Moonstone Promise (2011)

Authors: Karen Wood

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“His lip was swollen and his cheek felt puffy, but the swelling would go down in a couple of days. He knew that Lawson could have done much better if he’d wanted to; the fact that he’d held back was all the more insulting. But it wasn’t the punch that stung the most. You wanna be a Blake, you gotta earn the name. The river churned in time with the churning in Luke’s gut. He splashed more water over the back of his neck and let it run down his spine, then some more over his face and eyes, so he couldn’t tell if he was crying or not. ‘Luke.’ It was Jess. ‘Not now, Jessy,’ he choked out. He didn’t want her seeing him like this. He didn’t want anyone seeing him like this: exposed, stripped bare of everything, his family, his dignity. He didn’t even have a shirt on. She was still standing there. He could feel her staring at him. ‘Get away from me!’ he yelled. There was silence, and then he heard her walk away. He wanted to call out to her to come back. God, he didn’t mean to say that to her.

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