CHAPTER 5
WITH WADE, CLAYTON, and my mother waiting downstairs, I didn’t have time to worry about Jared and his disappearing act, especially with Wade so angry he was hitting things. At least it had only been the wall today—with his temper, I had a horrible feeling in time it would end up being me.
A part of me wanted to flee back to Galveston, snatch Lottie from the rehab centre she was staying in, and run to the end of the earth. But I couldn’t, not if we wanted any sort of future. No, I’d come up with a long-term plan, one that meant I’d have to go through with marriage number two in as many weeks to secure a better life for Lottie and me. I’d spend the next year finishing my studies and do everything in my power to help her get well. Then we’d run. With a PhD, I had a chance of worki
