Total pages in book: 51
Estimated words: 50311 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 252(@200wpm)___ 201(@250wpm)___ 168(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 50311 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 252(@200wpm)___ 201(@250wpm)___ 168(@300wpm)
She shakes her head, “you’re crazy.”
“I can be impulsive,” I tell her as I open my phone and dial my sister. “Drea,” I greet the video call.
“Drew, you good?”
I smile, “I’m fine. I got a situation.”
“Oh Lord, what now? I got bail money, bro, but I don’t wanna tell mom. I swear you’re the favorite and if you’re locked up she’s gonna be devastated.”
I laugh because really she isn’t wrong. My mom would be devastated if I was locked up, but not because I’m the favorite. Truly, she loves all her kids equally. “I met someone.”
Andrea is my twin sister and knows me better than anyone. We have that uncanny twin connection that I can’t explain. She gasps and then squeals. “I knew it when you didn’t text last night!”
“Her name is Cambria,” I explain and my sister’s expression turns serious.
“Wait, you’re on a transport. You aren’t home. Drew, you can’t up and leave. I still have to finish dental school.”
My sister is studying to be a dental hygienist, after getting a history degree and deciding she didn’t want to work in a school or a library after all. I think she just likes to learn. Me, on the other hand, I can’t slow my mind down enough to continue my education.
“I want Cambria to come back to Catawba.”
“Don’t ya think this is a little fast?” Dre asks and Cambria smiles like she’s saying ‘duh’.
“I don’t have time to get into details. Just want you to meet her and tell her she’s welcome to crash with you and that I will support her getting on her feet even if things don’t work out between us.”
“Andrew Jenkins, you are whackadoodle, bro. I love you, but as a supporter of all woman, this is not smart for any female. She doesn’t know you. Hell, she doesn’t know me. Granted I won’t harm a fly, but she doesn’t know that! You can’t expect her to move from God knows where you are, to this small town in North Carolina all to chase your dick. You may be cute but no way you got enough moves or a big enough dick to pull this off.”
“Oh my God!” Cambria mutters and Dre covers her face on the video screen.
“You failed to mention she’s right there, Drew!”
I turn the phone and then place it in Cambria’s hand, she’s trembling as she rights the screen to see my sister’s face. “I’m so sorry,” Dre begins.
“No, I appreciate the honesty.”
“Do you want to leave your life?” Dre asks her genuinely.
Cambria shrugs, “don’t have much of a life here to leave or to stay for. I survive.” Cambria is honest and as hard as that is to fight the pride to protect yourself, I find it attractive. She is okay with who she is even if she’s at her rock bottom.
“I know this sounds nuts, but if you knew all of us, you would understand. We grew up in a house where if you feel it, you feel it bone deep. If Drew feels something for you and he says he’s going to lay the world at your feet, he means it. If for any reason you get here and you want to go home, I will personally make sure you get back to your life safely and with a cushion. But yes, if you want to take a chance and possibly experience a crazy, wild ride, my brother will protect you while doing it.”
“Um,” Cambria begins and Dre holds up her hand.
“No, honey. You think on this. I’ll have Drew give me your number, I’ll text you mine. If at any point you change your mind, I promise on my mom you will be safe with him, with all of us, and we will get you home if you want to go back.”
“This is overwhelming. You don’t know me.”
“No, I don’t. But I know my brother, he only reacts when he cares. Whatever he sees in you, matters more than you know. It’s whether you wanna be brazen enough to give it a shot. Gotta go, chat with you soon, Cambria.” Dre ends the call without saying goodbye because that is how she always is.
She hates goodbyes of any kind.
My phone instantly pings with a text of her requesting Cambria’s number.
“I’m gonna go finish prepping for the road trip home. You think on all this. If you want to come then pack what you want to take or pack nothing at all and I’ll buy you what you need or want. Either way, I got ten minutes before I have to be pulling out of here. If you want to wait, I’ll come back for you, but Cambria, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried. The state your momma is in, it’s dangerous for her and for you.”