EXCERPT CHAPTER 3 - BREAKING FREE

NEW EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 3 OF BREAKING FREE

From the way Spencer left, it was obvious that he didn’t want to be friends and that hurt. And now I’d have to spend three months in close quarters with him knowing that our fifteen years of friendship was just a joke to him.

“Hey, can we talk?”

“Isn’t it a bit late for that?” I said turning away from where he stood.

“Come on, man. Please.”

The hurt in his voice nearly strangled me but the thought of talking to him was worse. “Please just leave me alone.”

When he sighed in defeat and sat on his bed facing away from me, I finally relaxed a little. My uncle coming into the room destroyed that small amount of peace.

“Hey guys, it’s dinner time and you’re not skipping any meal on my watch.”

I struggled up and jumped from my bunk. I wasn’t hungry but I would humor my uncle. “I’ll go find Elliot.”

“Now wait a minute, Zay. For now, at least, you and Spencer will be eating meals together. I need to know you are at least capable of being civil to each other so you don’t ruin the camp experience for everyone around you.”

“Seriously, Uncle Tucker? I think you watched The Parent Trap one too many times as a kid.”

A chuckle came from across the room and I looked to see Spencer smiling at me. We’d each watched both versions of the movie a time or two ourselves. Would putting the two fighting kids together all the time work in our case or was it just movie magic? If my old friend kept laughing at my jokes and smiling at me with his cute dimples, it just might. And since when had the word cute come to mind when I saw those deep recesses in his cheeks?

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Isaiah Masterson - Can you believe it? First, my lifelong best friend leaves town without so much as a goodbye and stops my world cold. Fast forward one miserable year and my parents are divorcing and sending me to my uncle’s wilderness summer camp for three months. At seventeen, the last things I need are campfire songs and pine needle crafts. There was no way life could ever get better. That is until my missing best friend walks into my cabin at Western Breezes Summer Youth Camp and I realize that I have more than friendship on my mind.

Spencer Jackson - Some might think the worst day of my seventeen years was the day I left my best friend and long-time secret crush without ever saying goodbye. But that wasn’t it by a long shot. The worst day of my life was dark, evil and the reason I couldn’t let Isaiah know I was leaving. As my parents drove us out of Los Angeles, my life as I knew it, as I hoped it would be, was over. I could never go back. Or so I thought until my former crush showed up in my cabin at the wilderness camp. I’d been given a second chance to create the future I wanted. But I wasn’t so sure I could break free of the past, even with Isaiah’s help and the promise of a love I never thought possible.

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CHAPTER 1 EXCERPT:

“So, this is home sweet home.” Elliot stood aside to let me in. “It’s not great but it works, I guess.”

“It’s not so bad,” I said taking in the room. There were two sets of bunk beds, a table and chairs, and two dressers. “Please tell me we have our own bathroom.”

“Yep. Through that door,” he said pointing “And that door is a shared closet. This year there will only be three of us in here. You, me, and a guy named…”

A loud bell rang and Elliot switched gears. “Campers are starting to arrive. Let’s go see how many cute girls we’ll have to choose from this year.”

I really wasn’t in the mood to check out girls. In fact, I hadn’t been since…well, in quite a while anyway. I wanted to get unpacked and get on with my summer. “No thanks. I’m just going to stay here. I’ll catch up with you later.” I suddenly felt so worn down.

It didn’t take long for me to pick a bunk – the top one on the right-hand side - and unpack my things. When my head was buried in the closet, putting my jacket on a hanger, I heard the door open. “Change your mind, huh?” It was either that or Elliot had already found a girl and was bringing her around to introduce her.

“Uh no. I’m sorry…”

My back stiffened and I stood up straight. That voice was as familiar to me as my own and it wasn’t my cousin’s. “What the fuck are you doing here?” I snarled, turning to face the person I liked and hated most in the world.