Free First Verse (Second Verse Book 1) by Emily Snow Page B

McKinsey Brock’s on the phone for you.” My stomach hardened. Baby? I held my fist against my mouth and listened as he responded to her. It was muffled, and they went back and forth for a moment before she came back on the line. “He’s in the middle of something, you want to leave a message with me?”
    “Just tell him—” My breath caught. “Just ask him if he got the last letter? The one I wrote in October where I told him everything?”
    Once again, she didn’t cover the phone, and when I heard his response, it was loud and clear. And I wished I’d never called.
    “Tell her ... tell her I fucking can’t,” he muttered, his voice defeated.
    His companion returned with the message, but I didn’t hear a word of what she said. Something loud and indescribably painful blared in my ears. I slowly lowered the phone to its hook. And for the longest time I stared at the re-run playing on the hotel TV. I stared until the characters blurred together and the ringing in my ears became so deafening, I could hardly breathe.
    ‘I fucking can’t.’
    Those words would stick with me for years. Probably for the rest of my life. The piece of Emmett left with me kicked, and I choked down the slow burn consuming me.
    Forced myself to come back to reality.
    Reminded myself that I would be okay .
    I listened to his song, the one that was tearing up the charts. It was the same one he played for me in Mrs. H’s kitchen months ago, and my heart twisted remembering how he’d looked at me. Hours later, I fell asleep looking at a picture on my phone of us together—the day we’d watched the fireworks—but the next morning, I erased it.
    The first cut ... it had hurt. It was deep, and I’d feel it for years to come.
    I needed to be grateful he’d made the choice for me, and there wouldn’t be a second one.
    To Be Continued ...

Coming July 2015
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    The first cut was deep
    The second cut is the deepest
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    K insey Brock knew Emmett Hudson would be a star the moment he swaggered into her life. Hell, by the time she was released for the crime his scheming sister accused her of he already had a number one single.
    Now, eight years and a helluva lot of heartache later, Kinsey’s long since given up on the boy who stole her breath away and took all the love she had. She has someone in her life, and he’s all she needs. She’ll challenge anyone who tells her otherwise. But after a chance encounter sends Emmett hurtling back into her life, every emotion she’s forced herself to forget since he gave up on her is pushed to the surface.
    Because this time, the country megastar’s not giving up on her.
    No matter how furious he is about the discovery of the other man who's become Kinsey's world.

About the Author
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    E mily Snow is  The New York Times  and  USA Today  bestselling author of the  Devoured  series and several standalone romances .  She loves books, sexy bad boys, and really loud rock music, so naturally, she writes stories about naughty rockers. Visit her on Facebook , on her blog at emilysnowbooks.blogspot.com, or chat with her on Twitter @emilysnowbks for news, teasers, and contests.