She had one job only-take me to and from school. Hurry up.” Gainfully unemployed, my nineteen-year-old sister lived at home, ate Mom and Dad’s food, and had an allowance my dad constantly threatened to cut off. “Get in,” she said, as if I were making her late for something-even though I’d done nothing but wait in that same spot for forty-five minutes. Some pages later, Tiffany came around the corner, screeching to a stop at the curb. I hadn’t gotten my license yet, so what right did I have to complain? Instead, I did what I had every other afternoon and took out one of the books I needed to read before summer ended. It wouldn’t do much good now anyway, with only two days of summer school left. There were things I could do about that, like walk home, or tell my parents my older sister was always late to pick me up-but either of those would inevitably lead to an argument or two.
To wait another thirty minutes in the parking lot. I t seemed unfair, spending three hours a day in a classroom during summer, only Designs Cover Photography by Perrywinkle Photography Editing by Elizabeth London Editing With help from Underline This Editing (beta) & Tamara Mataya Editing (proofreading) Cover Design © R.B.A. © 2017 Jessica Hawkins Something in the Way extras. Stay notified of new releases, sales and monthly newsletters: Join the Mailing List Something in the Way is book one an epic, three-book saga of forbidden love. Because even though I saw Manning first, that didn’t matter.
That no matter how much you achieve, none of it matters if you suffer the heartbreak that comes with falling for someone you can never have. But I’d learn that life isn’t always fair. Through all the carefully-chosen words hiding what we knew to be true, through his struggle to keep me innocent, and through infinitely-starry nights-I would wait. I loved Manning before I knew the meaning of the word. Yet we saw something in each other that would link us in ways that couldn’t be broken.no matter how hard we tried. I wore a smiley-face t-shirt and had never even been kissed. Under the sweat and dirt, Manning Sutter was as handsome as the sun was bright. It was a hot summer day when I met him on the construction site next to my parents’ house. Lake Afterword Acknowledgements Titles By Jessica Hawkins About the Author Connect With Jessica Preview: Come Undone (The Cityscape Series, #1) Chapter 1 SOMETHING IN THE WAY SOMETHING IN THE WAY, 1ĬONTENTS Something in the Way Stay Notified Dedication 1.Ģ.
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