Rocky Start

Rocky Start

Author: Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer Listening Length: 11h 50m

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 72

I ’d woken up alone that morning, which wasn’t as bad as I’d thought it might be when I’d thought about Max leaving. Because Max was definitely leaving. So I lay there alone and thought about the future and for the first time, I wasn’t afraid. I mean, I’m not stupid, I know there’ll be more bad stuff, life is full of bad stuff, but there can be good stuff, and I wasn’t going to brace myself for the bad anymore, that general feeling of dread I’d had for fifty years.

Fifty years. It was my birthday today. But I’d already gotten the gift I needed: My baby was safe and Serena would never hurt her again.

Everything was going to be all right.