Free In Tune (Red Bird Trail Trilogy Book 3) by Laramie Briscoe Page A

do.”
    Doc Jones clapped her hands together, a smile on her face. “I know that we haven’t had many sessions, and truthfully some people only need a handful of them. I knew almost as soon as the two of you walked through the door that you loved each other, and all you needed was a push in the right direction. I can’t tell you how happy I am to have given you that push.”
    “So we’re fixed?” Cash asked, because truthfully he didn’t know.
    “I don’t think anyone is ever ‘fixed’.” She made air quotes with her fingers. “I think things are made better, and you learn how to live with life on a level you can understand. Do I think you’ll never have to see me again? No, I think the two of you should definitely keep my card. There are things that are going to come up that neither one of you are going to know how to deal with. Remy, from what you’ve told me, will more than likely have problems as he gets older. Same with you, Cash.” She pointed to him. “At some juncture of your life, you may want to expand on what took place during your childhood.”
    “I’m not there yet,” he stopped her from speaking.
    “And that’s okay,” she continued. “Not everyone is on the same life plan, and it’s not bad that you aren’t there yet. There’s not been an incident that’s forced you to look at where you came from yet and dissect it. I have a feeling you’re the kind of man who compartmentalizes everything and deals with it when he has to.”
    Harper snorted from where she sat beside him. “You have just described Cash Montgomery to the T.”
    Cash frowned at both of them. “You can stop talking about me like I’m not here.”
    Doc Jones gave him a patient smile. “You’ll get there one day, and when you’re there, I’ll be here to help you work through, just like I’ve helped you and Harper work through the issue with her dad, which I believe in turn helped you work through your relationship—if the vibe I’m getting from you two is a correct and true one.”
    “Yeah.” Cash grinned over at Harper, giving her a wink. “I think we’re good.”
    “Then I think we’re done here for now. Good is a million times better than I had imagined the two of you would be when you showed up on my doorstep. As long as t you continue to talk through things and not let the magnitude of the situation get the better of you—no matter what kind of situation it is—I think you will be alright.”
    Harper looked over at Cash and smiled, letting all the love she had for him shine through. She thought that they would be just fine too.

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Chapter Nineteen

    “T uck your other leg around the side!”
    Harper grunted as she slid down the pole at Wet Wanda’s, landing with a thud on her ass. This was her third session with the girls there, and this was her last. Tonight, she would be dancing for money, and she had to at least fake her way through this. “This floor hurts,” she winced as she stood on shaky legs and rubbed her bottom.
    “Maybe the best thing for you to do, honey,” Wanda told her, “Is to make use of the floor. Crawl around on it, arch your back, stick your tits out, swing around the pole, but don’t try to do anything drastic. You don’t want to hurt yourself.”
    Harper snorted. “Is that your way of saying I’m clumsy?”
    “That’s my way of saying you need to do what works for you, otherwise, you’re not making any money here tonight. Work with what you have, and make it work for you. You have an amazing body, show it off.”
    If that’s what would work, then that was exactly what she was going to do.
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    “Are you absolutely, positively sure that Cash isn’t here tonight?” Harper asked B and Meredith as she snuck in the back door at Wet Wanda’s .
    Both B and Meredith had called in favors with Wanda, and she’d agreed to let Harper have two nights. Harper hoped with everything she had that it would only take two nights to get the money she needed.
    “Did you bring