by Jessica Scott | Feb 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jessica Scott | Feb 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jessica Scott | Feb 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jessica Scott | Feb 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jessica Scott | Jan 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Cross posting a twitter thread prompted by a reader sending me a screenshot of a piece of one of my books he enjoyed. This is an excerpt from the book I wrote at the end of my first year in grad school. I was wrestling with feeling displaced and with watching my...
by Jessica Scott | Nov 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Once upon a time, I had a vision for the Coming Home series. Each book would tell the story about soldiers returning from the Iraq War and, importantly, why they continued to serve. I wanted to tell the stories of military families like mine – not Navy SEALs or...
