“Son, you remember Maggie,” he said in a voice that didn’t leave room for argument.īrady was staring at me. He’s been at us for two years to fix up that space for him so he’d have somewhere more private.”Ī large hand landed on my shoulder as Uncle Boone came to stand beside me. “He’s perfectly happy about moving to the attic room. “Brady’s just being a brat,” Aunt Coralee explained quickly. Oh God, had they given me his room? That couldn’t be good. Now he was leaning against the doorframe of the bedroom, brown hair falling into his eyes, a smirk on his face. He had never played with me at family events, was always running off with one of the buddies he’d brought with him. I only remembered my cousin Brady a little. “What? I was just being nice,” he replied. “Brady, don’t,” Uncle Boone said in a stern voice. “Well, I certainly hope you like my room,” a deep voice drawled from the doorway. Instead I put down the backpack from my shoulders then turned and hugged her. If I weren’t afraid of my own voice, I’d tell her thank you. Other than the blue walls, everything else was white. “Here it is,” Aunt Coralee announced as she stopped halfway down the hall and opened the door to a large bedroom. Photos that my mother proudly displayed on the walls of our home. The family photos lining the wall made me turn my head back around and stare straight ahead. I followed both my aunt and uncle up the stairs. I wasn’t necessarily a fan of it now, though. It’s true that I had liked blue a few Christmases ago. I painted it a pretty cotton-candy blue,” Aunt Coralee informed me cautiously. It had been so long since I’d hoped for anything. They wanted me to like it here-there was a certain hopefulness in their eyes. ![]() ![]() I knew my aunt Coralee and uncle Boone were watching me closely as they led me through the house. And besides, I didn’t want a home-the word came with memories too painful to think about. But he never expected the quiet new girl to reply, to reveal a pain even deeper than his own-or for them to form a connection so strong that he couldn’t ever let her go… Excerpt ![]() West expected that talking about his dad would bring some relief, or at least a flood of emotions he couldn’t control. So she stayed quiet, keeping her sorrow and her fractured heart hidden away.Īs West’s pain becomes too much to handle, he knows he needs to talk to someone about his father-so in the dark shadows of a post-game party, he opens up to the one girl who he knows won’t tell anyone else. Even the move to Lawton, Alabama, couldn’t draw Maggie back out. And after she told the police what happened, she stopped speaking and hasn’t spoken since. Two years ago, Maggie Carleton’s life fell apart when her father murdered her mother. But while West may be Big Man on Campus on the outside, on the inside he’s battling the grief that comes with watching his father slowly die of cancer. To everyone who knows him, West Ashby has always been that guy: the cocky, popular, way-too-handsome-for-his-own-good football god who led Lawton High to the state championships. pocketĪbbi Glines has 48 books on Goodreads with 1782926 ratings.A #1 New York Times bestseller and the first novel in a brand-new series-from bestselling author Abbi Glines-about a small Southern town filled with cute boys in pickup trucks, Friday night football games, and crazy parties that stir up some major drama. But he never expected the quiet new girl to reply, to reveal a pain even deeper than his own-or for them to form a connection so strong that he couldn’t ever let her go…įULL. So she stayed quiet, keeping her sorrow and her fractured heart hidden away.As West’s pain becomes too much to handle, he knows he needs to talk to someone about his father-so in the dark shadows of a post-game party, he opens up to the one girl who he knows won’t tell anyone else.West expected that talking about his dad would bring some relief, or at least a flood of emotions he couldn’t control. ![]() But while West may be Big Man on Campus on the outside, on the inside he’s battling the grief that comes with watching his father slowly die of cancer.Two years ago, Maggie Carleton’s life fell apart when her father murdered her mother. █ ► DOWNLOAD Until Friday Night by Abbi Glinesĭescription book Until Friday Night by Abbi Glines:
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