Total pages in book: 69
Estimated words: 65039 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 325(@200wpm)___ 260(@250wpm)___ 217(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 65039 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 325(@200wpm)___ 260(@250wpm)___ 217(@300wpm)
You try walking around in low rider jeans and tanks, or cute little skirts (which I use to love) while the world is calling you a slutty teen.
So no, I didn't use my usual snarky wit on him, I just enjoyed the feel of his thumb rubbing circles in my palm.
The BBQ turned out to be fun, his mom and her friend never mentioned what had happened earlier for which I was abundantly grateful, and I caught his dad giving him a thumbs up behind my head while puffing away on a joint.
When I looked back at Colton he was just shaking his head at him.
"Mom, your husband's being embarrassing again."
"Daniel put that thing out."
"Hell naw woman, as a matter of fact I forgot to show you something up at the house."
He wiggled his brows at her and I couldn't help it, I laughed so hard I fell off my chair which made him laugh and then everyone was laughing.
That's how my dad found me.
"What's going on over here?"
He was smiling as he asked, smiling and looking at me with such happiness in his eyes.
God, had it really been that long since he'd seen me laugh like that?
"Here chief, have a pull."
"Shit Daniel, you toked?"
"Perfectly legal big guy." He took another draw and went back to his eye wiggling.
"Yeah but some people should not take advantage of that fact."
"You trying to say I can't handle my shit, I'll have you know...wait how do you people keep getting me off track, Elena come I got something to show you."
"Please for the sake of my sanity chief shoot me now." Colton hung his head.
"Relax son your parents are doing it right."
"That's easy for you to say."
Colton mumbled under his breath as he helped me up.
Dad arched his brow when Colton kept ahold of me after I was standing, kept ahold of me my ass he had his arm around me and I was buried in his side like we were attached at the hip.
I could just imagine the questions dad was going to embarrass me with when we got home.
"I'm guessing you're not ready to leave bells?"
"I've got her chief."
There was a look passed between them, a look that Colton refused to break first. I looked back and forth between them and saw my father drop his gaze first and with a nod looked around asking for a beer.
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Chapter 10
"Angel get your ass down from there."
She's going to be the death of me, it's been two weeks since the BBQ and everyday since then has been a trial.
I didn't know that breaking her out of that shell was going to unleash hell on my head, the girl is always getting into shit.
She's like a new born colt that finally finds her legs and starts galloping all over the place.
"Catch me Colt."
She let go of the hoisting rope and flew at me, fucking nut.
"What the hell are you doing Angel?"
"Rappelling, you know practicing for when I go rock climbing."
"For when you what, who said you were going rock climbing?"
"Jared's gonna take me, off the cliffs at Devil's Walk."
Jared's going to get my foot up his ass, I've been slowly drawing her out of her shell, she's been a little more relaxed here lately, especially since I started giving her self defense classes in the evenings.
I keep after her, trying to build not just her body but her mind as well, Jared seems to see this new development to mean that the old her was back and kept getting her into shit, just yesterday I'd spent an hour watching her do stunts on the ramp outside that we used for the dirt bikes that were built for just that purpose.
I felt like a parent watching his kid without training wheels for the first time, I had to admit she was good though, but hell, I wish she would pick up scrap booking or some shit.
As if I didn't have enough to deal with here at the office, her and Carol had become best friends and were always into some shit, my little sister was now interested in skate boarding and Angel was only too happy to teach her.
My mother was apparently hitting the pipe along with my dad because all she could talk about was when I was going to get my head out of my ass and make a move on Kat.
She was petrified that Jennifer was going to get her hooks into me again, that's why she'd told her I would be there soon that day at the picnic, she knew I would be with Kat.
"You're not climbing any cliffs, don't you have shit to be doing in the office, that is what I'm paying you for after all."
"Speaking of which, I need a raise, your sister's always dragging me off shopping but I don't think she realizes that we come from two completely different financial brackets, that girl has very expensive taste and she whines every time I refuse to let her buy me something."