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Back Walk on the Wilder Side Save as PDF
Chapters (46)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. 1
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  5. 3
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  42. Epilogue
  43. Excerpt from Wilder With You
  44. Also by Serena Bell
  45. Acknowledgments
  46. About the Author

Nah. He couldn’t have been listening, because he doesn’t look particularly concerned. And I know Connor doesn’t hold back when he has an opinion, which he definitely would if he’d heard anything I’d said about Brody.

Connor is intensely protective of me, and always has been. One of my most cherished memories is of the time when Connor was teaching me to ride a bike. He kept saying, “I won’t let you fall, Rachey!” Finally my dad came outside and made Connor let him take over. It took me all of five minutes after that to ride on my own. When Connor grumped about my dad taking all the credit for his hard work, my dad told Connor: “You can’t teach someone to ride a bike if you won’t let her fall.”

Yep. That’s Connor.

The universe must be looking out for me, because a moment later, my dad pulls up and climbs out of the truck, and Connor gives me an unconcerned wave, jumps in, and drives away.

Whew.

If I’m going to walk on the Wilder side, I should probably do it a little more stealthily.

10

Brody

The night after Lucy spots my good reviews, Kane and Hanna corner me in the office after work and invite me to Oscar’s Saloon & Grill with them.

I’ve mostly stayed away from Oscar’s since the incident where I got stinking drunk and picked a (well-deserved) fight with Len Dix, but Kane is insistent.

“Brody.” Kane is my most level-headed brother. “You can’t stay away from Oscar’s forever. It has the best burgers in town.”

“Wait, you’re going to Oscar’s?” Easton demands, appearing out of nowhere. He has a way of doing that when there’s the slightest opportunity for a night out, a party, or getting laid.

“Right,” Hanna says. “I just remembered I have to wash my hair tonight.”

“Go easy on me, Han,” Easton says. “I’ve been a good boy lately.”

“Meaning you spent at least one night in your own bed this week?”

Hanna and Easton have been frenemies as long as any of us can remember. They were in the same class at school, and when Hanna applied for employment at Wilder Adventures, Easton begged Gabe not to hire her. “She hates me,” he pleaded, but Gabe said Hanna was too good at what she did to let that get in the way. He’d said she’d be mostly working with Kane, and Easton wouldn’t see her that often.

That didn’t turn out to be true, but somehow Easton and Hanna have tolerated each other all these years.

And they’re very good entertainment.