Chapter One
“Get up. Now.”
“What in the hell?” Cody Hansen mumbled, flinging an arm across his face to block the mid-morning light that suddenly flooded the room.
“You heard me,” his brother Parker growled from across the room. “Time to get your sorry a*s out of bed and get moving.”
Ha. As if that was gonna happen. He moved like an old man, now - with every joint in his body protesting loudly. With great effort, he rolled to his side, trying his best not to wince and give away his pain to Parker. “Go away,” he mumbled before covering his head with the pillow.
“Hell, no.” Parker yanked the pillow from his head. “Look at me.”
Cody cracked open an eye, jerking back in surprise at his brother’s formidable glare, inches from his face. “What?”
“This. Ends. Today.”
Resignation settled ove
