonth, books
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 | #bookofthemonth, books
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 | #bookofthemonth, books
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...
