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Blurb
Riley’s past comes back to haunt him, both professionally and personally. The FBI wants to use him on a sting, an ex-con wants what is his, and to top it off, he discovers he has an eight-year-old daughter.
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Excerpt (unedited)
To see his daughter on Red, making all the rookie mistakes of a first time rider, was just really an excuse to stare at Jack as he led Red and the precious cargo around the paddock. Hayley wasn't talking; she had her lower lip caught in her teeth, and she was concentrating about as hard as Riley had ever seen her. Jack was chatting about something, probably guidance on how to sit and how to guide Red to do what she wanted him to. Riley pulled out his phone and snapped a few pictures.
"She's so beautiful up there," Jim began conversationally.
"She is."
"A natural," he added, but Riley knew Jim was biased just as he and Jack were. "I left the papers you need to sign in the kitchen in an envelope." Riley looked at his dad with confusion.
"That was quick. Shouldn't there be more, I don't know, difficulty?"
"Not at all. You knew what you wanted, and I just need your signature to transfer the money."
"Am I doing the right thing?"
"You're a rich man, Riley. Most rich men have trusts set up for their children."
"What if…" How the hell was he going to explain the things that haunted him at night when he was trying to sleep? "What if we hadn't had all that money, if we had been a normal family?"
"Are you thinking about Jeff specifically?"
"Not just him, but Gerald and what he was like, and my mom, and what happened to you. All the things that were so wrong."
"Hey, Daddy, Grandpa! Look at me!"
Red didn't even react to the shout, bless him. He just kept on walking. When Jack said the pony was good with children, he hadn’t been wrong. Hayley was close and looked like she wanted to wave but wouldn’t let go of the death hold she had on the reigns. Riley grinned over her and waved, as did Jim. Jack quirked a smile at them both and set off on another circle of the small training paddock.
"Quite apart from everything else, son, there was something very wrong with Jeff. He had evil inside of him, so ingrained it wouldn't have mattered if your family was a pastor's family from Ohio."
"She's so beautiful up there," Jim began conversationally.
"She is."
"A natural," he added, but Riley knew Jim was biased just as he and Jack were. "I left the papers you need to sign in the kitchen in an envelope." Riley looked at his dad with confusion.
"That was quick. Shouldn't there be more, I don't know, difficulty?"
"Not at all. You knew what you wanted, and I just need your signature to transfer the money."
"Am I doing the right thing?"
"You're a rich man, Riley. Most rich men have trusts set up for their children."
"What if…" How the hell was he going to explain the things that haunted him at night when he was trying to sleep? "What if we hadn't had all that money, if we had been a normal family?"
"Are you thinking about Jeff specifically?"
"Not just him, but Gerald and what he was like, and my mom, and what happened to you. All the things that were so wrong."
"Hey, Daddy, Grandpa! Look at me!"
Red didn't even react to the shout, bless him. He just kept on walking. When Jack said the pony was good with children, he hadn’t been wrong. Hayley was close and looked like she wanted to wave but wouldn’t let go of the death hold she had on the reigns. Riley grinned over her and waved, as did Jim. Jack quirked a smile at them both and set off on another circle of the small training paddock.
"Quite apart from everything else, son, there was something very wrong with Jeff. He had evil inside of him, so ingrained it wouldn't have mattered if your family was a pastor's family from Ohio."
I love it OMG a baby OMG
ReplyDeletePlease please please write another book in this series. I just love Riley and Jack and can't put the books down!
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