Light Betrays Us: A Small-Town Western FF Romance (Wisper Dreams Book 4) by Greta Rose West

Author:Greta Rose West [West, Greta Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Punk Rose Press
Published: 2024-03-20T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

DEVO

“You’d arrest your own niece?” Athena huffed.

Jeez. How did we land in the middle of this conversation? Not only had I dragged us down the gay rabbit hole, but now I had to figure out how to make this kid understand right from wrong. Abey’s mom’s discomfort about the subject was easy to read from the pinched look on her face.

She might’ve been coming around to the idea of Abey dating me—maybe—but she clearly did not like what she’d heard about me. My illegal exploits were probably the hot topic around Wisper these days. It seemed like Abey’s mom knew about my misdeeds, so she’d clearly heard the rumors.

“She would do it, Athena,” I said, “because Abey believes in right and wrong, and ’cause she believes in the power of the American justice system. If you do somethin’ against the law, she’s the person who will uphold that law. Right?” I asked Abey, and she nodded once. “It’s a quality to respect about her, don’tcha think?”

I respected her for it, even though I’d never given Abey that impression. That was wrong, too, and it was something I needed her to know.

“I’m sorry I did what I did, Athena, and I have to make it right. To Mr. Graves and to Abey and myself. Maybe you could think about how you might make things up to this Jenny girl.”

My little nugget of advice seemed to sit well with Abey’s mom. She nodded at me, but Athena twisted her lips into a pout and crossed her arms. “Fine.”

“Good,” Bax said. “Now, that’s enough talk about that. Wanna skip rocks? I bet I can get mine farther than yours.”

“Nuh uh!” Athena jumped up and took off toward the lake.

Bax followed, but he turned back. “C’mon, Mama. Show us how it’s done.”

Abey’s mom stood, dusting crumbs off her jeans, and followed Bax and Athena to the edge of the lake.

“Wanna go for a walk?” Abey asked me, and she held out her hand.

Reaching up, I took hold of it, and she hauled me off the ground. “Sure.”

I followed when she pulled me over a crop of large boulders, crumbling rocks, and up a dirt path, and we climbed higher into thicker forest.

“I meant what I said, you know.”

“I know,” she said, still pulling me behind her. “C’mon.”

She was surefooted, and I was a panting mess, trying to keep up with her long strides. After a little while, she noticed and slowed her pace, and we wandered off the trail. Once we were far enough away that the others couldn’t see us if they looked, she led me into a secluded area beneath the huge roots of a tree on the side of the steep hill in front of us. The thick roots wound through the dirt and acted like a roof above us, and there were three large boulders framing the area. It felt like we were in a cave, except the sun blazed high above, and it lit up the tree’s already changing leaves.

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