Riding Out the Rough
The Jack Harper Trilogy, #3
Reeks: The Jack Harper Trilogy
Hilary Walker
- Learning
- part
- of
- Jack's
- shameful
- past
- has
- already
- shocked
- the
- two
- people
- he
- loves.
- Can
- their
- relationship
- survive
- knowing
- the
- whole
- truth?Jack
- is
- steeling
- himself
- to
- tell
- Laura
- the
- truth,
- when
- she
- calls
- him,
- absolutely
- furious.Her
- son,
- Joe
- has
- heard
- that
- Jack
- thinks
- he's
- his
- father.Jack
- is
- already
- dealing
- with
- his
- ex-girlfriend
- Penny's
- comments
- about
- how
- strongly
- the
- teenager
- resembles
- him.
- She
- gave
- their
- son
- up
- for
- adoption
- and
- said
- she
- didn't
- want
- to
- be
- involved
- in
- his
- life
- –
- and
- Jack
- doesn't
- want
- her
- involved,
- either.If
- Joe
- is
- Jack's
- son,
- is
- Jack
- under
- a
- moral
- obligation
- to
- tell
- Penny
- the
- truth:
- that
- Joe
- is
- her
- son,
- too?In
- the
- middle
- of
- this,
- his
- favorite
- horse
- colicks
- and
- needs
- an
- immediate
- operation,
- which
- may
- or
- may
- not
- save
- his
- life.Meanwhile,
- Father
- Michael
- is
- urging
- him
- to
- evangelize
- the
- bullied
- kid
- he's
- helping
- out.Then
- a
- classmate
- plants
- the
- idea
- that
- Jack's
- real
- interest
- is
- in
- Joe's
- mother,
- not
- him.
- Joe
- is
- devastated.Can
- Jack
- persuade
- Joe
- that
- he
- loves
- him
- -
- regardless
- of
- the
- outcome
- of
- a
- paternity
- test?Will
- Laura
- let
- Jack
- see
- her
- and
- Joe
- again,
- once
- she
- knows
- the
- whole
- truth
- about him?
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