Chapter 17
A week had passed since Travis had spent the night with her with Stella’s teasing blessing. In the time since, Janie discovered herself craving every minute of time with him. If she let herself, she might admit she was falling for him. Hard. He hadn’t been with her every night, but roughly every other night. She could only imagine how ridiculous she might be if she wasn’t a busy single mother. Life didn’t allow her to throw everything to the wayside and dive recklessly into a relationship. That detail didn’t change the fact that a rather large part of her heart wished she could.
Even more startling was the fact this was happening against the backdrop of Randy’s inglorious return to Diamond Creek. A police officer getting assaulted was news anywhere, but it was serious news in
