Before Summer Ends by Adelaide King EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Adelaide King
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- Genre: Military Romance
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Paisley squeezed my leg tight, her small body wrapped around me. Her
sad sniffles tugged at my heartstrings. I was never good with tears,
and when they were coming from her, I couldn’t handle it.
“Mommy, I don’t want to leave you.” Her broken tone pierced my heart,
shattering it into a million tiny pieces. So fine that they turned to dust. What
was I going to do for the summer without my precious baby?
Custody swaps always left me feeling empty. My seven-year-old hated
going to her father’s for the weekend. I hated making her go, but it was
court-ordered. This summer he had her for six consecutive weeks.
A month and a half without my baby girl. Of praying she’d have a good
time and would hopefully begin to bond again with the father that never had
time for her.
I moved to Georgia, three hours from my ex in North Carolina, because
he was suffocating me. Our split custody went from Kyle getting her every
other weekend to now getting her one weekend out of the month and six out
of her nine weeks of summer break.
The time away from her sucked, but this was what I needed to keep what
small sliver of our co-parenting relationship that was left alive. Kyle was
drinking and showing up at my house whenever he wanted. The final straw
had been when he threw a rock at my window at three in the morning.
I went to my lawyer the next morning, and he helped me petition for full
custody and permission to leave the state.
I needed to be away from Kyle for both mine and Paisley’s mental health.
Georgia was as good of a place as any. The second my finger hovered over
the listing of an abandoned bar that was nestled in the mountains, I knew
I’d found a little slice of something I could call our new home.
I patted the top of Paisley’s head, dropping to kiss her. “We’ll video call
every night, Paze.”
My hands clasped over hers, and I squeezed it in an effort to comfort her.
But the tears continued to flow. I stroked her raven-colored hair, glancing at
Kyle.
He was leaning against his Civic, arms folded across his chest. His blond
hair was styled perfectly, a pair of sunglasses on, with jeans and a white tshirt. The indifference he wore was unsettling. Didn’t he care that his only
daughter was a bundle of nerves? Didn’t he think he should step in and try
to soothe her?
Kyle’s girlfriend, Riley, sat in the passenger seat. She offered me a small
wave as I headed toward the car. Meanwhile, Paisley was still attached to
my leg, clinging to me for dear life. I hadn’t thought about the detrimental
effect our move could have on her. Now all I could do was hope things
turned out okay.
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