Rocky Start

Rocky Start

Author: Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer Listening Length: 11h 50m
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Think of the movie RED. Retired covert operatives living in a small town in the Smoky Mountains. What could go wrong? From the bestselling authors of Agnes and the Hitman and the Liz Danger series. Rose Malone’s landlord and employer, Ozzie Oswald, just died, and now she has no idea if she has a job or if she and her ...

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CHAPTER 3

I ’d tried to make a plan as I’d followed Poppy and the new guy up State Street. First, I had to get a grip on my anger and outrage at getting hit by a guy trying to scam me. Anger and outrage are not attractive or charming, which is what I needed to be to get through life. It’s the “Cheery Boost” thing.

Poppy did not intend to become Cheery Boost Two, which I agreed with. She didn’t understand that I was Cheery Boost One to keep her safe and fed so that she could grow up and leave Rocky Start and be whatever she wanted to be and never come back. She was heading to college in August, and once she was gone, living her best life someplace exciting and full of possibilities, I intended to become Resting Bitch Face and probably starve to death, but at least I wouldn’t have to be fucking cheerful about it.

The new guy and Lionel Ferrell were having a stare down when I walked in, which wasn’t good. I didn’t need this guy annoyed. Poppy was kneeling next to the dog, which probably also wasn’t helping.